Madagascar — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Madagascar, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Madagascar was 3.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.85% in 1979. The lowest was -12.41% in 2002 (about -4.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.60% per year.
Madagascar ranks 115 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Madagascar sits below it. It peaked in 1979 and has fallen 70% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 37 of 47 economies; Somalia, Fed. Rep. (2.99%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 4087% in 1995. That is 4% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1967. Doubling roughly every 116 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 81st of 107 in 1961 → 64th of 119 in 1970 → 99th of 152 in 1980 → 93rd of 176 in 1990 → 88th of 199 in 2000 → 174th of 209 in 2010 → 143rd of 209 in 2020 → 104th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3% | -1.3 pp |
| 2024 | 4.32% | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 4.23% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 4.14% | -0.5 pp |
| 2021 | 4.65% | +11.8 pp |
| 2020 | -7.14% | -11.5 pp |
| 2019 | 4.41% | +1.2 pp |
| 2018 | 3.19% | -0.7 pp |
| 2017 | 3.93% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 3.99% | +0.9 pp |
| 2015 | 3.13% | -0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 3.34% | +1.0 pp |
| 2013 | 2.3% | -0.7 pp |
| 2012 | 3.01% | +1.4 pp |
| 2011 | 1.58% | +1.0 pp |
| 2010 | 0.62% | +4.6 pp |
| 2009 | -3.98% | -10.7 pp |
| 2008 | 6.71% | +1.0 pp |
| 2007 | 5.71% | +0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 5.4% | +0.6 pp |
| 2005 | 4.76% | -0.5 pp |
| 2004 | 5.26% | -4.5 pp |
| 2003 | 9.78% | +22.2 pp |
| 2002 | -12.41% | -18.4 pp |
| 2001 | 5.98% | +1.5 pp |
| 2000 | 4.46% | -0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 4.7% | +0.8 pp |
| 1998 | 3.92% | +0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 3.69% | +1.5 pp |
| 1996 | 2.15% | +0.5 pp |
| 1995 | 1.68% | +1.7 pp |
| 1994 | -0.04% | -2.1 pp |
| 1993 | 2.1% | +0.9 pp |
| 1992 | 1.18% | +7.5 pp |
| 1991 | -6.31% | -9.4 pp |
| 1990 | 3.13% | -0.9 pp |
| 1989 | 4.07% | +0.7 pp |
| 1988 | 3.41% | +2.2 pp |
| 1987 | 1.17% | -0.8 pp |
| 1986 | 1.96% | +0.8 pp |
| 1985 | 1.16% | -0.6 pp |
| 1984 | 1.76% | +0.9 pp |
| 1983 | 0.9% | +2.8 pp |
| 1982 | -1.9% | +7.9 pp |
| 1981 | -9.8% | -10.8 pp |
| 1980 | 0.95% | -8.9 pp |
| 1979 | 9.85% | +12.5 pp |
| 1978 | -2.66% | -5.0 pp |
| 1977 | 2.36% | +5.4 pp |
| 1976 | -3.07% | -4.3 pp |
| 1975 | 1.26% | -0.7 pp |
| 1974 | 2.01% | +4.6 pp |
| 1973 | -2.62% | -1.3 pp |
| 1972 | -1.27% | -5.2 pp |
| 1971 | 3.93% | -1.3 pp |
| 1970 | 5.28% | +1.6 pp |
| 1969 | 3.72% | -3.1 pp |
| 1968 | 6.83% | +1.3 pp |
| 1967 | 5.53% | +3.5 pp |
| 1966 | 2.06% | +2.5 pp |
| 1965 | -0.45% | -4.4 pp |
| 1964 | 3.96% | +4.9 pp |
| 1963 | -0.93% | -3.2 pp |
| 1962 | 2.27% | +0.2 pp |
| 1961 | 2.05% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Madagascar’s GDP growth in 1962?
2.27% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Madagascar’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +46.6% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3%; 2024: 4.32%; 2023: 4.23%; 2022: 4.14%; 2021: 4.65%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.