Madagascar: 4,828 km (2026 edition) · Malawi: 0 km (2026 edition)

Malawi’s highest peak towers 126 m above Madagascar’s

Madagascar: 2,876 m (2026 edition) · Malawi: 3,002 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 70% of Madagascar, versus 65% of Malawi

Madagascar: 70.4% (2024) · Malawi: 65% (2024)

Madagascar has 47% more people than Malawi

Madagascar: 32.7 million (2025) · Malawi: 22.2 million (2025)

Malawi is 4.2 times as densely populated as Madagascar

Madagascar: 56 per km² (2025) · Malawi: 236 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Madagascar is 1.3 years older than in Malawi

Madagascar: 18.9 years (2023) · Malawi: 17.6 years (2023)

Women in Madagascar have 0.3 more children on average than in Malawi

Madagascar: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Malawi: 3.59 children per woman (2024)

3.5% of people in Madagascar are 65 or older, versus 2.6% in Malawi

Madagascar: 3.5% (2025) · Malawi: 2.6% (2025)

Malawi hosts 597 times as many refugees per resident as Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.0027 per 1,000 (2025) · Malawi: 1.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Madagascar has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malawi none

Madagascar: 0.3 (2026) · Malawi: 0 (2026)

Madagascar and Malawi are practically level

Madagascar: 2 (2026) · Malawi: 2 (2026)

Madagascar’s economy is 32% larger than Malawi’s

Madagascar: $19.6 billion (2025) · Malawi: $14.9 billion (2025)

Madagascar produces 3% more per person than Malawi

Madagascar: Int$1,952 (2025) · Malawi: Int$1,899 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malawi than in Madagascar (Gini 1.7 points higher)

Madagascar: 36.8 (2021) · Malawi: 38.5 (2019)

75% of people in Malawi live on less than $3 a day, versus 69% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 69.2% (2021) · Malawi: 75.4% (2019)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Malawi, versus 3.0% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 3% (2025) · Malawi: 5.1% (2025)

Malawi spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Madagascar 0.6%

Madagascar: 0.6% (2025) · Malawi: 1.1% (2025)

Malawi’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Madagascar’s 11%

Madagascar: 10.9% (2024) · Malawi: 15.6% (2024)

Malawi’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Madagascar’s

Madagascar: 31% (2025) · Malawi: 35% (2025)

Malawi spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: $17 (2023) · Malawi: $41 (2023)

A baby in Madagascar is 13% more likely to die before turning one than in Malawi

Madagascar: 43 per 1,000 (2024) · Malawi: 38 per 1,000 (2024)

Madagascar has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Malawi

Madagascar: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Malawi: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Malawi is 26% higher than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 17 per 100k (2023) · Malawi: 21.5 per 100k (2023)

6.7% of adults in Malawi are obese, versus 4.1% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.1% (2024) · Malawi: 6.7% (2024)

26% of adults in Madagascar smoke, versus 8.9% in Malawi

Madagascar: 25.6% (2024) · Malawi: 8.9% (2024)

People in Madagascar rate their lives 0.89 points higher than in Malawi

Madagascar: 4.17 (2025) · Malawi: 3.28 (2025)

Adults in Malawi drink 37% more alcohol than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.7 litres (2023) · Malawi: 1 litres (2023)

Malawi has 5.3 times as much meat per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: 5.3 kg (2023) · Malawi: 28.2 kg (2023)

Malawi has 640 kcal more food per person per day than Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,978 kcal (2023) · Malawi: 2,618 kcal (2023)

Workers in Madagascar put in 204 more hours a year than in Malawi

Madagascar: 1,799 hours (2023) · Malawi: 1,596 hours (2023)

Adults in Malawi went to school 0.65 years longer than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.6 years (2023) · Malawi: 5.2 years (2023)

Malawi welcomed 3.8 times as many tourists per resident as Madagascar (2019)

Madagascar: 0.01 (2019) · Malawi: 0.05 (2019)

Madagascar and Malawi are practically level

Madagascar: 3 (2026) · Malawi: 3 (2026)

Madagascar and Malawi are practically level

Madagascar: 0 (2026 edition) · Malawi: 0 (2026 edition)

Malawi and Madagascar are practically level

Madagascar: 19% (2024) · Malawi: 19% (2024)

Home internet in Malawi is 66% faster than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 54 Mbps (2026) · Malawi: 89 Mbps (2026)

43% of people in Madagascar have electricity, versus 16% in Malawi

Madagascar: 42.5% (2024) · Malawi: 15.6% (2024)

33% of people in Madagascar live in cities, versus 18% in Malawi

Madagascar: 33% (2025) · Malawi: 18% (2025)

Madagascar has 75 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Malawi 69

Madagascar: 75 (2023) · Malawi: 69 (2024)

Malawi’s railway network is 14% longer than Madagascar’s

Madagascar: 673 km (2021) · Malawi: 767 km (2014)

Airlines from Madagascar fly 61 times as many passengers per resident as those from Malawi

Madagascar: 0.01 (2023) · Malawi: 0.00016 (2023)

Forest covers 22% of Malawi, but only 17% of Madagascar

Madagascar: 17.3% (2024) · Malawi: 22% (2024)

The average person in Madagascar emits 63% more CO₂ than someone in Malawi

Madagascar: 0.1 t (2024) · Malawi: 0.1 t (2024)

96% of Malawi’s electricity is renewable, versus 42% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 42.4% (2024) · Malawi: 95.6% (2024)

The air in Malawi carries 88% more fine dust than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 11.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Malawi: 21.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Madagascar are 2% deadlier than in Malawi

Madagascar: 33.7 per 100k (2023) · Malawi: 33.2 per 100k (2023)

Madagascar is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Malawi

Madagascar: 23°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malawi: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malawi gets 5% more rain than Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,384 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malawi: 1,453 mm (2016–2025 avg)