Mali vs Niger: Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling

Mali

1.63 years

in 2023

Niger

1.41 years

in 2023

Mali rank

191st

Niger rank

192nd

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

Mali currently reports 1.63 years against 1.41 years in Niger, a difference of 0.2177 years.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

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

Mali ranks 191st and Niger ranks 192nd 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.