Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Madagascar

Life expectancy at birth in Madagascar in 2024 — 63.8 years. Ranked 196 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 47.3%.

2024 63.8 years +0.32% vs 2023
World rank 196of 217
Period maximum 63.8 years2024
Period minimum 43.3 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Madagascar, 1960–20244050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.3 years1962: 44.2 years1964: 45 years1966: 46 years1968: 46.9 years1970: 47.9 years1972: 48.5 years1974: 49.3 years1976: 49.8 years1978: 50 years1980: 50 years1982: 50 years1984: 50.2 years1986: 50.7 years1988: 51.4 years1990: 52.1 years1992: 52.9 years1994: 54.2 years1996: 55.5 years1998: 56.8 years2000: 58 years2002: 59.2 years2004: 60.2 years2006: 61.1 years2008: 62 years2010: 62.6 years2012: 63 years2014: 63.3 years2016: 63.4 years2018: 63.5 years2020: 62.7 years2022: 63.1 years2024: 63.8 years
Change over the period: +20.5 (+47.26%) Average annual rate: 0.61 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Madagascar

Madagascar 63.8 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Eastern Africa computed 65.9 years
Low-income countries computed 65.2 years
Life expectancy at birth — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.8 +0.2 +0.32%
2023 63.6 +0.6 +0.89%
2022 63.1 +0.6 +0.88%
2021 62.5 −0.2 −0.3%
2020 62.7 −0.8 −1.26%
2019 63.5 +0 +0.02%
2018 63.5 +0.1 +0.09%
2017 63.4 +0 +0%
2016 63.4 +0.1 +0.11%
2015 63.4 +0.1 +0.16%
2014 63.3 +0.1 +0.16%
2013 63.2 +0.2 +0.24%
2012 63 +0.1 +0.23%
2011 62.9 +0.3 +0.42%
2010 62.6 +0.3 +0.47%
2009 62.3 +0.3 +0.5%
2008 62 +0.5 +0.75%
2007 61.5 +0.4 +0.64%
2006 61.1 +0.5 +0.78%
2005 60.7 +0.5 +0.82%
2004 60.2 +0.5 +0.8%
2003 59.7 +0.5 +0.88%
2002 59.2 +0.5 +0.85%
2001 58.7 +0.7 +1.21%
2000 58 +0.5 +0.94%
1999 57.4 +0.6 +1.11%
1998 56.8 +0.7 +1.2%
1997 56.1 +0.7 +1.17%
1996 55.5 +0.6 +1.15%
1995 54.8 +0.6 +1.1%
1994 54.2 +0.5 +0.96%
1993 53.7 +0.8 +1.49%
1992 52.9 +0.4 +0.74%
1991 52.6 +0.4 +0.8%
1990 52.1 +0.3 +0.63%
1989 51.8 +0.4 +0.76%
1988 51.4 +0.3 +0.64%
1987 51.1 +0.4 +0.88%
1986 50.7 +0.2 +0.49%
1985 50.4 +0.2 +0.39%
1984 50.2 +0.1 +0.2%
1983 50.1 +0.1 +0.2%
1982 50 +0.2 +0.41%
1981 49.8 −0.2 −0.36%
1980 50 −0.1 −0.15%
1979 50.1 +0 +0.08%
1978 50 +0.1 +0.14%
1977 49.9 +0.1 +0.29%
1976 49.8 +0.2 +0.41%
1975 49.6 +0.3 +0.59%
1974 49.3 +0.4 +0.78%
1973 48.9 +0.4 +0.85%
1972 48.5 +0.3 +0.63%
1971 48.2 +0.3 +0.64%
1970 47.9 +0.6 +1.22%
1969 47.3 +0.4 +0.83%
1968 46.9 +0.5 +1.02%
1967 46.5 +0.5 +1.04%
1966 46 +0.5 +1.17%
1965 45.4 +0.4 +0.91%
1964 45 +0.4 +0.92%
1963 44.6 +0.4 +1%
1962 44.2 +0.4 +0.9%
1961 43.8 +0.4 +1.02%
1960 43.3

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.