International Rankings of Madagascar 2023, 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	60	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	150	32000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	103	20 %	2021
Internet users - total	82	5.800 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	163	26271	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	91	56	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	69	16.280 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	150	2.090 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	155	1.510 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	128	732.252 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	143	3.085 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	144	3.341 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	133	13.964 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	110	31.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	112	11.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	79	67.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	58	33.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	118	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	121	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	120	56.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	32	42.6 %	2012
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
Imports	147	4.768 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	195	21.56 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	53	5.81 %	2021
Labor force	43	14.813 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	3	70.7 %	2012
Public debt	136	36 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	120	42.322 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	99	4.4 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	171	1500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	128	2.335 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	182	9.52 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	190	2.59 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	146	4.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	141	5.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	144	4.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	90	1.044 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	135	3.175 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	100	107000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	82	115000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	149	1.720 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	146	587000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	153	131.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	48	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	90	59.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	50	38.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	58	1.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	185	2.307 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	137	21100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	127	18880 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	131	3.91 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	93	10.14 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	85	21.44 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	20	71.1	2018
Land use - arable land	118	6	2018
Land use - forest	119	21.5	2018
Land use - other	168	7.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	12	64.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	17	4.34 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	32	337.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	33	13.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	79	160.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	77	400.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	11	4.26	2025
Urbanization - urban population	140	40.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	49	581540 sq km	0
Area - total	51	587041 sq km	0
Area - water	82	550149 sq km	0
Coastline	30	4828 km	0
Elevation - highest point	68	2876 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	57	615 meters	0
Irrigated land	43	10860 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	20	71.1	2018
Land use - arable land	118	6	2018
Land use - forest	119	21.5	2018
Land use - other	168	7.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	12	64.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	47	0.7 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	122	0.5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	111	0.32 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	141	0.89 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	89	0.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	32	28.14 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	10	26.4 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	73	49.7 %	2020
Current health expenditure	77	3.9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	61	60.1 %	2023
Death rate	144	5.92 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	137	5.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	28	17.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	36	74.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	35	68.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	58	85 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	4	62 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	2	43.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	7	15 % of population	0
Education expenditures	55	3.1 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	28	1.75 %	2023
Hospital bed density	69	0.2 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	31	34.83 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	35	41.61 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	33	38.27 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	167	69.92 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	163	67.06 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	164	68.47 years	0
Literacy - female	80	75.8 %	2021
Literacy - male	71	78.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	74	77.3 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	24	392 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	144	20.5 years	2020
Median age - male	134	20.1 years	0
Median age - total	135	20.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	78	19.5	2021
Net migration rate	81	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	134	5.3 %	2016
Physicians density	142	0.2 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	53	28.812 million	2023
Population growth rate	32	2.22 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	49.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	13	77.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	9	67.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	2	50.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	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	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.86 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	48	12.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	28	42.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	35	27.8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	34	3.55 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	11	4.26	2025
Urbanization - urban population	140	40.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	146	4.4	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	141	5.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	144	4.8	0
Transportation
Airports	60	83	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	51	571000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	123	28	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	82	16.250 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	114	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	77	600 km	2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Madagascar 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.