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Madagascar vs Moldova statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 2.39M in Moldova (ranked 144/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 12,714 sq mi for Moldova (ranked 44th vs. 135th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Moldova
Population
33368335
2358679
Population rank 49/197 145/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$18.2B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 134/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$7,618
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 99/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$18,717
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$6.94B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
36.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$2,905
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 103/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$4,214
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
12,714 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
187.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
1.73
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
39.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
71.5 years
2025

Madagascar and Moldova: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Moldova economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Moldova
Year GDP
Madagascar Moldova
1960 $673,081,725 -
1961 $699,161,945 -
1962 $739,286,908 -
1963 $759,345,864 -
1964 $802,482,184 -
1965 $833,563,473 -
1966 $900,264,585 -
1967 $956,436,932 -
1968 $1,031,669,637 -
1969 $1,056,391,056 -
1970 $1,111,859,571 -
1971 $1,199,507,631 -
1972 $1,341,590,690 -
1973 $1,653,062,335 -
1974 $1,917,508,190 -
1975 $2,283,049,215 -
1976 $2,181,844,179 -
1977 $2,358,930,406 -
1978 $2,669,755,115 -
1979 $3,463,565,854 -
1980 $5,201,818,348 -
1981 $4,759,333,998 -
1982 $4,784,977,326 -
1983 $4,686,457,031 -
1984 $3,905,938,481 -
1985 $3,802,557,895 -
1986 $4,347,989,788 -
1987 $3,212,900,556 -
1988 $3,189,456,965 -
1989 $3,175,638,333 -
1990 $3,931,334,875 $3,592,857,043
1991 $3,254,713,056 $3,094,565,871
1992 $3,714,966,678 $2,319,243,436
1993 $4,063,298,919 $2,371,813,324
1994 $3,522,227,092 $1,702,314,268
1995 $3,838,100,904 $1,752,999,370
1996 $4,931,861,039 $1,695,122,174
1997 $4,262,965,420 $1,930,081,169
1998 $4,401,967,633 $1,698,717,505
1999 $4,277,903,780 $1,170,782,957
2000 $4,629,247,204 $1,288,429,392
2001 $5,438,332,602 $1,480,673,594
2002 $5,351,701,663 $1,661,818,168
2003 $6,372,498,890 $1,980,907,435
2004 $5,064,732,626 $2,598,249,556
2005 $5,859,269,753 $2,988,342,907
2006 $6,395,712,491 $3,408,255,451
2007 $8,524,620,890 $4,401,173,152
2008 $10,725,137,724 $6,054,824,248
2009 $9,616,879,409 $5,439,434,272
2010 $9,982,711,338 $6,974,982,370
2011 $11,551,819,618 $8,414,352,020
2012 $11,578,975,062 $8,709,138,635
2013 $12,423,555,455 $9,496,717,876
2014 $12,522,957,399 $9,402,090,138
2015 $11,323,020,701 $7,797,667,197
2016 $11,848,613,858 $7,980,917,076
2017 $13,176,313,594 $9,514,404,016
2018 $13,760,033,282 $11,252,353,421
2019 $14,104,664,679 $11,736,797,055
2020 $13,051,441,204 $11,530,746,234
2021 $14,354,731,964 $13,691,869,264
2022 $15,325,603,273 $14,525,337,524
2023 $15,869,945,478 $16,711,906,746
2024 $17,420,814,801 $18,200,340,854

Madagascar and Moldova economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Moldova
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Moldova
1960 $131.7 -
1961 $133.3 -
1962 $137.3 -
1963 $137.4 -
1964 $141.5 -
1965 $143.2 -
1966 $150.7 -
1967 $155.9 -
1968 $163.6 -
1969 $162.9 -
1970 $166.6 -
1971 $174.6 -
1972 $189.6 -
1973 $226.8 -
1974 $255.3 -
1975 $295 -
1976 $273.5 -
1977 $286.9 -
1978 $315 -
1979 $396 -
1980 $578 -
1981 $513 -
1982 $501 -
1983 $476 -
1984 $385 -
1985 $364 -
1986 $405 -
1987 $290.8 -
1988 $280.5 -
1989 $271.3 -
1990 $326 $1,207
1991 $262 $1,038
1992 $290.2 $778
1993 $308 $797
1994 $258.7 $574
1995 $273.1 $594
1996 $340 $575
1997 $284.4 $657
1998 $284.2 $579
1999 $267.4 $399
2000 $280.3 $441
2001 $319 $507
2002 $305 $571
2003 $353 $682
2004 $272.2 $897
2005 $306 $1,034
2006 $324 $1,183
2007 $420 $1,531
2008 $513 $2,111
2009 $446 $1,898
2010 $450 $2,437
2011 $506 $2,941
2012 $494 $3,045
2013 $515 $3,321
2014 $506 $3,290
2015 $445 $2,750
2016 $454 $2,847
2017 $492 $3,453
2018 $500 $4,156
2019 $500 $4,405
2020 $451 $4,376
2021 $483 $5,275
2022 $504 $5,744
2023 $509 $6,800
2024 $545 $7,618

Madagascar vs. Moldova life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Moldova
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Moldova
1950 39.7 54
1951 39.9 54.5
1952 40.3 55.1
1953 40.7 55.7
1954 40.9 56.3
1955 41.3 56.9
1956 41.7 57.4
1957 42.1 58
1958 42.5 58.5
1959 43 59
1960 43.3 59.4
1961 43.8 59.9
1962 44.2 60.3
1963 44.6 60.6
1964 45 61
1965 45.4 61.3
1966 46 61.6
1967 46.5 61.8
1968 46.9 62
1969 47.3 62.2
1970 47.9 62.4
1971 48.2 62.7
1972 48.5 62.9
1973 48.9 63.2
1974 49.3 63.4
1975 49.6 63.7
1976 49.8 64
1977 49.9 64.2
1978 50 64.5
1979 50.1 64.8
1980 50 65.2
1981 49.8 65.6
1982 50 65.9
1983 50.1 66.1
1984 50.2 66.4
1985 50.4 66.9
1986 50.7 67.4
1987 51.1 67.9
1988 51.4 68.2
1989 51.8 68.2
1990 52.1 67.9
1991 52.6 67.6
1992 52.9 66.7
1993 53.7 66.7
1994 54.2 66.3
1995 54.8 66.2
1996 55.5 66.2
1997 56.1 66.5
1998 56.8 66.8
1999 57.4 67.2
2000 58 67.5
2001 58.7 67.7
2002 59.2 67.8
2003 59.7 67.9
2004 60.2 68
2005 60.7 68.2
2006 61.1 68.4
2007 61.5 68.7
2008 62 69
2009 62.3 69.4
2010 62.6 69.9
2011 62.9 70.2
2012 63 70.3
2013 63.2 70.3
2014 63.3 70.2
2015 63.4 70.1
2016 63.4 70.2
2017 63.4 70.4
2018 63.5 70.2
2019 63.5 70.2
2020 62.7 69.9
2021 62.5 69
2022 63.1 71.5
2023 63.6 71.2
2024 63.8 71.3
2025 64 71.5

Madagascar and Moldova population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Moldova
Year Population
Madagascar Moldova
1960 5,111,029 2,058,020
1961 5,246,158 2,103,327
1962 5,384,150 2,147,227
1963 5,525,185 2,188,895
1964 5,669,863 2,228,000
1965 5,819,116 2,265,287
1966 5,974,279 2,301,871
1967 6,136,486 2,337,695
1968 6,306,493 2,373,073
1969 6,484,716 2,408,469
1970 6,672,003 2,437,590
1971 6,868,868 2,460,611
1972 7,074,398 2,484,742
1973 7,288,048 2,510,584
1974 7,509,726 2,538,164
1975 7,739,336 2,566,998
1976 7,976,831 2,596,491
1977 8,222,240 2,626,298
1978 8,475,864 2,656,211
1979 8,737,581 2,683,035
1980 9,006,032 2,708,675
1981 9,279,011 2,735,987
1982 9,557,671 2,763,101
1983 9,843,044 2,791,207
1984 10,134,550 2,820,518
1985 10,433,142 2,850,787
1986 10,736,857 2,883,057
1987 11,047,291 2,916,306
1988 11,369,462 2,948,891
1989 11,704,998 2,970,039
1990 12,055,639 2,977,912
1991 12,421,412 2,981,566
1992 12,800,870 2,980,965
1993 13,197,345 2,975,966
1994 13,613,850 2,966,745
1995 14,051,275 2,953,200
1996 14,510,711 2,947,293
1997 14,990,814 2,936,413
1998 15,489,364 2,935,227
1999 16,000,506 2,930,622
2000 16,516,338 2,924,668
2001 17,032,939 2,918,135
2002 17,549,913 2,911,385
2003 18,071,854 2,903,198
2004 18,606,608 2,896,023
2005 19,159,707 2,888,985
2006 19,730,909 2,880,967
2007 20,318,583 2,874,299
2008 20,923,840 2,868,833
2009 21,547,280 2,865,213
2010 22,183,340 2,862,354
2011 22,822,300 2,860,699
2012 23,462,438 2,860,324
2013 24,109,290 2,859,558
2014 24,764,348 2,857,815
2015 25,426,702 2,835,978
2016 26,099,952 2,803,186
2017 26,788,375 2,755,189
2018 27,494,926 2,707,203
2019 28,219,554 2,664,224
2020 28,953,556 2,635,130
2021 29,691,083 2,595,809
2022 30,437,261 2,528,654
2023 31,195,932 2,457,783
2024 31,964,956 2,389,275

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Moldova

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Moldova
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Moldova
1960 7.34 3.32
1961 7.3 3.23
1962 7.26 3.04
1963 7.21 2.89
1964 7.19 2.71
1965 7.17 2.69
1966 7.16 2.65
1967 7.14 2.62
1968 7.13 2.59
1969 7.12 2.57
1970 7.1 2.57
1971 7.07 2.56
1972 7.04 2.56
1973 7.01 2.57
1974 6.99 2.56
1975 6.97 2.52
1976 6.95 2.47
1977 6.93 2.42
1978 6.9 2.39
1979 6.87 2.38
1980 6.84 2.38
1981 6.77 2.4
1982 6.7 2.45
1983 6.63 2.58
1984 6.55 2.67
1985 6.46 2.67
1986 6.34 2.74
1987 6.24 2.78
1988 6.18 2.63
1989 6.15 2.46
1990 6.14 2.39
1991 6.12 2.28
1992 6.08 2.22
1993 6.06 2.11
1994 6.04 1.99
1995 6.04 1.83
1996 6.03 1.71
1997 6.02 1.79
1998 5.99 1.65
1999 5.84 1.56
2000 5.67 1.5
2001 5.53 1.47
2002 5.41 1.45
2003 5.33 1.48
2004 5.26 1.54
2005 5.2 1.53
2006 5.13 1.54
2007 5.08 1.58
2008 5.04 1.64
2009 5 1.72
2010 4.9 1.7
2011 4.74 1.65
2012 4.61 1.66
2013 4.53 1.62
2014 4.42 1.82
2015 4.34 1.87
2016 4.29 1.89
2017 4.26 1.81
2018 4.25 1.81
2019 4.22 1.78
2020 4.17 1.77
2021 4.1 1.75
2022 4.04 1.69
2023 3.97 1.73

Madagascar and Moldova demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Moldova
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Moldova
1960 17.9 24.6
1961 17.5 24.7
1962 17.2 24.9
1963 17 25.1
1964 16.8 25.4
1965 16.8 25.7
1966 16.7 25.9
1967 16.7 26.1
1968 16.7 26.3
1969 16.6 26.4
1970 16.7 26.4
1971 16.7 26.3
1972 16.6 26.3
1973 16.6 26.3
1974 16.6 26.5
1975 16.6 26.7
1976 16.6 26.9
1977 16.5 27.2
1978 16.5 27.5
1979 16.5 27.6
1980 16.4 27.6
1981 16.4 27.9
1982 16.4 28.1
1983 16.4 28.3
1984 16.5 28.5
1985 16.5 28.7
1986 16.6 28.9
1987 16.6 29.1
1988 16.7 29.3
1989 16.8 29.5
1990 16.9 29.8
1991 16.9 30.2
1992 17 30.4
1993 17 30.6
1994 17.1 30.8
1995 17.1 31
1996 17.1 31.2
1997 17.1 31.3
1998 17.2 31.5
1999 17.2 31.8
2000 17.2 32
2001 17.2 32.2
2002 17.2 32.4
2003 17.2 32.6
2004 17.3 32.8
2005 17.3 33
2006 17.4 33.3
2007 17.5 33.6
2008 17.6 33.9
2009 17.7 34.3
2010 17.8 34.6
2011 17.9 34.9
2012 18.1 35.1
2013 18.2 35.4
2014 18.4 35.7
2015 18.6 36.1
2016 18.7 36.5
2017 18.9 36.8
2018 19.1 37.2
2019 19.3 37.6
2020 19.4 38
2021 19.6 38.3
2022 19.7 38.6
2023 19.9 38.8
2024 20 39.1

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Finance

Madagascar Moldova
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$16.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
39.8%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
6.63%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
0.55%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
6,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-5.11%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
1.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
62.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
16.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
58.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
22.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
4.3%
2023
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$5.48B
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$1.92B
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
29,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
11%
2020
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
55.5%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Moldova
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
1,297 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$13.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
9.93 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
4.04 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
81.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
21.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
1.78%
2023
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
81.2%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
2,412 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
6.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
4.73%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Madagascar Moldova
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.03%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
-27,088
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
43.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
46.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
43
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
38
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
2.54
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
7.3
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
123
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
99.6%
2021
English speaking
18%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
80.2%
2023

Health

Madagascar Moldova
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$398
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$126.3
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
71.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
2.57%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
3.25
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
25.1 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
19
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
14.7
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
23.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
6.3%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
56
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
29.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
11.1 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Moldova
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
5,321 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
9,421 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
1,492 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
5,811 mi
2012

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