AGUACYCLE
Sub-Saharan Africa

Mali

Capital: Bamako · Low income · Pop. 24.5 million

Safely managed drinking water
20.01%
Safely managed sanitation
2,600
m³ freshwater / person / yr
9%
Water stress · Low

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).

Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa