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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Madagascar [60]
(Independent in 1960 from France)
LAND AREA: 592800 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 15353000 (1996)
DENSITY: 26 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 2%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 78%
URBAN POP: 26% (1994), versus 11% (1960), Annual Growth: 5.8%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 57.2 years, ADULT LITERACY: 45.8%
INFANT MORTALITY: 87 per/1000 (1994), versus 178 (1960)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.350
ECONOMY
GNP: US$3.1 billion
GDP/Capita: $205 GDP/Capita PPP: $694
GDP/Capita: 1960 $340, 1970 $357, 1980 $311, 1990 $244
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $301 million ODA%GNP: 16.4%
ODA/Capita: $23
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 15106,000 ha, 26.0% of land area, 1.0 ha/capita
NATURAL FOREST AREA: 14889,000 ha
ARABLE LAND: 4.4% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 42 kw-hr/capita, versus 36 kw-hr/cap (1970)
TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 84% (1993), versus 77% (1973)
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 22.8,000 cu.m/cap/year
SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 8 kg/cap/year, CHANGE SINCE 1980-82: 29%
CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 306%
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Madagascar
Madagascar (Madagascar)
Nosy Be (Madagascar)
Nosy Boraha (Madagascar)
Nosy Komba (Madagascar)
Nosy Mitsio (Madagascar)
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