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Madagascar

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Key facts

  • currency: Malagasy ariary
  • capital city: Antananarivo
  • region: Eastern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 581,800 km²
  • population: 29,611,714 people
  • political leader: Andry Rajoelina (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-20°0′S, 47°0′E]

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Summary

Madagascar is a country. The capital city is Antananarivo, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 581,800 km², a population of 29,611,714 people and uses the currency Malagasy ariary. The President is Andry Rajoelina.

Environment

Madagascar is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 408,950.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 3.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Fertility rate: 3.79 births per woman
  • Forest area: 124,165 km²
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 34.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 15.10
  • Methane emissions: 25.86 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 5.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 14,775,496 people
  • Male population: 14,836,218 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 83.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 588,612.86 km²
  • Rural population: 17,801,970 people
  • Urban land area: 1,660.59 km²
  • Urban population: 11,809,744 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.10 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Madagascar by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Madagascar

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Madagascar

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Madagascar

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Madagascar relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Madagascar

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Madagascar

Evolution of historical land area in Madagascar

Evolution of historical median age in Madagascar

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Madagascar

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Madagascar relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Madagascar

Evolution of historical male population in Madagascar

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Madagascar

Evolution of historical rural land area in Madagascar

Evolution of historical rural population in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Madagascar

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between date and population over time

Madagascar relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Madagascar relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Madagascar

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Madagascar relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Madagascar relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Madagascar relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Madagascar relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Madagascar relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Madagascar relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Madagascar relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Madagascar relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Madagascar

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Madagascar

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Madagascar

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Madagascar

Distribution of sites in Madagascar by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Madagascar by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Madagascar

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Madagascar by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Madagascar

Cities in Madagascar

Sites in Madagascar

Wildfires in Madagascar

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Health

  • Birth rate: 30.59 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 6.80 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 17.64 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 3.50 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.30 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.32 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 65
  • Suicide mortality rate: 5.50 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Madagascar relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Madagascar relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Madagascar relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Madagascar relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Madagascar

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Madagascar

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Madagascar

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Madagascar

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Madagascar relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Madagascar

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Madagascar

Proportion of diseases in Madagascar by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Madagascar by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Madagascar

Evolution of historical deaths in Madagascar

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Madagascar

Diseases in Madagascar

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Business

  • Expense: 9.95 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 15,302,510,500.05 current US$
  • Inflation: 8.16 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 88.75 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 9.25 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 3.19 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 84.77 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Madagascar by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Madagascar

Evolution of historical expense in Madagascar

Evolution of historical GDP in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Madagascar

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Madagascar

Evolution of historical unemployment in Madagascar

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Madagascar

Proportion of shops per country in Madagascar

Companies from Madagascar

Exchanges in Madagascar

Shops in Madagascar

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 22,000 people
  • Democracy score: 5.22
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Military expenditure: 0.65 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 18.54 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Madagascar

Madagascar relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Madagascar relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Madagascar relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Madagascar relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Madagascar relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Madagascar relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Madagascar relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Madagascar

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Madagascar

Distribution of politicians from Madagascar by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Madagascar

Political parties in Madagascar

Politicians from Madagascar

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Madagascar by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Madagascar

Proportion of competitions per city in Madagascar

Proportion of competitions per country in Madagascar

Distribution of competitions in Madagascar by start date

Proportion of medals won by Madagascar in the Olympics

Athletes from Madagascar

Competitions in Madagascar

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Madagascar by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Madagascar

Geographical distribution of museums in Madagascar by visitors

Artists from Madagascar

Museums in Madagascar

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Madagascar by total students

Distribution of universities in Madagascar per foundation year

Universities in Madagascar

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In literature

There are 106 books written about Madagascar in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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