The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Madagascar  
Rank: 112 · Score: 21.4  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 29.6   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 15.4   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 519.6   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 4.2   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 112 6, 6, 6, 8, 13 21.4
1 Economic Activity 97 31, 27, 34, 29, 28 62.7
2 Depth of Capital Market 114 1, 4, 4, 6, 11 6.7
3 Taxation 51 77, 74, 73, 74, 74 97.1
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 114 12, 7, 9, 11, 11 36.8
5 Human and Social Environment 106 13, 14, 17, 19, 19 22.5
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 112 15, 12, 12, 14, 13 23.7


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Madagascar  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Zimbabwe 59.5 13.3 72.8 37.7 18.1 30.7
Burkina Faso 63.9 8.8 66.4 39.5 29.2 19.2
Ethiopia 78.7 5.4 64.5 25.5 25.3 35.7
Madagascar 62.7 6.7 97.1 36.8 22.5 23.7
Cameroon 71.0 6.8 40.9 35.4 23.7 21.3
Mali 63.9 7.6 72.3 35.5 24.7 17.2
Mozambique 63.5 7.1 54.5 28.5 16.7 26.8
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023