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Madagascar vs Senegal
How Madagascar and Senegal compare on 38 measures, from 1817 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Senegal was higher: 68.7 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Senegal was higher: $1,582 against $457
- Population · In 2023, Madagascar was higher: 31.2 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Senegal was higher: 1.56% of GDP against 0.62% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Senegal was higher: 0.77 tonnes against 0.15 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMadagascar: 63.6 years in 2023Senegal: 68.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMadagascar: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024Senegal: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMadagascar: 45 per 1,000 live births in 2023Senegal: 24.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMadagascar: 22.2% in 2022Senegal: 26.7% in 2022
- DepressionMadagascar: 3.71% in 2017Senegal: 3.37% in 2017
- Suicide rateMadagascar: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Senegal: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMadagascar: 31.2 million people in 2023Senegal: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthMadagascar: 2.45% a year in 2023Senegal: 2.33% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMadagascar: 3.97 births per woman in 2023Senegal: 3.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMadagascar: 32.9% in 2025Senegal: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMadagascar: 18.9 years in 2023Senegal: 19.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMadagascar: 3.3% in 2023Senegal: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMadagascar: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Senegal: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMadagascar: 0.62% of GDP in 2025Senegal: 1.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMadagascar: $111M in 2025Senegal: $533M in 2025
- Military spending per personMadagascar: $4 in 2025Senegal: $30 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMadagascar: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Senegal: 5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMadagascar: 22,000 people in 2020Senegal: 19,000 people in 2020
- National powerMadagascar: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Senegal: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMadagascar: 0.15% of the labour force in 2020Senegal: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMadagascar: 3 million TIV in 2025Senegal: 79 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, 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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