Madagascar — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Madagascar, 1972–2024.
Infant mortality for Madagascar was 43.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 53 years, from 1972 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 174.0 in 1982. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.24% per year.
Madagascar ranks 21 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 11%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Madagascar sits above it. It peaked in 1982 and has fallen 75% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 2%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 19 of 48 economies; Sudan (42.9) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 47% in 1980.
Data highlights
From its 1972 level: doubled by 1982.
World ranking. Climbed: 66th of 163 in 1972 → 13th of 179 in 1980 → 37th of 196 in 1990 → 45th of 196 in 2000 → 43rd of 196 in 2010 → 25th of 196 in 2020 → 21st of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1972 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43 | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 43.7 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 44.1 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 44.4 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 44.3 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 44.1 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 43.9 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 43.7 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 43.6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 43.6 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 43.8 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 44.1 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 44.5 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 45.2 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 46.2 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 47.3 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 48.7 | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 50.3 | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 52.2 | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 54.1 | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 56.2 | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 58.3 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 60.5 | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 62.9 | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 65.4 | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 68.1 | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 70.9 | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 73.7 | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 76.4 | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 78.9 | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 81.4 | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 83.8 | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 86.1 | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 88.6 | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 91.2 | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 93.9 | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 96.5 | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 98.7 | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 100.3 | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 101.1 | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 101.2 | -25.6% |
| 1983 | 136.1 | -21.8% |
| 1982 | 174 | +25.2% |
| 1981 | 139 | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 138.1 | +46.8% |
| 1979 | 94.1 | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 92.5 | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 90.9 | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 89.3 | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 87.6 | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 85.8 | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 83.9 | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 82.2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Madagascar’s Infant mortality in 1973?
83.9 (1973). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Madagascar’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Madagascar’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1972 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -47.7% in total — about 1.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. 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: 2024: 43; 2023: 43.7; 2022: 44.1; 2021: 44.4; 2020: 44.3. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. 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.