Cote d'Ivoire vs Madagascar: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Cote d'Ivoire

4.87 years

in 2023

Madagascar

4.59 years

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire rank

171st

Madagascar rank

174th

Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling over time

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 4.87 years against 4.59 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.2775 years.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Madagascar ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 171st and Madagascar ranks 174th of 192 countries.

Indicator: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling
Unit: years
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 6,079 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.