Alaotra Mangoro: population, poverty, jobs, income, schools, water and health
Alaotra Mangoro is a region of Madagascar, number 7 of 23 by population. Alaotra Mangoro had 1,249,931 residents at the 2018 General Population and Housing Census (RGPH-3), 4.9% of Madagascar's 25.67 million; 7th largest of 23 regions. This is the latest official count by region.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Alaotra Mangoro: Households in Alaotra Mangoro spent and consumed the equivalent of 1,234,298 ariary per person a year in 2021-22, 10th highest of 23 regions (Madagascar: 1,374,484 ariary).
- Health in Alaotra Mangoro: 44.9% of children under five in Alaotra Mangoro were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of chronic undernutrition) in the 2021 Demographic and Health Survey, 3.7% were wasted and 24.7% underweight; the stunting rate is 10th highest of 22 regions (Madagascar: 39.8%).
How many people in Alaotra Mangoro live in towns?
14.0% of Alaotra Mangoro's people lived in urban areas at the 2018 census (175,261 urban, 1,074,670 rural), 11th least urban of 23 regions (Madagascar: 19.3%).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyHow densely populated is Alaotra Mangoro?
Alaotra Mangoro had 44.9 people per square kilometre in 2018, 11th least densely populated of 23 regions (Madagascar: 43.4).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyHow many households are there in Alaotra Mangoro?
The 2018 census counted 297,267 ordinary households in Alaotra Mangoro, with 4.2 people each on average, 8th smallest of 23 regions for household size (Madagascar: 4.2).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyWhat is the poverty rate in Alaotra Mangoro?
83.4% of people in Alaotra Mangoro lived below the national poverty line in the 2021-2022 Permanent Household Survey (EPM), 11th lowest of 23 regions (Madagascar: 77.0%); 53.3% in its towns and 88.1% in rural areas.
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyHow many people in Alaotra Mangoro live in extreme poverty?
56.2% of people in Alaotra Mangoro were in extreme poverty in 2021-22, unable to afford even the minimum food basket, 11th lowest of 23 regions (Madagascar: 53.3%).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyDo households in Alaotra Mangoro have enough to eat?
15.1% of households in Alaotra Mangoro had poor or borderline food consumption in 2021-22 (a diet lacking in variety or frequency), 11th lowest of 22 regions in the survey table (Madagascar: 20.6%).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyWhat is the literacy rate in Alaotra Mangoro?
81.0% of people in Alaotra Mangoro could read and write in 2021-22, 10th highest of 23 regions (Madagascar: 76.5% of people aged 15 and over).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyHow many children in Alaotra Mangoro go to primary school?
78.9% of primary-school-age children in Alaotra Mangoro were enrolled in primary school in 2021-22 (net enrolment rate), 10th highest of 23 regions (Madagascar: 70.6%).
Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copyMore figures
- The poverty gap in Alaotra Mangoro was 35.0% in 2021-22, a measure of how far, on average, people fall below the poverty line; 11th lowest of 23 regions (Madagascar: 33.8%). Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar · saved copy
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Provinces (6). Not operational. Provided for in the constitution but never set up.
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Other regions of Madagascar
- Analamanga 3,623,925
- Vakinankaratra 2,079,659
- Atsimo Andrefana 1,797,894
- Sofia 1,507,591
- Atsinanana 1,478,472
- Haute Matsiatra 1,444,587
- Analanjirofo 1,150,089
- Sava 1,123,772
- Atsimo Atsinanana 1,030,404
- Boeny 929,312
- Androy 900,235
- Itasy 898,549
- Diana 889,962
- Amoron'i Mania 837,116
- Anosy 809,051
- Fitovinany 734,982
- Vatovavy 705,675
- Menabe 692,463
- Bongolava 670,993
- Ihorombe 417,312
- Betsiboka 393,278
- Melaky 308,944
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Sources
- Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), with ICF (The DHS Program): Enquête Démographique et de Santé à Madagascar (EDSMD-V) 2021, Indicateurs clés: Tables 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 16 by region, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e371523653bb…)
- Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar: Rapport EPM 2021-2022 (Enquête Permanente auprès des Ménages): Tables 18.7 and R.3 (poverty), G.1 (consumption per head), E.2 (household income), 4.18 (wages), D.9 and D.12 (unemployment), B.1 and B.2 (literacy and primary enrolment), J.3 (drinking water), J.5 (improved latrines) and 8.5 (food consumption), by region, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 6b7935e61bbc…)
- Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Madagascar: Résultats globaux du RGPH-3 de 2018, Tome 2: Table 7 (resident population by urban/rural area, region and district, with density) and Table 15 (ordinary households and household size by region and district), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 20d572315f74…)
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