Safely managed sanitation in Mali

20.0% of people in Mali used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2024 20.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.5percentage points 2023: 19.5%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 125th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 safely managed sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MaliWorld
2024 20.0% 58.5%
2023 19.5% 57.8%
2022 19.1% 57.0%
2021 18.7% 56.1%
2020 18.2% 55.2%
2019 17.7% 54.2%
2018 17.2% 52.8%
2017 16.8% 51.3%
2016 16.3% 49.9%
2015 15.7% 48.4%
2014 15.2% 46.9%
2013 14.7% 45.5%
2012 14.2% 44.1%
2011 13.6% 42.8%
2010 13.1% 41.5%
2009 12.5% 40.2%
2008 11.9% 38.9%
2007 11.3% 37.6%
2006 10.7% 36.3%
2005 10.1% 35.1%
2004 9.5% 34.0%
2003 8.9% 32.8%
2002 8.3% 31.7%
2001 7.6% 31.7%
2000 7.0% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 19.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.2%, the figure has changed by +4.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Mali has the 125th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.STA.SMSS.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