Madagascar vs Sudan: Number of child deaths per woman
Madagascar
0.2353 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sudan
0.2501 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
23rd
Sudan rank
20th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Madagascar
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0148 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1131 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.059 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2332 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.7852 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7152 under-five deaths per woman | 0.07 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4665 under-five deaths per woman | 0.02 under-five deaths per woman | Sudan |
| 2010s | 0.2851 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3134 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0284 under-five deaths per woman | Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.2467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2408 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0059 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Madagascar or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Madagascar and Sudan?
- 0.0148 under-five deaths per woman, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sudan?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Sudan rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).