Gambia vs Niger: Share of the population with tertiary education
Gambia
1.3%
in 2020
Niger
1.4%
in 2020
Gambia rank
102nd
Niger rank
101st
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Gambia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 1.4% against 1.3% in Gambia, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Niger ahead.
Gambia ranks 102nd and Niger ranks 101st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 7 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Gambia |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Gambia |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Gambia |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Gambia or Niger?
- Niger, at 1.4% against 1.3% in Gambia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Gambia and Niger?
- 0.1%, 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 the population with tertiary education?
- Gambia ranks 102nd and Niger ranks 101st 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 the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.