International Rankings of Madagascar 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Madagascar, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Madagascar, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	145	27211	0
Internet users - percent of population	206	9.8 %	2018
Internet users - total	109	2.517 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	149	68426	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	203	40.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	85	10.677 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	149	2.136 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	148	1.828 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	103	50	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	130	47.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	49	88.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	110	61	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	132	13.964 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	106	31.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	111	11.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	77	67.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	57	33.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	116	15.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	13	8.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	31	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	120	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	113	56.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	36	34.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	29	2.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	40	5.2 %	2017
Labor force	41	13.400 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	2	70.7	2012
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	117	44.419 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	187	1647 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	141	15.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	136	4.021 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	146	1.587 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	25	74	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	47	24	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	135	675400 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	138	1.706 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2012
Refined petroleum products - consumption	123	18000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	125	18880 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	130	3.91 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	93	10.14 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	84	21.44 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	20	71.1	2018
Land use - arable land	116	6	2018
Land use - forest	117	21.5	2018
Land use - other	165	7.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	13	64.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	16	4.34 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	30	337.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	33	13.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	92	161.900 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	86	395.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	11	4.26	2025
Urbanization - urban population	143	39.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	48	581540 sq km	0
Area - total	49	587041 sq km	0
Area - water	81	550149 sq km	0
Coastline	30	4828 km	0
Elevation - highest point	61	2876 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	56	615 meters	0
Irrigated land	44	10860 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	20	71.1	2018
Land use - arable land	116	6	2018
Land use - forest	117	21.5	2018
Land use - other	165	7.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	13	64.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	30	337.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	28	20.06 %	9874
Age structure - 25-54 years	174	33.02 %	6691
Age structure - 55-64 years	171	4.6 %	7315
Birth rate	29	29.22 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	82	44.4 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	62	4.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	134	6.09 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	117	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	29	18.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	33	75.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	32	70.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	60	87.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	5	63.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	4	44.5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	9	12.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	49	2.8 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	33	1800	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	51	42000	2020
Hospital bed density	67	0.2 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	35	36.49 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	41	43.06 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	38	39.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	157	69.22 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	154	66.54 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	155	67.86 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	29	335	2017
Median age - female	140	20.5 years	2020
Median age - male	129	20.1 years	0
Median age - total	130	20.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	75	19.5	0809
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	133	5.3 %	2016
Physicians density	141	0.18 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	52	27.534 million	2021
Population growth rate	28	2.31 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	105	42.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	11	83.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	7	73.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	2	57.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	10 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	10 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	12	10 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	29	3.7 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	136	3	2015
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	125	3.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	135	3.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	11	4.26	2025
Urbanization - urban population	143	39.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	59	83	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	29	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	52	26	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	25	38	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	49	57	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	50	18	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	81	16.250 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	112	541290	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	84	18	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	94	836 km	2018
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	68	600 km	432

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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