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

Madagascar’s highest peak towers 284 m above Zimbabwe’s

Madagascar: 2,876 m (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 2,592 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 70% of Madagascar, versus 48% of Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 70.4% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 48.1% (2024)

Madagascar has 93% more people than Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 32.7 million (2025) · Zimbabwe: 17 million (2025)

Madagascar is 28% more densely populated than Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 56 per km² (2025) · Zimbabwe: 44 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Madagascar is 1.1 years older than in Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 18.9 years (2023) · Zimbabwe: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Madagascar have 0.2 more children on average than in Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Zimbabwe: 3.67 children per woman (2024)

Zimbabwe and Madagascar are practically level

Madagascar: 3.5% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 3.6% (2025)

Zimbabwe hosts 190 times as many refugees per resident as Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.0027 per 1,000 (2025) · Zimbabwe: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Zimbabwe has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Madagascar 0.3

Madagascar: 0.3 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 0.6 (2026)

Zimbabwe has 15 official languages, Madagascar 2

Madagascar: 2 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 15 (2026)

Zimbabwe’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Madagascar’s

Madagascar: $19.6 billion (2025) · Zimbabwe: $51.2 billion (2025)

Zimbabwe produces 3.3 times as much per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: Int$1,952 (2025) · Zimbabwe: Int$6,470 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Zimbabwe than in Madagascar (Gini 13.5 points higher)

Madagascar: 36.8 (2021) · Zimbabwe: 50.3 (2019)

69% of people in Madagascar live on less than $3 a day, versus 49% in Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 69.2% (2021) · Zimbabwe: 49.2% (2019)

Unemployment is 9.3% in Zimbabwe, versus 3.0% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 3% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 9.3% (2025)

Madagascar and Zimbabwe are practically level

Madagascar: 0.6% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 0.6% (2025)

Madagascar’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Zimbabwe’s 7.2%

Madagascar: 10.9% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 7.2% (2018)

Zimbabwe’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Madagascar’s

Madagascar: 31% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 47% (2025)

Zimbabwe spends 3.6 times as much on health per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: $17 (2023) · Zimbabwe: $63 (2023)

A baby in Zimbabwe is 45% more likely to die before turning one than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 43 per 1,000 (2024) · Zimbabwe: 62.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Madagascar has 26% more doctors per person than Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Zimbabwe: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Madagascar is 13% higher than in Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 17 per 100k (2023) · Zimbabwe: 15.1 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in Zimbabwe are obese, versus 4.1% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.1% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 13.1% (2024)

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

Madagascar: 25.6% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 11% (2024)

People in Madagascar rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 4.17 (2025) · Zimbabwe: 3.35 (2025)

Adults in Zimbabwe drink 7.4 times as much alcohol as in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.7 litres (2023) · Zimbabwe: 5.4 litres (2023)

Zimbabwe has 11 times as much meat per person as Madagascar

Madagascar: 5.3 kg (2023) · Zimbabwe: 57.6 kg (2023)

Zimbabwe has 415 kcal more food per person per day than Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,978 kcal (2023) · Zimbabwe: 2,393 kcal (2023)

Workers in Zimbabwe put in 512 more hours a year than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 1,799 hours (2023) · Zimbabwe: 2,311 hours (2023)

Adults in Zimbabwe went to school 4.3 years longer than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 4.6 years (2023) · Zimbabwe: 8.9 years (2023)

Madagascar: 0.01 (2019) · Zimbabwe: no data

Zimbabwe has 2 more World Heritage sites than Madagascar (5 against 3)

Madagascar: 3 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 5 (2026)

Zimbabwe has won 8 Olympic medals, Madagascar none

Madagascar: 0 (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 8 (2026 edition)

42% of people in Zimbabwe are online, versus 19% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 19% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 42% (2024)

Home internet in Madagascar is 16% faster than in Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 54 Mbps (2026) · Zimbabwe: 46 Mbps (2026)

62% of people in Zimbabwe have electricity, versus 43% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 42.5% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 62% (2024)

40% of people in Zimbabwe live in cities, versus 33% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 33% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 40% (2025)

Zimbabwe has 94 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Madagascar 75

Madagascar: 75 (2023) · Zimbabwe: 94 (2024)

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

Madagascar: 673 km (2021) · Zimbabwe: 3,120 km (2020)

Airlines from Madagascar fly 75% more passengers per resident than those from Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 0.01 (2023) · Zimbabwe: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 36% of Zimbabwe, but only 17% of Madagascar

Madagascar: 17.3% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 35.7% (2024)

The average person in Zimbabwe emits 5.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Madagascar

Madagascar: 0.1 t (2024) · Zimbabwe: 0.8 t (2024)

57% of Zimbabwe’s electricity is renewable, versus 42% in Madagascar

Madagascar: 42.4% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 57.1% (2024)

The air in Zimbabwe carries 73% more fine dust than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 11.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Zimbabwe: 20.1 µg/m³ (2024)

Madagascar: no data · Zimbabwe: 6.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Zimbabwe are 35% deadlier than in Madagascar

Madagascar: 33.7 per 100k (2023) · Zimbabwe: 45.6 per 100k (2023)

Madagascar is on average 1.0 °C warmer than Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 23°C (2016–2025 avg) · Zimbabwe: 22°C (2016–2025 avg)

Madagascar gets 84% more rain than Zimbabwe

Madagascar: 1,384 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Zimbabwe: 751 mm (2016–2025 avg)