Mali vs. Niger

Transportation

	Mali	Niger
Roadways	total: 139,107 km (2018)	total: 18,949 km (2010) paved: 3,912 km (2010) unpaved: 15,037 km (2010)
Waterways	1,800 km (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels) (2011)	300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)
Airports	total: 25 (2013)	total: 30 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 8 (2019) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1	total: 10 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 17 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013) under 914 m: 5 (2013)	total: 20 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2013) under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Heliports	2 (2013)	1 (2013)
National air transport system	number of registered air carriers: 0 (2020)	number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 3
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	TZ, TT	5U