Madagascar’s coastline is 2 times as long as Mozambique’s

Madagascar: 4,828 km (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2,470 km (2026 edition)

Madagascar’s highest peak towers 440 m above Mozambique’s

Madagascar: 2,876 m (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2,436 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 70% of Madagascar, versus 56% of Mozambique

Madagascar: 70.4% (2024) · Mozambique: 56.1% (2024)

Mozambique has 9% more people than Madagascar

Madagascar: 32.7 million (2025) · Mozambique: 35.6 million (2025)

Madagascar is 24% more densely populated than Mozambique

Madagascar: 56 per km² (2025) · Mozambique: 45 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Madagascar is 2.6 years older than in Mozambique

Madagascar: 18.9 years (2023) · Mozambique: 16.3 years (2023)

Women in Mozambique have 0.8 more children on average than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Mozambique: 4.69 children per woman (2024)

3.5% of people in Madagascar are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Mozambique

Madagascar: 3.5% (2025) · Mozambique: 2.7% (2025)

Mozambique hosts 54 times as many refugees per resident as Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.0027 per 1,000 (2025) · Mozambique: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Madagascar has 2 official languages, Mozambique 1

Madagascar: 2 (2026) · Mozambique: 1 (2026)

Mozambique’s economy is 14% larger than Madagascar’s

Madagascar: $19.6 billion (2025) · Mozambique: $22.3 billion (2025)

Madagascar produces 15% more per person than Mozambique

Madagascar: Int$1,952 (2025) · Mozambique: Int$1,698 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mozambique than in Madagascar (Gini 12.8 points higher)

Madagascar: 36.8 (2021) · Mozambique: 49.6 (2022)

81% of people in Mozambique live on less than $3 a day, versus 69% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 69.2% (2021) · Mozambique: 81.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.6% in Mozambique, versus 3.0% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 3% (2025) · Mozambique: 6.6% (2025)

Mozambique spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Madagascar 0.6%

Madagascar: 0.6% (2025) · Mozambique: 1.9% (2025)

Mozambique’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Madagascar’s 11%

Madagascar: 10.9% (2024) · Mozambique: 21.8% (2024)

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

Madagascar: 31% (2025) · Mozambique: 37% (2025)

Mozambique spends 3 times as much on health per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: $17 (2023) · Mozambique: $53 (2023)

A baby in Mozambique is 2% more likely to die before turning one than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 43 per 1,000 (2024) · Mozambique: 43.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Mozambique has 2% more doctors per person than Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Mozambique: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Madagascar: no data · Mozambique: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Madagascar is 2% higher than in Mozambique

Madagascar: 17 per 100k (2023) · Mozambique: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

9.4% of adults in Mozambique are obese, versus 4.1% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.1% (2024) · Mozambique: 9.4% (2024)

26% of adults in Madagascar smoke, versus 11% in Mozambique

Madagascar: 25.6% (2024) · Mozambique: 10.5% (2024)

People in Mozambique rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.17 (2025) · Mozambique: 5.34 (2025)

Adults in Mozambique drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.7 litres (2023) · Mozambique: 2 litres (2023)

Mozambique has 94% more meat per person than Madagascar

Madagascar: 5.3 kg (2023) · Mozambique: 10.4 kg (2023)

Mozambique has 208 kcal more food per person per day than Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,978 kcal (2023) · Mozambique: 2,186 kcal (2023)

Workers in Madagascar put in 293 more hours a year than in Mozambique

Madagascar: 1,799 hours (2023) · Mozambique: 1,507 hours (2023)

Madagascar and Mozambique are practically level

Madagascar: 4.6 years (2023) · Mozambique: 4.6 years (2023)

Mozambique welcomed 5 times as many tourists per resident as Madagascar (2019)

Madagascar: 0.01 (2019) · Mozambique: 0.07 (2019)

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

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

Mozambique has won 2 Olympic medals, Madagascar none

Madagascar: 0 (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2 (2026 edition)

21% of people in Mozambique are online, versus 19% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 19% (2024) · Mozambique: 21% (2024)

Home internet in Mozambique is 34% faster than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 54 Mbps (2026) · Mozambique: 72 Mbps (2026)

43% of people in Madagascar have electricity, versus 37% in Mozambique

Madagascar: 42.5% (2024) · Mozambique: 36.9% (2024)

37% of people in Mozambique live in cities, versus 33% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 33% (2025) · Mozambique: 37% (2025)

Madagascar has 75 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mozambique 50

Madagascar: 75 (2023) · Mozambique: 50 (2024)

Mozambique’s railway network is 4.6 times as long as Madagascar’s

Madagascar: 673 km (2021) · Mozambique: 3,116 km (2011)

Airlines from Mozambique fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.01 (2023) · Mozambique: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 41% of Mozambique, but only 17% of Madagascar

Madagascar: 17.3% (2024) · Mozambique: 41.3% (2024)

The average person in Mozambique emits 76% more CO₂ than someone in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.1 t (2024) · Mozambique: 0.2 t (2024)

83% of Mozambique’s electricity is renewable, versus 42% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 42.4% (2024) · Mozambique: 83.4% (2024)

The air in Mozambique carries 47% more fine dust than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 11.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Mozambique: 17 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Madagascar are 26% deadlier than in Mozambique

Madagascar: 33.7 per 100k (2023) · Mozambique: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Mozambique is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Madagascar

Madagascar: 23°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mozambique: 24.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Madagascar gets 51% more rain than Mozambique

Madagascar: 1,384 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mozambique: 918 mm (2016–2025 avg)