press rank #102 · ~$792/mo

Can you live unwatched in Madagascar?

Mixed civil liberties, ranked #102 for press freedom. Not individually assessed beyond public indices.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance3/5
Facial recognition3/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law2/5
Encryption3/5
VPN freedom4/5
Democracy3/5
Free expression3/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom3/5
Easy to stay3/5
Off-grid living5/5
8 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #102 ~$792/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law

Article 275 lets the authorities impose vaccination on schoolchildren. Nobody has found the text that would actually do it.

If you skip them: Nothing. The public health code requires it and the enforcing regulation was never issued.

Exemptions: The law names none.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Does not report your account balances abroad

No extradition treaty with the US

5 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

13 real places in Madagascar

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Antananarivo

~$750/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Toamasina

~$700/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Antsirabe

~$700/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Mahajanga

~$700/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Fianarantsoa

~$900/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Toliara

~$700/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Diego Suarez

~$950/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Nosy Be

~$850/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Morondava (Madagascar)

~$750/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Hell-Ville (Nosy Be)

~$1,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Île Sainte-Marie

~$800/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

Ifaty (Madagascar)

~$750/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 1/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.