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Under-five mortality rate in Madagascar

The under-five mortality rate in Madagascar was 62.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1968.

Measure: Under-five mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1968 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Madagascar, 2024 62.4 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.2per 1,000 live births 2023: 63.6 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 37.4 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 19th of 196 See the full ranking

Under-five mortality rate in Madagascar over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period MadagascarWorld
2024 62.4 per 1,000 live births 37.4 per 1,000 live births
2023 63.6 per 1,000 live births 38.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 64.5 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2021 65.0 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 65.1 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 65.0 per 1,000 live births 39.6 per 1,000 live births
2018 64.9 per 1,000 live births 40.0 per 1,000 live births
2017 64.9 per 1,000 live births 40.9 per 1,000 live births
2016 64.9 per 1,000 live births 41.7 per 1,000 live births
2015 65.3 per 1,000 live births 42.9 per 1,000 live births
2014 65.7 per 1,000 live births 43.9 per 1,000 live births
2013 66.4 per 1,000 live births 45.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 67.3 per 1,000 live births 46.7 per 1,000 live births
2011 68.6 per 1,000 live births 49.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 70.3 per 1,000 live births 50.6 per 1,000 live births
2009 72.4 per 1,000 live births 52.9 per 1,000 live births
2008 74.8 per 1,000 live births 54.7 per 1,000 live births
2007 77.6 per 1,000 live births 57.0 per 1,000 live births
2006 80.8 per 1,000 live births 59.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 84.1 per 1,000 live births 62.3 per 1,000 live births
2004 87.8 per 1,000 live births 65.8 per 1,000 live births
2003 91.6 per 1,000 live births 68.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 95.6 per 1,000 live births 71.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 99.8 per 1,000 live births 74.3 per 1,000 live births
2000 104.4 per 1,000 live births 76.7 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 from 63.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 65.7 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −3.3.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Madagascar has the 19th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.

More for Madagascar

All statistics for Madagascar
Infant mortality rate 43.0 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 445 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 63.6 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.9 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 56.4 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 33 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.MORT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1968 to 2024 for Madagascar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)