Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mali
Mali: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 80.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mali, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mali stood at 80.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mali peaked at 80.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37.6%, in 2000.
Mali ranks 124th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.1% | 37.6% | 52.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.7% | 54.7% | 70.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.5% | 72.8% | 80.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
More environment data for Mali
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 48.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.96 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 26.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.6517 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.5499 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0014 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 29.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0249 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mali?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Mali was 80.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 80.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.6% in 2000.
- How does Mali rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Mali ranks 124th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.