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

Mauritania

4.85 years

in 2023

Rwanda

4.88 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

172nd

Rwanda rank

170th

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

Rwanda currently reports 4.88 years against 4.85 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.028 years.

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

Mauritania ranks 172nd and Rwanda ranks 170th 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.