Basic drinking water access in Mali

86.4% of people in Mali used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2024 86.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.3percentage points 2023: 85.1%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 158th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Mali over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MaliWorld
2024 86.4% 91.5%
2023 85.1% 91.2%
2022 83.7% 90.9%
2021 82.3% 90.4%
2020 80.8% 90.0%
2019 79.4% 89.6%
2018 77.9% 89.3%
2017 76.4% 88.9%
2016 75.0% 88.5%
2015 73.4% 88.1%
2014 71.9% 87.7%
2013 70.4% 87.3%
2012 68.8% 86.9%
2011 67.3% 86.5%
2010 65.7% 86.1%
2009 64.1% 85.7%
2008 62.5% 85.2%
2007 60.9% 84.8%
2006 59.2% 84.3%
2005 57.6% 83.9%
2004 56.0% 82.6%
2003 54.3% 82.1%
2002 52.7% 81.6%
2001 51.0% 80.9%
2000 49.4% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 85.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 71.9%, the figure has changed by +14.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Mali has the 158th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 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: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene