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Madagascar vs Mozambique
How Madagascar and Mozambique compare on 37 measures, from 1817 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Madagascar was higher: 63.6 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: $586 against $457
- Population · In 2023, Mozambique was higher: 33.6 million people against 31.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: 1.87% of GDP against 0.62% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Mozambique was higher: 0.29 tonnes against 0.15 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMadagascar: 63.6 years in 2023Mozambique: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMadagascar: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMadagascar: 45 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMadagascar: 3.71% in 2017Mozambique: 3.9% in 2017
- Suicide rateMadagascar: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Mozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMadagascar: 31.2 million people in 2023Mozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthMadagascar: 2.45% a year in 2023Mozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMadagascar: 3.97 births per woman in 2023Mozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMadagascar: 32.9% in 2025Mozambique: 37.2% in 2025
- Median ageMadagascar: 18.9 years in 2023Mozambique: 16.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMadagascar: 3.3% in 2023Mozambique: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMadagascar: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Mozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMadagascar: 0.62% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMadagascar: $111M in 2025Mozambique: $446M in 2025
- Military spending per personMadagascar: $4 in 2025Mozambique: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMadagascar: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Mozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMadagascar: 22,000 people in 2020Mozambique: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerMadagascar: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMadagascar: 0.15% of the labour force in 2020Mozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMadagascar: 3 million TIV in 2025Mozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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