Mali vs Papua New Guinea: Share of the population with access to basic services

Mali
49.5%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
43.3%
in 2024
Mali rank
200th
Papua New Guinea rank
202nd

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

  • Mali
  • Papua New Guinea
0204060199620102024

How they compare

Mali currently reports 49.5% against 43.3% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 6.2%.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Mali ranks 200th and Papua New Guinea ranks 202nd of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit
% of population
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
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Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.