Mali: Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)

Key figures

Since 1971 it is down 19.61 percentage points from 26.83% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 32 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Mali's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2017 (from 7.5% to 7.21%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2017), the average change was +1.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.56 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 11.98 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.98 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 8 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 2018, Mali had the 37th highest value of the 75 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 2018 ranking

• Turks and Caicos Islands — 34th of 75: 7.96%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 35th of 75: 7.7%
• Lebanon — 36th of 75: 7.63%
• Albania — 38th of 75: 7.16%
• Azerbaijan — 39th of 75: 6.69%
• Tunisia — 40th of 75: 6.5%

What this measures

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.

All 16 values

Over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) in nearby economies

• Benin — 8.42% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 15.51% (2018)
• Burundi — 17.72% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 12.33% (2018)
• Cameroon — 12.72% (2017)
• Chad — 14.53% (2016)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 7.7% (2018)
• Equatorial Guinea — 23.94% (2015)
• Eritrea — 26.72% (2018)
• Eswatini

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Mali's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment)?

7.21% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 19.61 percentage points from 26.83% in 1971. The highest value was 26.83% in 1971 and the lowest 0.00028% in 2002.

How does Mali rank?

37th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) unusual for Mali?

In 2018, Mali's over-age students, primary, male (% of male enrollment) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2017 (from 7.5% to 7.21%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2017), the average change was +1.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.56 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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.PRM.OENR.MA.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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