Mali's adult literacy rose from 9.4 % in 1976 to 35.6 % in 2024.
Mali's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 24.7 % in 1990 to 72.8 % in 2023.
Mali · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Mali's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 19.6 % in 1976 to 50.3 % in 2024.
Mali's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 5.7 % in 1987 to 38.9 % in 2023.
Mali's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.7 % in 1978 to 5.1 % in 2015.
Mali's children out of school, primary rose from 754,601 in 1971 to 1.19M in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.5 pts135th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.8 pts106th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.8 pts113th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs193rd of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.8 yrs144th of 145
- Learning poverty1st of 1*
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts47th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.3 pts25th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.0 %75th of 90
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