Madagascar vs Zambia: Number of child deaths per woman
Madagascar
0.2353 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Zambia
0.2201 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
23rd
Zambia rank
26th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Madagascar
- Zambia
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2201 under-five deaths per woman in Zambia, a difference of 0.0152 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and Zambia ranks 26th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1278 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 1.19 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0642 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 1980s | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 1.14 under-five deaths per woman | 0.186 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.7852 under-five deaths per woman | 1.08 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2932 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 2000s | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6364 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1899 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.2851 under-five deaths per woman | 0.307 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0219 under-five deaths per woman | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.2467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2246 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0221 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 Zambia?
- Madagascar, at 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2201 under-five deaths per woman in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Madagascar and Zambia?
- 0.0152 under-five deaths per woman, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zambia?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Zambia rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and Zambia ranks 26th 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).