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IndicatorMLIMaliSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #92
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile28rank #161
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #106
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.17rank #116
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #106
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile26.3rank #189
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #92
Military spending% GDP4.2%rank #13
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.16rank #109
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile23.3rank #203
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile42.8rank #157
Rule of Law0-100 percentile38.1rank #171
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #90
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.16rank #131
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.15rank #113
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile35.5rank #166
Women in parliament% seats30.1%rank #71
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.71rank #89
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment63%rank #11
Agriculture value added% GDP33%rank #6
Annual working hours per workerhours2,242.5rank #24
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker11,540.8rank #162
Current account balance% GDP-4.3%rank #118
Employment-to-population ratio%65%rank #37
External debt stocks% GNI24.9%rank #21
FDI net inflows% GDP3.4%rank #73
GDPcurrent US$30.07Brank #113
GDP growth%5.6%rank #38
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,193.3rank #168
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $2,993.3rank #168
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $2,341.6rank #178
Government expenditure% GDP12.2%rank #128
Gross capital formation% GDP20%rank #92
Gross savings% GDP15.1%rank #114
High-technology exports% manuf. exports5.4%rank #85
Human capital indexindex1.4rank #142
Industry value added% GDP23.4%rank #90
Inflation%3.3%rank #89
Labour force participation rate%66.8%rank #44
Personal remittances received% GDP4%rank #54
R&D expenditure% GDP0.15%rank #72
Researchers in R&Dper million26rank #75
Tax revenue% GDP12%rank #104
Trade openness% GDP48.8%rank #108
Unemployment% labor force2.8%rank #34
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.7%rank #30
Vulnerable employment% employment75.8%rank #163
Youth unemployment% ages 15-243.9%rank #18
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-244%rank #20
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop86.4%rank #128
Basic sanitation access% pop47.8%rank #148
Child mortalityper 1007.3rank #145
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,734.4rank #127
DTP3 immunization coverage%82%rank #18
Health spending% GDP3.8%rank #157
Infant mortalityper 1k births47.5rank #135
Life expectancyyears60.7rank #211
Maternal mortalityper 100k367rank #102
Measles immunization% children72%rank #28
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%72%rank #28
Physiciansper 1k0.19rank #48
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m335.5rank #168
Road traffic deathsper 100k22.7rank #95
Smoking prevalence% adults7.4%rank #10
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.2rank #41
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k51rank #74
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births73rank #184
Undernourishment% pop12.3%rank #43
Education
Adult literacy%35.6%rank #29
Education spending% GDP4.2%rank #47
Expected years of schoolingyears7rank #193
Mean years of schoolingyears1.6rank #190
Primary completion rate% relevant age48.4%rank #135
Primary enrollment% gross72.8%rank #162
Secondary enrollment% gross38.9%rank #142
Tertiary enrollment% gross5.1%rank #140
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00039.5rank #6
Fertility ratebirths/woman5.5rank #6
Median age of populationyears15.5rank #213
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.7rank #154
Populationpeople25.2Mrank #58
Population growth%2.9%rank #14
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years65.4rank #210
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands46,154.1rank #45
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age95.6rank #6
Urban population%32.2%rank #179
Climate
CO₂ emissionst6.98Mrank #126
CO₂ per capitat0.29rank #183
Electricity access% pop49.5%rank #67
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation15.4%rank #87
Electricity from solar% generation2.9%rank #97
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land10.9%rank #162
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3.2rank #63
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh538.6rank #115
Renewable electricity%19.5%rank #115
Renewable energy share%71.1%rank #11
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e75.2rank #121
Society
Asylum seekerspeople23,629rank #138
Extreme poverty% pop36.1%rank #39
Female labor participation%52.8%rank #95
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.77rank #168
Gender Development Indexratio0.81rank #107
Gender Inequality Index0-10.61rank #145
Gini indexindex35.7rank #42
Human Development Index0-10.42rank #155
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.28rank #139
Internally displaced personspeople414,524rank #15
Internet users% pop36.8%rank #155
Life satisfaction0-104.6rank #111
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.41rank #125
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.03rank #148
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.14rank #121
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.46rank #153
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.81rank #176
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people286,715rank #27
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people519,738rank #166
Youth NEET rate%27.4%rank #144
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year1,357rank #29
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths2,745rank #40
Hazard & exposure0-107.6rank #65
Human hazard & exposure0-109.3rank #70
INFORM risk score0-107.1rank #57
Lack of coping capacity0-106.9rank #59
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-106.4rank #55
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107.3rank #52
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.2rank #29
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year2,157rank #40
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107.4rank #69
Vulnerability0-106.8rank #56
Vulnerable groups0-106.1rank #55
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