Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Mali

45.5% of people in Mali lived below the national poverty line in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2018 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2021 45.5% % of population
Change from 2018 +3.4percentage points 2018: 42.1%
Position in 2021 5th of 72 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2018 to 2021
Period Mali
2021 45.5%
2018 42.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 42.1% in 2018, a change of +3.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 72 countries with data for 2021, Mali has the 5th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2018 to 2021 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources