Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Mali
Mali: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 3.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Mali, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mali is 3.8%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mali peaked at 5.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2020.
Mali ranks 160th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 4 |
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More health data for Mali
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 379,096 (2025)
- Population, male 50.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 382,974 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 391,249 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 379,272 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 387,564 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 11.54 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 45.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 371,062 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 350,904 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mali?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Mali was 3.8% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2020.
- How does Mali rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Mali ranks 160th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).