International Rankings of Mali 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Mali, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Mali, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	114	243806	2020
Internet users - percent of population	87	34 %	2021
Internet users - total	78	7.480 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	107	301055	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	60	21.882 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	132	3.467 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	135	2.657 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	58	2.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	112	379.683 million US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	139	4.192 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	130	5.196 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	124	17.508 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	142	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	66	17.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	27	82.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	80	41.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	92	19.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	63	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	7	41.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	127	18.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	171	40.5 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	70	36.1 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	83	25.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	16	3.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	131	6.339 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	141	1.01 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	84	3.93 %	2021
Labor force	70	7.900 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	31	42.1 %	2019
Public debt	138	35.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	117	46.452 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	130	3.05 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	166	2100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	162	647.800 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	148	14.16 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	92	7.72 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	80	19.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	88	15.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	80	17.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	114	5.679 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	143	2.621 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	72	550.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	101	200.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	137	890000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	135	346.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	39	1.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	75	67.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	64	29.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	59	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	171	4.396 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	114	37600 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	121	20610 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	135	3.18 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	64	19.16 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	52	31.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	109	34.1	2018
Land use - arable land	120	5.6	2018
Land use - forest	148	10.2	2018
Land use - other	39	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	52	28.4	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	35	2.02 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	63	120.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	50	5.080 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	96	4.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	102	110.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	7	4.57	2025
Urbanization - urban population	127	46.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	28	1.220 million sq km	0
Area - total	28	1.240 million sq km	0
Area - water	36	2.000 million sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	132	1155 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	31	23 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	99	343 meters	0
Irrigated land	64	3780 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	12	7908 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	109	34.1	2018
Land use - arable land	120	5.6	2018
Land use - forest	148	10.2	2018
Land use - other	39	55.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	52	28.4	2018
Military
Military expenditures	15	3.5 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	144	0.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	32	0.49 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	133	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	145	0.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	4	40.54 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	23	18.1 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	120	17.2 %	2018
Current health expenditure	73	4.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	3	77.9 %	2023
Death rate	74	8.3 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	144	4.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	15	20.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	4	99.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	4	94.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	2	99.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	37	24.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	38	13.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	63	0.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	42	4.4 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	4	2.68 %	2023
Hospital bed density	70	0.1 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	10	53.5 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	11	64.31 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	11	58.99 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	189	65.13 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	197	60.56 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	190	62.81 years	0
Literacy - female	119	25.7 %	2018
Literacy - male	96	46.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	107	35.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	20	440 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	166	16.7 years	2020
Median age - male	156	15.3 years	0
Median age - total	156	16 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	81	19.2	2018
Net migration rate	151	2.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	112	8.6 %	2016
Physicians density	148	0.13 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	61	21.360 million	2023
Population growth rate	11	2.93 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	59	85.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	37	55.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	39	37.3 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	36	14.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	16	7 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	8 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	15	7 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	34	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	16	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	104	1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	113	15.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	112	8.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	4	5.45 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	7	4.57	2025
Urbanization - urban population	127	46.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	80	19.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	88	15.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	80	17.3	0
Transportation
Airports	100	25	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	82	171000	3280
Heliports	24	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2009
Roadways - total	35	139107 km	2018
Waterways	45	1800 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Mali on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mali 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mali 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.