Life expectancy vs. health spending in Madagascar
Madagascar: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 63.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Madagascar, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 63.63 years for life expectancy vs. health spending in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Madagascar peaked at 63.63 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.66 years, in 1950.
That places Madagascar 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.21 years | 39.66 years | 42.95 years | 10 |
| 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 | 62.98 years | 62.52 years | 63.63 years | 4 |
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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 vs. health spending in Madagascar?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Madagascar was 63.63 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 63.63 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.66 years in 1950.
- How does Madagascar rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Madagascar ranks 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.