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Madagascar — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Madagascar, 1972–2024.
Latest value · 2024
43.0
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -47.7% since 1972
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
43.0
First (1972)
82.2
Change
-47.7%
Highest
174.0
in 1982
Lowest
43.0
in 2024
Average
73.6
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.24%
Years of data
53
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2023 | 43.7 |
| 2022 | 44.1 |
| 2021 | 44.4 |
| 2020 | 44.3 |
| 2019 | 44.1 |
| 2018 | 43.9 |
| 2017 | 43.7 |
| 2016 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 43.6 |
| 2014 | 43.8 |
| 2013 | 44.1 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.