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Society profile

Madagascar

Madagascar: 42 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 32.7 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 38.9%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 57.6%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.5%World Bank2025 Female share of population 49.8%World Bank2025 Urban population 32.9%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 3.9World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 128.7World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 63.8yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 43.0‰World Bank2024 Net migration -2 227World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 74.7%World Bank2021 Secondary school enrolment 34.1%World Bank2021 Tertiary enrolment 6.1%World Bank2023 Education spending 3.0%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $1 952$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $1 910$World Bank2025 Gini index 36.8World Bank2021 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 69.2%World Bank2021 Income share held by richest 10% 29.6%World Bank2021

Health

Suicide rate 6.1per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 3.4%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 18.7%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 75.5per 100World Bank2023 Access to electricity 42.5%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.1tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey56.5%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey52.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey41.0%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey50.9%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey27.7%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 14.1%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey53.4%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey26.8%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey26.7%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 3.0%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 5.2%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 82.9%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 88.1%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 88.3%World Bank2025

Safety

Feels safe walking alone at night survey29.0%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey9.4%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Russian Federation82%
  2. Ecuador80%
  3. Mongolia80%
  4. Maldives79%
  5. Guatemala79%
  6. Cameroon79%

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.