Primary school enrolment (gross) in Mali

Gross primary school enrolment in Mali was 72.8% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2023 72.8% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2018 +2.4percentage points 2018: 70.4%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 162nd of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Mali over time

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

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period MaliWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 72.8% 100.7%
2022 – 100.4%
2021 – 99.4%
2020 – 99.6%
2019 – 99.1%
2018 70.4% 99.1%
2017 74.7% 101.8%
2016 71.9% 102.1%
2015 70.5% 101.0%
2014 71.8% 101.6%
2013 70.9% 103.0%
2012 75.4% 102.9%
2011 78.7% 102.4%
2010 78.3% 102.5%
2009 77.8% 102.7%
2008 76.6% 102.9%
2007 74.7% 102.7%
2006 72.5% 101.7%
2005 69.8% 101.7%
2004 66.4% 101.6%
2003 63.1% 100.9%
2002 61.2% 99.4%
2001 57.5% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 70.4% in 2018, a change of +2.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2009, when it was 77.8%, the figure has changed by −5.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, Mali has the 162nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2023 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: UNESCO Institute for Statistics