Madagascar vs Mali

Madagascar vs Mali: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar and 7.3 per 100 live births in Mali, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mali, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.17 times that in Madagascar.

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

Madagascar vs Mali: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar and 7.3 per 100 live births in Mali, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mali, by 1.1 per 100 live births, or 1.17 times that in Madagascar.
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What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Madagascar.
  • In 2024, Madagascar ranked 19 and Mali ranked 13 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

YearMadagascarMaliWorld
20246.27.33.7
20236.47.63.8
20226.584
20216.58.44
20206.58.83.9
20196.59.24
20186.59.64
20176.510.14.1
20166.510.54.2
20156.5114.3
20146.611.44.4
20136.611.94.5
20126.712.44.7
20116.912.95
2010713.45.1
20097.213.95.3
20087.514.45.5
20077.814.95.7
20068.115.56
20058.4166.2
20048.816.66.6
20039.217.26.8
20029.617.87.1
20011018.47.4
200010.4197.7
199910.919.67.9
199811.420.18.3
19971220.68.4
199612.5218.6
19951321.48.8
199413.521.78.9
19931422.19.1
199214.422.59.2
199114.922.99.3
199015.523.39.4
19891623.89.5
198816.624.410
198717.1259.9
198617.425.710.3
198517.726.410.6
198417.827.210.9
1983242811.1
198230.528.811.2
198124.629.711.6
198024.530.511.9
197916.931.411.9
197816.732.312.3
197716.533.112.6
197616.33412.8
197516.134.913.1
197415.835.713.3
197315.636.513.5
197215.337.213.7
197115.137.913.9
197014.938.514.2
196914.839.114.6
196814.639.815
19671840.415.3
196618.641.115.1
196519.241.815.1
1964–42.515.7
1963–43.216.2
1962–47.217
1961–48.518.8
1960–49.820.2
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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