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Madagascar

Republic of Madagascar

Capital
Antananarivo
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Income group
Low income
Population
32.7M (2025)
Area
587,041 km²
Currency
Malagasy ariary (MGA)
Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026Updated 7 h ago89 % coverage · 224 indicators

At a glance

Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.

49th of 218 · 12th in Sub-Saharan Africa
133rd of 187 · 25th in Sub-Saharan Africa
185th of 187 · 44th in Sub-Saharan Africa
105th of 187 · 36th in Sub-Saharan Africa
150th of 177 · 32nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
43rd of 185 · 14th in Sub-Saharan Africa
196th of 217 · 28th in Sub-Saharan Africa
185th of 216 · 19th in Sub-Saharan Africa
36th of 94 · 6th in Sub-Saharan Africa
14th of 212 · 10th in Sub-Saharan Africa
75th of 193 · 19th in Sub-Saharan Africa
175th of 182 · 39th in Sub-Saharan Africa

What changed in Madagascar

Statistically notable movements in the latest data.

No notable changes detected in the latest snapshot.

Countries similar to Madagascar

Nearest peers by standardised distance on the selected dimension.

Not enough data to compute peers.

Country DNA

Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.

DNA not available for this country yet.

Key facts

Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.

No verified insights yet.

Languages: French, Malagasy

Timeline

Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.

No events detected.

Explore Madagascar by topic

19 topics · 257 indicators with data.