Ethiopia vs Madagascar

Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 1.8 per 100 live births, or 1.4 times that in Ethiopia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 1.8 per 100 live births, or 1.4 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Madagascar has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 and Madagascar ranked 19 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearEthiopiaMadagascarWorld
20244.56.23.7
20235.26.43.8
20226.86.54
202176.54
20205.26.53.9
20195.46.54
20185.66.54
20175.86.54.1
20166.16.54.2
20156.46.54.3
20146.86.64.4
20137.16.64.5
20127.56.74.7
20117.96.95
20108.375.1
20098.77.25.3
20089.27.55.5
20079.77.85.7
200610.28.16
200510.88.46.2
200411.58.86.6
200312.19.26.8
200212.79.67.1
200113.4107.4
20001410.47.7
199914.610.97.9
199815.311.48.3
199715.9128.4
199616.612.58.6
199517.2138.8
199417.913.58.9
199318.6149.1
199219.214.49.2
199119.714.99.3
199020.215.59.4
198920.7169.5
198821.116.610
198721.517.19.9
19863017.410.3
198530.617.710.6
198431.717.810.9
198332.32411.1
198223.630.511.2
198123.924.611.6
198024.224.511.9
197924.416.911.9
197824.616.712.3
197724.616.512.6
197624.716.312.8
197528.516.113.1
197428.615.813.3
197328.815.613.5
197228.915.313.7
197124.915.113.9
19702514.914.2
19692514.814.6
19682514.615
196725.11815.3
196625.118.615.1
1965–19.215.1
1964––15.7
1963––16.2
1962––17
1961––18.8
1960––20.2
1959––19.9
1958––19.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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