Mali
Access to electricity in Mali
Access to electricity in Mali: 6.2% in 1996 and 49.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 49.5%
- Since 1996
- +43.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 199 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 54.5% in 2023, the lowest 4.3% in 1997.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Mali | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49.5 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 54.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 53 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 53.4 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 50.6 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 47.9 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 50.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 34.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 38.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 37.6 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 34.2 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 32.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 25.6 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 28.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 27 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 24 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 23.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 21.7 | 82 |
| 2006 | 16.6 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 18.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 16.4 | 80 |
| 2003 | 14.7 | 80 |
| 2002 | 13 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 10.8 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 9.6 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 7.8 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 6.1 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 4.3 | – |
| 1996 | 6.2 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Mali in numbers
Every measure for Mali on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$883M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel41,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports64 million TIV in 2025