MGA
Madagascar
Madagascar's lending rate is 60.00 %, the highest of 67. And its bank spread is 47.92 %, the highest of 62.
Of 14 fields published for Madagascar, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
31 % of US prices
Money's value
13.40 %
100 saved in Madagascar in 2000 buys what 13 buys today — 87 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$210 PPP/mo
The law in Madagascar sets the floor at about $210 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
4.03 %
A bank account in Madagascar currently gains about 4.0 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
12.08 %
Inflation rate
8.05 %
At 8.1 % a year, prices double in about 9 years if it holds.
Debt per person
$292
the 2nd lowest of 123
Deposit rate
12.08 %
ranked 6th of 70
Minimum wage
$210 PPP/mo
ranked 75th of 85
Price level
31 % of US prices
ranked 20th of 125
Savings vs inflation
4.03 %
ranked 12th of 69
Where Madagascar sits, field by field
Each dot is Madagascar’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Lending rate60.00 %67 of 67
- Bank spread47.92 %62 of 62
- GDP per capita$599127 of 127
- Debt per person$2922 of 123
- Deposit rate12.08 %6 of 70
- Minimum wage$210 PPP/mo75 of 85
- Price level31 % of US prices20 of 125
- Savings vs inflation4.03 %12 of 69
- Money's value13.40 %95 of 116
- Inflation rate8.05 %100 of 123
- Unemployment rate3.04 %26 of 124
- Public holidays10 days73 of 104
- Government debt48.70 %51 of 124
- GDP growth3.00 %60 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Malawi
avg gap 13.1 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 48.70 % (Madagascar) vs 78.40 %
Tanzania
avg gap 14.9 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 10 days (Madagascar) vs 13 days
Nigeria
avg gap 15.2 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 4.03 % (Madagascar) vs -11.74 %
Bangladesh
avg gap 15.7 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: lending rate — 60.00 % (Madagascar) vs 8.62 %
| Money's value | 13.40 % | ranked 95th of 116 | |
| Inflation rate | 8.05 % | ranked 100th of 123 | |
| Unemployment rate | 3.04 % | ranked 26th of 124 | |
| Public holidays | 10 days | ranked 73rd of 104 | |
| Government debt | 48.70 % | ranked 51st of 124 | |
| GDP growth | 3.00 % | ranked 60th of 127 |
✓ 14 fields published for Madagascar, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Madagascar: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025