Mali — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Mali, 1978–2023.
Education spending for Mali was 4.18% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1978 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 2.23% in 1999 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.36% per year.
Mali ranks 88 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Mali sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 52%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 16 of 41 economies; Togo (4.14%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 33% in 2000. That is 28% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 193 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 32nd of 51 in 1978 → 39th of 63 in 1980 → 84th of 116 in 2000 → 105th of 130 in 2010 → 115th of 157 in 2020 → 43rd of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1978 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.18% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 4.05% | +0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 3.66% | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 3.34% | +0.3 pp |
| 2019 | 3% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 2.98% | -0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 3.18% | +0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 2.59% | -0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 3.2% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 3.09% | +0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 2.76% | -0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 2.91% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 3.15% | +0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 2.71% | -0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 3.14% | +0.4 pp |
| 2008 | 2.73% | -0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 2.75% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 2.96% | -0.8 pp |
| 2003 | 3.81% | +0.9 pp |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 2.66% | -0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 2.97% | +0.7 pp |
| 1999 | 2.23% | -0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 2.65% | +0.2 pp |
| 1986 | 2.44% | -0.8 pp |
| 1982 | 3.28% | -0.2 pp |
| 1981 | 3.45% | -0.0 pp |
| 1980 | 3.47% | -0.1 pp |
| 1978 | 3.56% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mali’s Education spending in 1980?
3.47% (1980). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Mali’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1978 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +17.6% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 4.18%; 2022: 4.05%; 2021: 3.66%; 2020: 3.34%; 2019: 3%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.