Age dependency ratio in Mali

In 2025, Mali had 92.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1982.

Measure: Age dependency ratio Unit: Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64 Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2025 92.9 Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64
Change from 2024 −1.4per 100 working-age people 2024: 94.3 per 100 working-age people
World, 2025 54.5 per 100 working-age people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 6th of 217 See the full ranking

Age dependency ratio in Mali over time

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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Age dependency ratio (dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period MaliWorld
2025 92.9 per 100 working-age people 54.5 per 100 working-age people
2024 94.3 per 100 working-age people 54.7 per 100 working-age people
2023 95.6 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2022 96.8 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2021 98.0 per 100 working-age people 55.3 per 100 working-age people
2020 99.2 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2019 100.4 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2018 101.3 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2017 101.9 per 100 working-age people 55.3 per 100 working-age people
2016 102.3 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2015 102.5 per 100 working-age people 55.1 per 100 working-age people
2014 102.5 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2013 102.4 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2012 101.5 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2011 100.4 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2010 99.8 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2009 99.2 per 100 working-age people 55.5 per 100 working-age people
2008 98.6 per 100 working-age people 55.8 per 100 working-age people
2007 98.2 per 100 working-age people 56.2 per 100 working-age people
2006 97.8 per 100 working-age people 56.7 per 100 working-age people
2005 97.5 per 100 working-age people 57.3 per 100 working-age people
2004 97.4 per 100 working-age people 58.0 per 100 working-age people
2003 97.6 per 100 working-age people 58.7 per 100 working-age people
2002 98.0 per 100 working-age people 59.4 per 100 working-age people
2001 98.6 per 100 working-age people 60.1 per 100 working-age people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.4 from 94.3 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 102.5 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −9.6.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Mali has the 6th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.DPND · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Mali
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects