Mali
Capital: Bamako · Low income · Pop. 24.5 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 20.01% use safely managed sanitation services and 47.76% have at least a basic service (2024).
Mali has about 2,600 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 9% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 98% of Mali's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Mali have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Mali; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Mali have enough freshwater?
Mali has roughly 2,600 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 9% of it annually (low stress).