Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Mali
Mali: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 5.51 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Mali, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Mali stood at 5.51 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Mali peaked at 7.37 live births per woman in 1980 and was at its lowest, 5.51 live births per woman, in 2024.
Mali ranks 6th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.94 live births per woman | 6.87 live births per woman | 7.01 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.09 live births per woman | 7.02 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.25 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 7.35 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.31 live births per woman | 7.26 live births per woman | 7.37 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.1 live births per woman | 6.91 live births per woman | 7.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.73 live births per woman | 6.59 live births per woman | 6.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.35 live births per woman | 5.89 live births per woman | 6.58 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.69 live births per woman | 5.51 live births per woman | 5.85 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.98 live births per woman compare
- 4 Central African Republic 5.95 live births per woman compare
- 5 Niger 5.93 live births per woman compare
- 7 Angola 5.05 live births per woman compare
- 8 Burundi 4.79 live births per woman compare
- 9 Afghanistan 4.76 live births per woman compare
More education data for Mali
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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 59,920 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 69.4% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 76.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Mali?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Mali was 5.51 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 7.37 live births per woman in 1980.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.51 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Mali rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Mali ranks 6th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.