Central African Republic vs Mali: Share of children who have completed primary school

Central African Republic

30.8%

in 2025

Mali

50.0%

in 2025

Central African Republic rank

160th

Mali rank

158th

Share of children who have completed primary school over time

Central African Republic
Mali

How they compare

Mali currently reports 50.0% against 30.8% in Central African Republic, a difference of 19.2%.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.6 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 160th and Mali ranks 158th of 165 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Share of children who have completed primary school
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 165 places, 7,390 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.