Mali's access to electricity (% of population) was 49.5% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.3 percentage points from 34.2% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.5% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 47.9% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 34.2% | 2014 |
| Highest | 54.5% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 4.29% | 1997 |
| Average since 2015 | 47.1% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 6.2% | 1996 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Mali's access to electricity (% of population) fell 5 percentage points on 2023 (from 54.5% to 49.5%).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2023), the average change was +1.79 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.1 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 5 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.93 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Mali had the 201st highest value of the 215 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mali | 49.5% | 2024 |
| World | 91.93% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.11% | 2024 |
| Low income | 48.8% | 2024 |
Closest to Mali in the 2024 ranking
- Congo, Rep. — 198th of 215: 53%
- Tanzania — 199th of 215: 52.4%
- Mauritania — 200th of 215: 52.2%
- Guinea-Bissau — 202nd of 215: 43.7%
- Papua New Guinea — 203rd of 215: 43.3%
- Madagascar — 204th of 215: 42.5%
What this measures
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a population-weighted average.
All 29 values
| Year | Access to electricity (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 49.5 |
| 2023 | 54.5 |
| 2022 | 53 |
| 2021 | 53.4 |
| 2020 | 50.6 |
| 2019 | 47.9 |
| 2018 | 50.9 |
| 2017 | 34.8 |
| 2016 | 38.8 |
| 2015 | 37.6 |
| 2014 |
Access to electricity (% of population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 55.5% (2024)
- Benin — 59% (2024)
- Botswana — 80.2% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 34% (2024)
- Burundi — 20.1% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 98.4% (2024)
- Cameroon — 72% (2024)
- Central African Republic — 18.2% (2024)
- Chad — 13.4% (2024)
- Comoros — 91.7% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More environment data for Mali
- Population in largest city — 3.18 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 39.18% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 3.18 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 12.62% (2025)
- Rural population — 17.08 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 67.79% (2025)
- Urban population — 8.12 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 32.21% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 9,090 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
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Questions people ask
- What is Mali's access to electricity (% of population)?
- 49.5% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is up 43.3 percentage points from 6.2% in 1996. The highest value was 54.5% in 2023 and the lowest 4.29% in 1997.
- How does Mali rank?
- 201st highest of 215 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in access to electricity (% of population) unusual for Mali?
- In 2024, Mali's access to electricity (% of population) fell 5 percentage points on 2023 (from 54.5% to 49.5%). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2023), the average change was +1.79 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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