Poverty & Inequality in Mali

93 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Mali.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 unchanged 76th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 26.2% 109th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 48.2% 66th
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 5.61 live births per woman 2023 down 13.5% 6th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,588 kg per hectare 2023 up 5.0% 140th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 33.3% 69th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -4.99 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,442.9% 140th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.51 2023 up 26.1% 123rd
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.5% 2023 up 26.1% 123rd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.9% 76th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 11.17 % change on previous year 2023 up 309.9% 28th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Gender Inequality Index 0.612 2023 down 7.1% 8th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% 2023 down 0.3% 119th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2162 2023 down 14.7% 10th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2162 2023 down 14.7% 10th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2326 2023 down 12.2% 10th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 16th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 9.6% 2021 down 59.3% 17th
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 59.5% 2021 down 26.3% 15th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 88.6% 2021 down 8.8% 16th
Prosperity gap 8.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 34.6% 17th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2296 2023 down 33.0% 101st
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 20.8% 2021 down 44.8% 16th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 39.4% 2021 down 37.8% 16th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 48.8% 2021 down 24.2% 16th
Population living in slums 92.5% 2022 up 57.6% 2nd
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.281 2023 up 12.0% 160th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.281 2023 up 12.0% 160th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.281 2023 up 12.0% 160th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 17th
Three metrics of inequality 56 2021 up 5.8% 51st
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.56 2021 up 5.8% 51st
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 16.05 2023 up 53.2% 169th
Income share held by second 20% 11.5% 2021 down 5.0% 73rd
Income share held by third 20% 15.4% 2021 down 4.9% 81st
Income share held by fourth 20% 21.6% 2021 down 4.0% 85th
Income share held by highest 20% 43.9% 2021 up 6.3% 44th
Income share held by highest 10% 28.3% 2021 up 10.1% 48th
Income share held by lowest 10% 3.2% 2021 down 3.0% 38th
Income share held by lowest 20% 7.6% 2021 down 5.0% 48th
Gini index 35.7 2021 up 8.2% 54th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 9.4% 2021 up 6.8% 88th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 2.40 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 down 41.5% 20th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 9.6% 2021 down 59.2% 17th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.8376 2024 down 38.2% 41st
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5422 2021 up 4.6% 40th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5422 2021 up 4.6% 40th
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.8% 2024 down 38.2% 38th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,629 2017 up 15.1% 147th
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 44.9% 2021 up 8.9% 52nd
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 12.1% 2021 up 25.1% 78th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 16th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3565 2021 up 7.9% 50th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 8.22 million people 2021 down 18.3% 20th
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 16th
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 16th
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 16th
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.68 million people 2021 up 614.8% 92nd
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% 16th