Adult literacy rate in Mali
35.6% of adults in Mali could read and write in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1976.
Mali, 2024
35.6%
Change from 2018
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
Adult literacy rate in Mali over time
View
Mali
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of people aged 15 and above. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mali | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35.6% | 87.7% |
| 2023 | – | 87.6% |
| 2022 | – | 87.4% |
| 2021 | – | 87.2% |
| 2020 | – | 87.0% |
| 2019 | – | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 35.5% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | – | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 33.1% | 86.0% |
| 2014 | – | 85.6% |
| 2013 | – | 85.2% |
| 2012 | – | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 30.6% | 84.7% |
| 2010 | 31.1% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | – | 83.8% |
| 2008 | – | 83.5% |
| 2007 | – | 83.1% |
| 2006 | 26.2% | 82.5% |
| 2005 | – | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | 24.0% | 82.2% |
| 2002 | – | 81.7% |
| 2001 | – | 81.4% |
| 2000 | – | 81.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 35.5% in 2018, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
- Since 1976, when it was 9.4%, the figure has changed by +26.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 87.7%.
More for Mali
All statistics for Mali
Primary school enrolment (gross)
72.8%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
27.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
47.5%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
26.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
12.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
34.0%
2023 · UNESCO UIS