Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Mali
Mali: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 89.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Mali, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Mali is 89.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Mali peaked at 89.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
That places Mali 33rd out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Mali, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 89.5% | — |
| 2005 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 89.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.7% | 0.0% | 89.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.5% | 89.5% | 89.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.5% | 89.5% | 89.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mali
More environment data for Mali
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.401 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -30.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0002 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -34.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Mali?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Mali was 89.5% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 89.5% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Mali rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Mali ranks 33rd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).