Basic sanitation access in Mali

47.8% of people in Mali used at least basic sanitation services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2024 47.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.3percentage points 2023: 46.4%
World, 2024 82.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 163rd of 193 See the full ranking

Basic sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MaliWorld
2024 47.8% 82.2%
2023 46.4% 81.5%
2022 45.1% 80.4%
2021 43.8% 79.4%
2020 42.5% 78.3%
2019 41.2% 77.2%
2018 39.9% 76.0%
2017 38.7% 74.9%
2016 37.4% 73.8%
2015 36.1% 72.6%
2014 34.8% 71.4%
2013 33.5% 70.2%
2012 32.2% 68.9%
2011 31.0% 67.8%
2010 29.7% 66.7%
2009 28.4% 65.5%
2008 27.2% 64.3%
2007 25.9% 63.1%
2006 24.7% 61.9%
2005 23.4% 60.7%
2004 22.2% 59.6%
2003 21.0% 58.4%
2002 19.7% 57.3%
2001 18.5% 55.6%
2000 17.3% 54.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 46.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.8%, the figure has changed by +13.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Mali has the 163rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 82.2%.

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.STA.BASS.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