Mali's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 17.29% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.05 percentage points from 20.34% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 17.29% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 20.34% | 2012 |
| Highest | 24.81% | 1980 |
| Lowest | 13.61% | 1986 |
| Average since 2008 | 19.66% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 24.46% | 1978 |
Over five years it is down 3.05 percentage points from 20.34% in 2012. Since 1978 it is down 7.17 percentage points from 24.46% 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 tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 4.46 percentage points on 2016 (from 21.74% to 17.29%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2016), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.68 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 4.92 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.82 percentage points in 1981. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
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 10th highest value of the 20 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
What this measures
Expenditure on tertiary 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 tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.29 |
| 2016 | 21.74 |
| 2015 | 20.77 |
| 2014 | 21.59 |
| 2013 | 19.03 |
| 2012 | 20.34 |
| 2011 | 23.26 |
| 2010 | 20.74 |
| 2009 | 15.82 |
| 2008 | 16.06 |
Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
- Benin — 22.15% (2015)
- Burkina Faso — 13.65% (2015)
- Cabo Verde — 17.15% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 23.81% (2015)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 14.03% (2018)
- Ethiopia — 47.85% (2015)
- Gambia, The — 11.33% (2015)
- Guinea — 17.3% (2018)
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 tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 17.29% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is down 7.17 percentage points from 24.46% in 1978. The highest value was 24.81% in 1980 and the lowest 13.61% in 1986.
- How does Mali rank?
- 10th highest of 20 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Mali?
- In 2017, Mali's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 4.46 percentage points on 2016 (from 21.74% to 17.29%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2016), the average change was −0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.68 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 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 SE.XPD.TERT.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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