Income inequality: Atkinson index in Madagascar
Madagascar: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4488 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Madagascar, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 0.4488 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Madagascar peaked at 0.4488 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.435, in 2010.
Madagascar ranks 22nd of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.435 | — |
| 2011 | 0.435 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.435 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4488 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4488 | +0.0% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 0.4488 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3934, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 0.4488 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4447 | 0.435 | 0.4488 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4488 | 0.4488 | 0.4488 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 19 Botswana 0.4548 compare
- 20 Central African Republic 0.4547 compare
- 21 Cape Verde 0.4538 compare
- 23 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4481 compare
- 24 Rwanda 0.4433 compare
- 25 Togo 0.4408 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 income inequality: atkinson index in Madagascar?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Madagascar was 0.4488 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4488 in 2013.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.435 in 2010.
- How does Madagascar rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Madagascar ranks 22nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.