Resources For

Data and Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Madagascar: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Madagascar Country Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Queryto customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data
	Millennium Development Goals for Madagascar: Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Madagascar Country Data Profile
	Madagascar-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic
	Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.
	Gender Statistics: Country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics. Gender Website
	Health Nutrition Population Statistics: Summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance.
	Education Statistics (PDF): A variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.
	Madagascar Profile in "Doing Business 2008": Indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth. More...

Debt
	World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.
	The Joint External Debt Hub (JEDH)—jointly developed by the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB)—brings together external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources.

Poverty Data
	Africa Household Survey Databank
	Africa Development Indicators 2007 (PDF): It contains over 1,000 indicators covering 53 African countries. ADI provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa from 1960 to 2006. Website
	World Development Indicators 2008: The 2008 WDI includes more than 800 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Press release
	Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Madagascar
Please note, the World Bank is not responsible for the content on the following external websites.

African Development Bank
	Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
	World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Madagascar.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
	Human Development Index: Shows Madagascar's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
	WHO - Madagascar Profile
	UNAIDS -- Epidemological Factsheets on Madagascar: HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.

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