What is number of under-five deaths in Madagascar?

Number of under-five deaths in Madagascar was 61,923 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Madagascar?

The highest recorded value was 132,023 in 1982.

What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Madagascar?

The lowest recorded value was 54,296 in 2013.

How does Madagascar rank for number of under-five deaths?

Madagascar ranks 19th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Madagascar?

Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Madagascar data come from?

The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Number of under-five deaths in Madagascar

Name: Number of under-five deaths in Madagascar
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Madagascar: Number of under-five deaths was 61,923 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

61,923

Change on year

down 0.6%

World rank

19th

of 195 countries

All-time high

132,023

in 1982

All-time low

54,296

in 2013

Years of data

1977–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Madagascar, 1977–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

In 2024, number of under-five deaths in Madagascar stood at 61,923.

That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Madagascar peaked at 132,023 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 54,296, in 2013.

Madagascar ranks 19th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	63,560	60,903	66,251	3
1980s	90,432	75,463	132,023	10
1990s	75,883	72,527	77,583	10
2000s	61,976	56,109	70,400	10
2010s	55,766	54,296	59,427	10
2020s	61,840	60,822	62,324	5

Countries ranked near Madagascar

16 Mali 68,264 compare
17 Angola 67,003 compare
18 Cote d'Ivoire 63,784 compare
20 Cameroon 61,508 compare
21 Kenya 58,200 compare
22 Burkina Faso 54,009 compare

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More health data for Madagascar

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Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 429,273 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 9.42 million (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 12.75 million (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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Madagascar?: Number of under-five deaths in Madagascar was 61,923 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Madagascar?: The highest recorded value was 132,023 in 1982.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Madagascar?: The lowest recorded value was 54,296 in 2013.
How does Madagascar rank for number of under-five deaths?: Madagascar ranks 19th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Madagascar?: Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Madagascar data come from?: The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.