Cote d'Ivoire vs Papua New Guinea: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Cote d'Ivoire

4.87 years

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

4.96 years

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire rank

171st

Papua New Guinea rank

169th

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

Papua New Guinea currently reports 4.96 years against 4.87 years in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.0925 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 171st and Papua New Guinea ranks 169th 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.