Guinea-Bissau vs Mali: Share of children who have completed primary school
Guinea-Bissau
30.5%
in 2025
Mali
50.0%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
161st
Mali rank
158th
Share of children who have completed primary school over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 50.0% against 30.5% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 19.5%.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.6 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Mali ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 161st and Mali ranks 158th of 165 countries.
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About this data
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.