Mali vs Niger: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education

Mali

62.8%

in 2023

Niger

58.3%

in 2024

Mali rank

178th

Niger rank

181st

Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time

Mali currently reports 62.8% against 58.3% in Niger, a difference of 4.5%.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Niger ahead.

Mali ranks 178th and Niger ranks 181st of 190 countries.

Indicator: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 7,246 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.