Madagascar vs Mozambique

Madagascar vs Mozambique: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.05 times that in Mozambique.

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

Madagascar vs Mozambique: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 6.2 per 100 live births in Madagascar and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.05 times that in Mozambique.
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What the numbers say

  • Madagascar has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Mozambique.
  • In 2024, Madagascar ranked 19 and Mozambique ranked 22 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

YearMadagascarMozambiqueWorld
20246.25.93.7
20236.46.23.8
20226.56.44
20216.56.64
20206.56.83.9
20196.56.94
20186.574
20176.57.24.1
20166.57.34.2
20156.57.64.3
20146.684.4
20136.68.34.5
20126.78.74.7
20116.99.15
201079.65.1
20097.29.85.3
20087.510.45.5
20077.811.15.7
20068.111.96
20058.412.66.2
20048.813.36.6
20039.2146.8
20029.614.87.1
20011015.67.4
200010.416.57.7
199910.917.47.9
199811.418.48.3
19971219.48.4
199612.520.38.6
19951321.18.8
199413.521.78.9
19931422.39.1
199214.422.89.2
199114.923.29.3
199015.523.59.4
19891623.89.5
198816.624.110
198717.124.49.9
198617.424.810.3
198517.725.110.6
198417.825.510.9
19832425.811.1
198230.52611.2
198124.630.911.6
198024.526.211.9
197916.926.311.9
197816.726.412.3
197716.526.512.6
197616.326.612.8
197516.126.713.1
197415.826.913.3
197315.62713.5
197215.327.213.7
197115.127.313.9
197014.927.314.2
196914.827.414.6
196814.627.415
19671827.415.3
196618.627.315.1
196519.227.215.1
1964–27.115.7
1963–2716.2
1962–2817
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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