Mali vs Niger: Share of population with no formal education
Mali
57.0%
in 2020
Niger
58.1%
in 2020
Mali rank
2nd
Niger rank
1st
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 58.1% against 57.0% in Mali, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Niger ahead.
Mali ranks 2nd and Niger ranks 1st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 7 and Niger in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 99.9% | 100.0% | 0.1% | Niger |
| 1920s | 99.5% | 97.9% | 1.6% | Mali |
| 1930s | 98.3% | 95.5% | 2.8% | Mali |
| 1940s | 97.0% | 93.5% | 3.5% | Mali |
| 1950s | 95.7% | 92.5% | 3.2% | Mali |
| 1960s | 94.7% | 91.8% | 2.9% | Mali |
| 1970s | 91.6% | 90.5% | 1.0% | Mali |
| 1980s | 85.5% | 87.4% | 1.9% | Niger |
| 1990s | 81.1% | 82.0% | 0.9% | Niger |
| 2000s | 75.0% | 77.4% | 2.5% | Niger |
| 2010s | 69.1% | 68.8% | 0.2% | Mali |
| 2020s | 57.0% | 58.1% | 1.1% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Mali or Niger?
- Niger, at 58.1% against 57.0% in Mali as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Mali and Niger?
- 1.1%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Mali ranks 2nd 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.