Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Madagascar
Madagascar: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3682 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Madagascar, 1980–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 0.3682 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar peaked at 0.4744 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.3682, in 2021.
Madagascar ranks 41st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4685 | 0.4685 | 0.4685 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4107 | 0.3858 | 0.452 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4369 | 0.3994 | 0.4744 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.4253 | 0.4241 | 0.4264 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.3682 | 0.3682 | 0.3682 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More poverty & inequality data for Madagascar
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.4% (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 13.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1948 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1948 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2174 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4488 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 69.2% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar was 0.3682 in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4744 in 2001.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3682 in 2021.
- How does Madagascar rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Madagascar ranks 41st out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.