- ISO 3166
MG- Main language + region
mg-MG- Currency
- MGA · Malagasy Ariary
- Region
- SSA
Madagascar
Madagascar has 29.5M people, and 5.5M of them are online. Malagasy is the most widely spoken language at 90%, one of 3 languages CLDR lists here. Malagasy, French, and English are official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to mg-MG.
Market summary
Each figure carries its own world scale, so it reads without a second market beside it.
People online
5.5M
0%world median 81%100%
19% of 29.5M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. Estimated by multiplying CLDR population by that share.
Income per person
$599
Higher than 1% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to spending power, not revenue.
Can pay online
24%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2024. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
3
Malagasy 90% · French 27% · English 18%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 3 of them are official nationally.
English proficiency
457
Very lowVery high
Low proficiency on the EF EPI 2025 scale. The sample is self-selected online test takers. It never enters any score on this site.
Adult literacy
65%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before another language.
What people speak
Shares include second languages, so totals can exceed 100%.
CLDR also records diaspora populations, so a language reaches further than any single page shows. The language profiles show each one's full footprint.
Day-one requirements
What the interface needs for the main language spoken here (mg-MG).
Plural categories
2
Word-forms a translator writes for counted text, like English's "1 item" and "2 items".
Script family
Latin
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
Standard. Use dir='auto' on user-generated content fields.
Date
21 Aprily 2026
Short: 2026-04-21
Time
18:30
Week starts Mon
Currency
Ar 1,235
1,234.56 in MGA · Malagasy Ariary