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Female share of the labor force — Mali

Female share of the labor force in Mali in 2025 — 39.12%. Ranked 144 in the world out of 182. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.04 pp.

2025 39.12% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 144of 182
Period maximum 43.17%1990
Period minimum 38.09%2020

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — Mali, 1990–20253840424419901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 43.17%1991: 43.08%1992: 42.99%1993: 42.93%1994: 42.88%1995: 42.86%1996: 42.84%1997: 42.84%1998: 42.84%1999: 42.86%2000: 42.86%2001: 42.86%2002: 42.87%2003: 42.86%2004: 42.84%2005: 42.81%2006: 42.77%2007: 42.72%2008: 42.67%2009: 42.62%2010: 42.55%2011: 42.47%2012: 42.37%2013: 42.28%2014: 42.25%2015: 43.03%2016: 42.28%2017: 41.5%2018: 40.39%2019: 39.28%2020: 38.09%2021: 39.36%2022: 39.11%2023: 39.17%2024: 39.22%2025: 39.12%
Change over the period: −4.04 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mali

Mali 39.12%
World 40.18%
Sub-Saharan Africa 46.89%
Western Africa computed 46.77%
Low-income countries computed 43.19%
Female share of the labor force — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 39.12 −0.1 pp
2024 39.22 +0.05 pp
2023 39.17 +0.06 pp
2022 39.11 −0.25 pp
2021 39.36 +1.27 pp
2020 38.09 −1.19 pp
2019 39.28 −1.11 pp
2018 40.39 −1.11 pp
2017 41.5 −0.78 pp
2016 42.28 −0.76 pp
2015 43.03 +0.79 pp
2014 42.25 −0.03 pp
2013 42.28 −0.09 pp
2012 42.37 −0.1 pp
2011 42.47 −0.08 pp
2010 42.55 −0.07 pp
2009 42.62 −0.06 pp
2008 42.67 −0.05 pp
2007 42.72 −0.04 pp
2006 42.77 −0.04 pp
2005 42.81 −0.03 pp
2004 42.84 −0.02 pp
2003 42.86 −0.01 pp
2002 42.87 +0 pp
2001 42.86 +0 pp
2000 42.86 +0 pp
1999 42.86 +0.01 pp
1998 42.84 +0.01 pp
1997 42.84 −0.01 pp
1996 42.84 −0.02 pp
1995 42.86 −0.02 pp
1994 42.88 −0.05 pp
1993 42.93 −0.07 pp
1992 42.99 −0.08 pp
1991 43.08 −0.09 pp
1990 43.17 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TG Togo 51.3 BJ Benin 49.43 SL Sierra Leone 48.75 GM Gambia 48.54 NG Nigeria 48.4 GW Guinea-Bissau 47.71 GH Ghana 47.63 LR Liberia 47.51 BF Burkina Faso 46.52 NE Niger 44.96 CV Cabo Verde 43.63 CI Côte d'Ivoire 43.36 GN Guinea 41.58 ML Mali 39.12 SN Senegal 36.58 MR Mauritania 33.42
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of women in the total labor force. It differs from female labor force participation in measuring composition rather than reach: the first answers what part of those working are women, the second what part of women work. Fifty percent would mean complete equality of composition; in most countries it comes to between forty and forty-eight, and in the Gulf states and South Asia to less than twenty.

Important: A measure of composition, not of access: the share can rise because men are leaving the labor market. It is worth reading together with female labor force participation.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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