Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mali
Mali: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 4.8% in 2022. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mali, 2006β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mali stood at 4.8%.
That represents a change of up 50.8% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mali peaked at 6.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2009.
That places Mali 138th out of 141 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.1% | 2.0% | 6.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 3.0% | 6.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mali
More education data for Mali
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 59,920 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 45.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 72.8% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0025 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mali?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mali was 4.8% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2009.
- How does Mali rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mali ranks 138th out of 141 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release