Mali
Country in Africa
In brief
Adult literacy: 35.6% (2024). World rank 108 of 110 (1 = best); in Africa, 37 of 39. Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people: 0.3 (2023). World rank 189 of 192 (1 = best); in Africa, 50 of 52. Hospital beds per 1,000 people: 0.3 (2018). World rank 148 of 150 (1 = best); in Africa, 25 of 27. From 2014 to 2024: children vaccinated against measles 65% → 72%, infant deaths per 1,000 births 68.2 → 47.5, and deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births 114 → 73. Worse than all its neighbours (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal): nurses and midwives per 1,000 people.