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Mortality in Mali, by the numbers

Mali sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 60.7 years of life, 207th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Mali, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
60.7 yrs
207th of 212
Population aged 65+
2.4 %
7th lowest of 212
Health spending per capita
$34
11th lowest of 191

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Mali ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 60.7 yrs 207 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.3 /1,000 32 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.5 /1,000 70 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.6 yrs 139 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 54.1 /1,000 124 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 2.9 yrs 199 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 84.5 men/100 women 138 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 47.5 /1,000 15 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 367 /100k 15 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 23.0 % 47 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.2 /100k 141 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 22.7 /100k 52 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 5.3 L 82 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.4 % 206 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $34 181 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,095 190 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Mali's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 7th lowest population aged 65+ in the world (2.4 %) and the 11th lowest health spending per capita in the world ($34). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Mali; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.