Gambia vs Niger: Share of population with no formal education
Gambia
47.1%
in 2020
Niger
58.1%
in 2020
Gambia rank
3rd
Niger rank
1st
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Gambia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 58.1% against 47.1% in Gambia, a difference of 11.0%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Niger ahead.
Gambia ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 1st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 98.4% | 100.0% | 1.6% | Niger |
| 1880s | 97.5% | 100.0% | 2.5% | Niger |
| 1890s | 96.0% | 100.0% | 4.0% | Niger |
| 1900s | 93.7% | 100.0% | 6.3% | Niger |
| 1910s | 93.7% | 100.0% | 6.3% | Niger |
| 1920s | 94.9% | 97.9% | 3.0% | Niger |
| 1930s | 95.3% | 95.5% | 0.2% | Niger |
| 1940s | 95.7% | 93.5% | 2.2% | Gambia |
| 1950s | 95.4% | 92.5% | 3.0% | Gambia |
| 1960s | 94.6% | 91.8% | 2.8% | Gambia |
| 1970s | 92.6% | 90.5% | 2.0% | Gambia |
| 1980s | 87.3% | 87.4% | 0.1% | Niger |
| 1990s | 77.2% | 82.0% | 4.8% | Niger |
| 2000s | 68.8% | 77.4% | 8.6% | Niger |
| 2010s | 56.0% | 68.8% | 12.9% | Niger |
| 2020s | 47.1% | 58.1% | 11.0% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Gambia or Niger?
- Niger, at 58.1% against 47.1% in Gambia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Gambia and Niger?
- 11.0%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Niger?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Gambia and Niger rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Gambia ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 1st of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.