Gender in Mali

240 indicators covering gender for Mali.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 12,771 2030 up 24.3% 34th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 2 % change on previous year 2030 down 19.8% 9th
Population 16,232 2030 up 41.9% 62nd
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 16,232 2030 up 41.9% 62nd
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.42 % change on previous year 2030 down 4.4% 8th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 459,934 2025 up 20.5% 32nd
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 471,024 2025 up 20.3% 33rd
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 442,703 2025 up 22.0% 33rd
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 451,382 2025 up 21.8% 33rd
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 428,668 2025 up 22.5% 34th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 436,921 2025 up 22.4% 35th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 415,384 2025 up 22.8% 36th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 423,560 2025 up 22.7% 36th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 402,798 2025 up 23.5% 37th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 410,923 2025 up 23.4% 37th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 389,906 2025 up 24.1% 37th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 398,026 2025 up 24.0% 38th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 33.19 2027 up 7.6% 144th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.706 2025 up 1.4% 108th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.666 2025 down 2.2% 98th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.541 2025 down 20.7% 136th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.922 2025 up 25.1% 92nd
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.706 2025 up 1.4% 108th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.706 2025 up 1.4% 108th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -3.16 % change on previous year 2025 down 141.7% 149th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.706 2025 up 1.4% 108th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 17.6% 2024 up 77.2% 142nd
Prevalence of obesity, male 9.0% 2024 up 36.3% 146th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 16.26 years 2024 up 3.2% 210th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 24.21 years 2024 up 64.1% 11th
Share of women who are obese 17.6% 2024 up 77.1% 145th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 42.2% 2024 up 44.8% 150th
Share of overweight men vs. women 25.9% 2024 up 12.7% 161st
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 63.5% 2024 up 9.5% 201st
Share of women who are married or in a union 42.2% 2018 down 4.3% 2nd
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.3% 25th
Population, annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year 2024 down 7.1% 16th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.4% 56th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 171st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 38.43 kilocalories per day per capita 2022 down 55.2% 181st
Women, Business and the Law Index 63.75 index (0–100) 2023 up 17.2% 151st
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 122nd
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0005 units per person 2025 down 4.6% 6th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 19.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.1% 158th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0005 units per person 2025 up 4.2% 181st
Labor force, female 3.58 million 2025 up 22.0% 57th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.1422 units per person 2025 down 10.0% 148th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.9879 index 2025 up 21.7% 154th