Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Malawi

5.24 years

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

4.96 years

in 2023

Malawi rank

166th

Papua New Guinea rank

169th

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

Malawi currently reports 5.24 years against 4.96 years in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.2812 years.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Malawi ranks 166th 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.