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Mali — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Mali, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.83%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +102.4% since 1991
Unemployment for Mali was 2.83% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.01% in 2021. The lowest was 1.27% in 2003 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.09% per year.
Mali ranks 153 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Mali sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 102%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.83%
First (1991)
1.40%
Change
+102.4%
Highest
4.01%
in 2021
Lowest
1.27%
in 2003
Average
1.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.09%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.83% |
| 2024 | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 2.95% |
| 2022 | 2.39% |
| 2021 | 4.01% |
| 2020 | 3.53% |
| 2019 | 3.29% |
| 2018 | 1.62% |
| 2017 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.37% |
| 2015 | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.48% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.