Madagascar vs Mauritania: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Madagascar

4.59 years

in 2023

Mauritania

4.85 years

in 2023

Madagascar rank

174th

Mauritania rank

172nd

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

Mauritania currently reports 4.85 years against 4.59 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.2595 years.

That makes Mauritania'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.

Madagascar ranks 174th and Mauritania ranks 172nd 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.