What is life expectancy in Madagascar?

Life expectancy in Madagascar was 63.63 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Madagascar?

The highest recorded value was 63.63 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Madagascar?

The lowest recorded value was 39.66 years in 1950.

How does Madagascar rank for life expectancy?

Madagascar ranks 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy 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 Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Madagascar

Name: Life expectancy in Madagascar
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Madagascar: Life expectancy was 63.63 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

63.63 years

Change on year

up 0.9%

World rank

217th

of 236 countries

All-time high

63.63 years

in 2023

All-time low

39.66 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Madagascar, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Madagascar recorded 63.63 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy 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	49.22 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

Countries ranked near Madagascar

214 Cameroon 63.7 years compare
215 Burundi 63.65 years compare
216 Kenya 63.65 years compare
218 Mozambique 63.61 years compare
219 Zimbabwe 62.77 years compare
220 Togo 62.74 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Madagascar

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 374,802 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 375,358 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 366,889 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 378,362 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 369,486 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.14 million (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 384,125 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 396,896 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 405,059 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 386,863 (2025)

All data for Madagascar →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Madagascar?: Life expectancy in Madagascar was 63.63 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Madagascar?: The highest recorded value was 63.63 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Madagascar?: The lowest recorded value was 39.66 years in 1950.
How does Madagascar rank for life expectancy?: Madagascar ranks 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy 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 Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.