Niger vs. Mali

Transportation

	Niger	Mali
Roadways	total: 18,949 km (2010) paved: 3,912 km (2010) unpaved: 15,037 km (2010)	total: 139,107 km (2018)
Waterways	300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)	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)
Airports	total: 30 (2013)	total: 25 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways	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)	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
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 20 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 15 (2013) under 914 m: 2 (2013)	total: 17 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013) under 914 m: 5 (2013)
Heliports	1 (2013)	2 (2013)
National air transport system	number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 3	number of registered air carriers: 0 (2020)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix	5U	TZ, TT