Life expectancy at birth, total in Madagascar
Madagascar: Life expectancy at birth, total was 63.84 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Madagascar, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Madagascar is 63.84 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Madagascar peaked at 63.84 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.35 years, in 1960.
That places Madagascar 194th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.31 years | 43.35 years | 47.32 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.23 years | 47.9 years | 50.06 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.55 years | 49.81 years | 51.82 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.63 years | 52.14 years | 57.43 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.33 years | 57.97 years | 62.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.21 years | 62.6 years | 63.5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.15 years | 62.52 years | 63.84 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 191 Guinea-Bissau 64.25 years compare
- 192 Cameroon 63.97 years compare
- 193 Equatorial Guinea 63.91 years compare
- 195 Kenya 63.83 years compare
- 196 Burundi 63.82 years compare
- 197 Mozambique 63.8 years compare
More health data for Madagascar
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 415,720 (2025)
- Population, male 50.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 9.42 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.75 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 429,273 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 440,800 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 416,942 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 428,113 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 404,922 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 390,666 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Madagascar?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Madagascar was 63.84 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 63.84 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.35 years in 1960.
- How does Madagascar rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Madagascar ranks 194th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.