Mali's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 37% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.92 percentage points from 39.92% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 39.92% | 2012 |
| Highest | 53.77% | 2010 |
| Lowest | 22.07% | 1982 |
| Average since 2008 | 39.61% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 24.81% | 1978 |
Over five years it is down 2.92 percentage points from 39.92% in 2012. Since 1978 it is up 12.19 percentage points from 24.81% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 23 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2017, Mali's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 0.4 percentage points on 2016 (from 37.4% to 37%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2016), the average change was −0.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.53 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.79 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.13 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 35% 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 2017, Mali had the 5th highest value of the 14 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.
Closest to Mali in the 2017 ranking
- Belize — 2nd of 14: 39.95%
- Cabo Verde — 3rd of 14: 39.93%
- Argentina — 4th of 14: 39.54%
- British Virgin Islands — 6th of 14: 35.07%
- San Marino — 7th of 14: 34.73%
- Uruguay — 8th of 14: 34.68%
What this measures
Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 17 values
| Year | Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2016 | 37.4 |
| 2015 | 33.01 |
| 2014 | 34.12 |
| 2013 | 40.19 |
| 2012 | 39.92 |
| 2011 | 37.98 |
| 2010 | 53.77 |
| 2009 | 39.24 |
| 2008 | 43.51 |
| 2007 |
Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
- Benin — 23.74% (2015)
- Burkina Faso — 22.09% (2015)
- Cabo Verde — 39.93% (2017)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 35.12% (2018)
- Ethiopia — 18.14% (2015)
- Gambia, The — 32.83% (2015)
- Guinea — 20.92% (2018)
- Kenya — 41.76% (2015)
More education data for Mali
- Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.91 (2020)
- Primary education, pupils — 2.97 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 72.8% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 69.37% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 76.15% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers — 59,920 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mali's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 37% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is up 12.19 percentage points from 24.81% in 1978. The highest value was 53.77% in 2010 and the lowest 22.07% in 1982.
- How does Mali rank?
- 5th highest of 14 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Mali?
- In 2017, Mali's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 0.4 percentage points on 2016 (from 37.4% to 37%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2016), the average change was −0.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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