Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.2174 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.2174
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
15th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.4315
in 1950
All-time low
0.2158
in 2020
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Madagascar, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Madagascar is 0.2174, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Madagascar peaked at 0.4315 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.2158, in 2020.
That places Madagascar 15th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.4315 | — |
| 1951 | 0.4277 | -0.9% |
| 1952 | 0.4246 | -0.7% |
| 1953 | 0.4216 | -0.7% |
| 1954 | 0.4197 | -0.5% |
| 1955 | 0.4165 | -0.8% |
| 1956 | 0.4132 | -0.8% |
| 1957 | 0.4098 | -0.8% |
| 1958 | 0.4062 | -0.9% |
| 1959 | 0.4026 | -0.9% |
| 1960 | 0.3991 | -0.9% |
| 1961 | 0.3951 | -1.0% |
| 1962 | 0.3914 | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.3877 | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3839 | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 0.3801 | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.3762 | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.3717 | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.368 | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.3639 | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.3591 | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.356 | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.3524 | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.349 | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.3464 | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.3443 | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.3431 | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.3427 | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.3429 | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3438 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.345 | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.3478 | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.3477 | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.346 | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.3452 | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.3437 | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3417 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.3384 | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3354 | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.3307 | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3263 | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3214 | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.3167 | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.3097 | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3044 | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2987 | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2924 | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2858 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.279 | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2727 | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.267 | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2601 | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.2553 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.2504 | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.2461 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2416 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2374 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2338 | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2304 | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2276 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2251 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.223 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2218 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2204 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.2197 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2186 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.218 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.218 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2176 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2177 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2158 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2197 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.2186 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2174 | -0.5% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 0.2174 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2097, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 0.2174 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2002, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4173 | 0.4026 | 0.4315 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3817 | 0.3639 | 0.3991 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.348 | 0.3427 | 0.3591 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3422 | 0.3307 | 0.3478 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3007 | 0.2727 | 0.3263 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.245 | 0.2276 | 0.267 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.22 | 0.2176 | 0.2251 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2179 | 0.2158 | 0.2197 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 12 Niger 0.2324 compare
- 13 Burkina Faso 0.2282 compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 0.2255 compare
- 16 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2164 compare
- 17 Burundi 0.2119 compare
- 18 Liberia 0.2098 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Madagascar
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.97 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,426 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -18.49 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Madagascar?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Madagascar was 0.2174 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4315 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2158 in 2020.
- How does Madagascar rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Madagascar ranks 15th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.