Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali

Mali: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female was 304,345 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
304,345 number
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
43rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
304,345 number
in 2020
All-time low
75,997 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali, 1970–2020

100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k300.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2020, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali stood at 304,345 number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali peaked at 304,345 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 75,997 number, in 1970.

That places Mali 43rd out of 206 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali, year by year

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) in Mali, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 75,997 number
1971 76,410 number +0.5%
1972 78,494 number +2.7%
1973 80,655 number +2.8%
1974 82,723 number +2.6%
1975 84,467 number +2.1%
1976 85,597 number +1.3%
1977 88,418 number +3.3%
1978 91,210 number +3.2%
1979 93,838 number +2.9%
1980 96,105 number +2.4%
1981 97,737 number +1.7%
1982 101,037 number +3.4%
1983 104,232 number +3.2%
1984 107,153 number +2.8%
1985 109,549 number +2.2%
1986 111,139 number +1.5%
1987 114,506 number +3.0%
1988 117,666 number +2.8%
1989 120,579 number +2.5%
1990 123,170 number +2.1%
1991 125,252 number +1.7%
1992 128,484 number +2.6%
1993 131,634 number +2.5%
1994 134,659 number +2.3%
1995 137,433 number +2.1%
1996 139,787 number +1.7%
1997 143,754 number +2.8%
1998 148,161 number +3.1%
1999 152,775 number +3.1%
2000 157,298 number +3.0%
2001 161,368 number +2.6%
2002 166,857 number +3.4%
2003 172,322 number +3.3%
2004 177,788 number +3.2%
2005 183,237 number +3.1%
2006 188,560 number +2.9%
2007 195,776 number +3.8%
2008 203,925 number +4.2%
2009 212,574 number +4.2%
2010 221,251 number +4.1%
2011 229,486 number +3.7%
2012 238,829 number +4.1%
2013 248,465 number +4.0%
2014 258,055 number +3.9%
2015 267,235 number +3.6%
2016 275,633 number +3.1%
2017 284,346 number +3.2%
2018 291,827 number +2.6%
2019 298,395 number +2.3%
2020 304,345 number +2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 83,781 number 75,997 number 93,838 number 10
1980s 107,970 number 96,105 number 120,579 number 10
1990s 136,511 number 123,170 number 152,775 number 10
2000s 181,970 number 157,298 number 212,574 number 10
2010s 261,352 number 221,251 number 298,395 number 10
2020s 304,345 number 304,345 number 304,345 number 1

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 40 Colombia 360,052 number compare
  2. 41 Morocco 335,484 number compare
  3. 42 Uzbekistan 315,458 number compare
  4. 44 Burkina Faso 304,053 number compare
  5. 45 Saudi Arabia 295,002 number compare
  6. 46 Malawi 273,884 number compare

See the full ranking of 251 places →

More education data for Mali

All data for Mali →

Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali was 304,345 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Mali?
The highest recorded value was 304,345 number in 2020.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 75,997 number in 1970.
How does Mali rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female?
Mali ranks 43rd out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mali data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/population-of-the-official-entrance-age-to-primary-education-female-number/mali/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/population-of-the-official-entrance-age-to-primary-education-female-number/mali/">Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Mali</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.