Madagascar vs Malawi: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar and 4.9 per 100 live births in Malawi, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 1.28 times that in Malawi.

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

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What the numbers say

Madagascar has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Malawi.
In 2024, Madagascar ranked 19 and Malawi ranked 30 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

Year	Madagascar	Malawi	World
2024	6.2	4.9	3.7
2023	6.4	5	3.8
2022	6.5	5	4
2021	6.5	5	4
2020	6.5	5	3.9
2019	6.5	5.1	4
2018	6.5	5.2	4
2017	6.5	5.4	4.1
2016	6.5	5.6	4.2
2015	6.5	5.7	4.3
2014	6.6	6	4.4
2013	6.6	6.3	4.5
2012	6.7	6.8	4.7
2011	6.9	7.4	5
2010	7	8	5.1
2009	7.2	8.5	5.3
2008	7.5	9.1	5.5
2007	7.8	9.7	5.7
2006	8.1	10.3	6
2005	8.4	11	6.2
2004	8.8	11.9	6.6
2003	9.2	13	6.8
2002	9.6	14.3	7.1
2001	10	23.9	7.4
2000	10.4	17.1	7.7
1999	10.9	18.2	7.9
1998	11.4	19.1	8.3
1997	12	19.8	8.4
1996	12.5	20.3	8.6
1995	13	20.8	8.8
1994	13.5	21.5	8.9
1993	14	22.2	9.1
1992	14.4	22.9	9.2
1991	14.9	23.7	9.3
1990	15.5	24.4	9.4
1989	16	24.9	9.5
1988	16.6	25.3	10
1987	17.1	25.5	9.9
1986	17.4	25.4	10.3
1985	17.7	25.1	10.6
1984	17.8	24.8	10.9
1983	24	24.6	11.1
1982	30.5	24.6	11.2
1981	24.6	25	11.6
1980	24.5	25.7	11.9
1979	16.9	26.5	11.9
1978	16.7	27.5	12.3
1977	16.5	28.5	12.6
1976	16.3	29.5	12.8
1975	16.1	30.5	13.1
1974	15.8	31.4	13.3
1973	15.6	32.2	13.5
1972	15.3	33	13.7
1971	15.1	33.7	13.9
1970	14.9	34.2	14.2
1969	14.8	34.5	14.6
1968	14.6	34.7	15
1967	18	34.9	15.3
1966	18.6	35.1	15.1
1965	19.2	35.2	15.1
1964	–	35.4	15.7
1963	–	35.5	16.2
1962	–	35.7	17
1961	–	35.9	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

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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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