Under-five mortality rate

66.0 (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 2021

In 2021, child mortality rate for Madagascar was 66 deaths per 1,000 live births. Child mortality rate of Madagascar fell gradually from 153.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1972 to 66 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021.

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Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates.

Date Value Change, %
2021 66.0 -0.15%
2020 66.1 0.00%
2019 66.1 0.46%
2018 65.8 0.15%
2017 65.7 -0.15%
2016 65.8 -0.30%
2015 66.0 -0.60%
2014 66.4 -0.90%
2013 67.0 -1.47%
2012 68.0 -1.73%
2011 69.2 -2.40%
2010 70.9