Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Mali
Mali: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.5663 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Mali, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Mali is 0.5663 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Mali peaked at 0.5663 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2966 index, in 1981.
That places Mali 157th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.318 index | 0.2966 index | 0.3319 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3461 index | 0.3105 index | 0.3789 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3783 index | 0.3499 index | 0.4075 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4598 index | 0.4124 index | 0.5225 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5547 index | 0.5341 index | 0.5663 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 154 Afghanistan 0.627 index compare
- 155 Sierra Leone 0.6247 index compare
- 156 Equatorial Guinea 0.6157 index compare
- 158 Togo 0.554 index compare
- 159 Burkina Faso 0.5354 index compare
- 160 Benin 0.513 index compare
More gender data for Mali
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 459,934 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 471,024 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 442,703 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 451,382 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 428,668 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 436,921 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 415,384 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 423,560 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 402,798 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 410,923 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Mali?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Mali was 0.5663 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5663 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2966 index in 1981.
- How does Mali rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Mali ranks 157th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.