Madagascar vs Uganda: Number of child deaths per woman
Madagascar
0.2353 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Uganda
0.2387 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
23rd
Uganda rank
21st
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Madagascar
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0034 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Uganda ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and Uganda ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | 1.43 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1908 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1970s | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3424 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1980s | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1108 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1990s | 0.7852 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3604 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7351 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2885 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.2851 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3325 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0474 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.2467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2412 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0055 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 Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.2387 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 Uganda?
- 0.0034 under-five deaths per woman, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Uganda?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Uganda rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and Uganda ranks 21st 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).