Madagascar
Madagascar in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Madagascar recorded GDP per capita: 599 (2025), ranking 209 of 212 worldwide; Population: 32.74 million (2025), ranking 49 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 63.8 (2024), ranking 196 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 8.05% (2025), ranking 32 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+2815%) and Unemployment the largest decrease (-51%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 5 of 19 comparable series are higher and 14 are lower.
Its population of 32.74 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 19,620,352,035.79 | 2025 | +2815.0% |
| GDP per capita | 599.27 | 2025 | +355.1% |
| GDP growth | 3% | 2025 | +46.6% |
| Population | 32,740,678 | 2025 | +540.6% |
| Population growth | 2.4% | 2025 | -8.1% |
| Urban population | 32.9% | 2025 | +203.5% |
| Inflation | 8.05% | 2025 | +91.6% |
| Life expectancy | 63.84 | 2024 | +47.3% |
| Infant mortality | 43 | 2024 | -47.7% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.15 | 2024 | +27.2% |
| GDP (PPP) | 63,925,658,752.5 | 2025 | +354.8% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 1,952.48 | 2025 | +67.5% |
| Labor participation | 85.5% | 2025 | -0.9% |
| Unemployment | 3.04% | 2025 | -50.7% |
| Electricity access | 42.5% | 2024 | +362.0% |
| Internet users | 18.68% | 2024 | — |
| Education spending | 3.05% | 2023 | -5.3% |
| Forest area | 21.3% | 2023 | -9.6% |
| Health spending | 3.43% | 2023 | -14.1% |