What is life expectancy in Mali?

Life expectancy in Mali was 60.44 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Mali?

The highest recorded value was 60.44 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Mali?

The lowest recorded value was 28.73 years in 1950.

How does Mali rank for life expectancy?

Mali ranks 230th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Mali?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Mali data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Mali

Name: Life expectancy in Mali
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Mali: Life expectancy was 60.44 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

60.44 years

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

230th

of 236 countries

All-time high

60.44 years

in 2023

All-time low

28.73 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Mali, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Mali recorded 60.44 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Mali peaked at 60.44 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.73 years, in 1950.

That places Mali 230th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	29.58 years	28.73 years	30.34 years	10
1960s	31.51 years	30.46 years	32.87 years	10
1970s	36.25 years	33.4 years	39.51 years	10
1980s	43.49 years	40.27 years	46.24 years	10
1990s	48.17 years	46.54 years	50.06 years	10
2000s	53.34 years	50.6 years	55.59 years	10
2010s	57.64 years	55.99 years	59.22 years	10
2020s	59.61 years	58.86 years	60.44 years	4

Countries ranked near Mali

227 Burkina Faso 61.09 years compare
228 Benin 60.77 years compare
229 Guinea 60.74 years compare
231 Somalia 58.82 years compare
232 South Sudan 57.62 years compare
233 Central African Republic 57.41 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Mali

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 335,009 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 324,332 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 316,494 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 334,364 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 326,470 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 342,868 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 360,199 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 352,415 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 2.4% (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 305,948 (2025)

All data for Mali →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Mali?: Life expectancy in Mali was 60.44 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Mali?: The highest recorded value was 60.44 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Mali?: The lowest recorded value was 28.73 years in 1950.
How does Mali rank for life expectancy?: Mali ranks 230th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Mali?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mali data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.