Madagascar’s coastline is 27 times as long as Mauritius’

Madagascar: 4,828 km (2026 edition) · Mauritius: 177 km (2026 edition)

Madagascar’s highest peak towers 2,048 m above Mauritius’

Madagascar: 2,876 m (2026 edition) · Mauritius: 828 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 70% of Madagascar, versus 41% of Mauritius

Madagascar: 70.4% (2024) · Mauritius: 40.9% (2024)

Madagascar has 26 times as many people as Mauritius

Madagascar: 32.7 million (2025) · Mauritius: 1.24 million (2025)

Mauritius is 11 times as densely populated as Madagascar

Madagascar: 56 per km² (2025) · Mauritius: 622 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mauritius is 18 years older than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 18.9 years (2023) · Mauritius: 36.9 years (2023)

Women in Madagascar have 2.5 more children on average than in Mauritius

Madagascar: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Mauritius: 1.44 children per woman (2024)

14% of people in Mauritius are 65 or older, versus 3.5% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 3.5% (2025) · Mauritius: 14.1% (2025)

Mauritius hosts 7.3 times as many refugees per resident as Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.0027 per 1,000 (2025) · Mauritius: 0.019 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Mauritius has 3 official languages, Madagascar 2

Madagascar: 2 (2026) · Mauritius: 3 (2026)

Madagascar’s economy is 21% larger than Mauritius’

Madagascar: $19.6 billion (2025) · Mauritius: $16.2 billion (2025)

Mauritius produces 17 times as much per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: Int$1,952 (2025) · Mauritius: Int$33,667 (2025)

Madagascar and Mauritius are practically level

Madagascar: 36.8 (2021) · Mauritius: 36.8 (2017)

69% of people in Madagascar live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Mauritius

Madagascar: 69.2% (2021) · Mauritius: 0.5% (2017)

Unemployment is 5.6% in Mauritius, versus 3.0% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 3% (2025) · Mauritius: 5.6% (2025)

Madagascar and Mauritius are practically level

Madagascar: 0.6% (2025) · Mauritius: 0.1% (2025)

Mauritius’ central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Madagascar’s 11%

Madagascar: 10.9% (2024) · Mauritius: 20.5% (2024)

Mauritius’ price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Madagascar’s

Madagascar: 31% (2025) · Mauritius: 39% (2025)

Mauritius spends 35 times as much on health per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: $17 (2023) · Mauritius: $616 (2023)

A baby in Madagascar is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mauritius

Madagascar: 43 per 1,000 (2024) · Mauritius: 13.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Mauritius has 8.3 times as many doctors per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Mauritius: 1.4 per 1,000 (2022)

Madagascar: no data · Mauritius: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Madagascar is 62% higher than in Mauritius

Madagascar: 17 per 100k (2023) · Mauritius: 10.5 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Mauritius are obese, versus 4.1% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.1% (2024) · Mauritius: 21.1% (2024)

26% of adults in Madagascar smoke, versus 18% in Mauritius

Madagascar: 25.6% (2024) · Mauritius: 17.7% (2024)

People in Mauritius rate their lives 1.76 points higher than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.17 (2025) · Mauritius: 5.94 (2025)

Adults in Mauritius drink 12 times as much alcohol as in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.7 litres (2023) · Mauritius: 8.5 litres (2023)

Mauritius has 12 times as much meat per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: 5.3 kg (2023) · Mauritius: 64.5 kg (2023)

Mauritius has 1,278 kcal more food per person per day than Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,978 kcal (2023) · Mauritius: 3,256 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mauritius put in 191 more hours a year than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,799 hours (2023) · Mauritius: 1,990 hours (2023)

Adults in Mauritius went to school 5.5 years longer than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.6 years (2023) · Mauritius: 10.1 years (2023)

Mauritius welcomed 82 times as many tourists per resident as Madagascar (2019)

Madagascar: 0.01 (2019) · Mauritius: 1.11 (2024)

Madagascar has 1 more World Heritage site than Mauritius (3 against 2)

Madagascar: 3 (2026) · Mauritius: 2 (2026)

Mauritius has won 1 Olympic medal, Madagascar none

Madagascar: 0 (2026 edition) · Mauritius: 1 (2026 edition)

73% of people in Mauritius are online, versus 19% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 19% (2024) · Mauritius: 73% (2024)

Home internet in Mauritius is 69% faster than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 54 Mbps (2026) · Mauritius: 90 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mauritius have electricity, versus 43% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 42.5% (2024) · Mauritius: 100% (2024)

39% of people in Mauritius live in cities, versus 33% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 33% (2025) · Mauritius: 39% (2025)

Mauritius has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Madagascar 75

Madagascar: 75 (2023) · Mauritius: 173 (2024)

Madagascar: 673 km (2021) · Mauritius: no data

Airlines from Mauritius fly 126 times as many passengers per resident as those from Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.01 (2023) · Mauritius: 1.21 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of Mauritius, but only 17% of Madagascar

Madagascar: 17.3% (2024) · Mauritius: 19.1% (2024)

The average person in Mauritius emits 26 times as much CO₂ as someone in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.1 t (2024) · Mauritius: 3.7 t (2024)

42% of Madagascar’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Mauritius

Madagascar: 42.4% (2024) · Mauritius: 17.9% (2024)

The air in Mauritius carries 12% more fine dust than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 11.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Mauritius: 13 µg/m³ (2024)

Madagascar: no data · Mauritius: 2.3 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Madagascar are 70% deadlier than in Mauritius

Madagascar: 33.7 per 100k (2023) · Mauritius: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

Mauritius is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Madagascar

Madagascar: 23°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mauritius: 23.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Madagascar gets 22% more rain than Mauritius

Madagascar: 1,384 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mauritius: 1,136 mm (2016–2025 avg)