Mali: Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 15.4 percentage points from 36.8% in 2013. Since 1986 it is up 19.4 percentage points from 2% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 23 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

Closest to Mali in the 2018 ranking

• Guinea — 1st of 5: 54.9%
• Ghana — 2nd of 5: 47.8%
• Nigeria — 3rd of 5: 40%
• Cameroon — 5th of 5: 17.9%

What this measures

Percentage of children under age 5 with diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who received oral rehydration salts (ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS fluids).

Limitations: The indicator does not assess the severity of the diarrhea.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet) in nearby economies

• Cameroon — 17.9% (2018)
• Chad — 17.4% (2019)
• Ghana — 47.8% (2018)
• Guinea — 54.9% (2018)
• Madagascar — 19.6% (2021)
• Malawi — 51.4% (2020)
• Nigeria — 40% (2018)
• Rwanda — 28% (2020)
• Senegal

More health data for Mali

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 17.21% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 17.26% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 5.71 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 45.71% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 5.83 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 45.88% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 11.54 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 45.79% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 15.09% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Mali's diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 who received ORS packet)?

21.4% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1986?

It is up 19.4 percentage points from 2% in 1986. The highest value was 41% in 1989 and the lowest 2% in 1986.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.ORTH, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program 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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