Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Child mortality vs. health spending

Madagascar

6.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

6.47 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Madagascar rank

19th

Zimbabwe rank

17th

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

Madagascar
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 6.47 deaths per 100 live births against 6.24 deaths per 100 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 0.2259 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Madagascar ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .