Primary completion (UIS) in Mali

In Mali, 47.5% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Mali, 2024 47.5% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2020 +1.1percentage points 2020: 46.4%

Primary completion (UIS) in Mali over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Mali
2024 47.5%
2020 46.4%
2018 47.2%
2015 47.2%
2013 42.0%
2010 38.1%
2009 30.3%
2006 29.0%
2001 19.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 46.4% in 2020, a change of +1.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 19.3%, the figure has changed by +28.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Mali
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org