Number without basic handwashing in Mali

Mali: Number without basic handwashing was 19.08 million in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
19.08 million
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
20th
of 120 countries
All-time high
19.08 million
in 2022
All-time low
15.11 million
in 2014
Years of data
9
2014–2022

Number without basic handwashing in Mali, 2014–2022

05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M2014201820222014: 15.1M2015: 15.6M2016: 16.0M2017: 16.5M2018: 17.0M2019: 17.5M2020: 18.0M2021: 18.5M2022: 19.1M

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2022, number without basic handwashing in Mali stood at 19.08 million. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number without basic handwashing in Mali peaked at 19.08 million in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.11 million, in 2014.

Mali ranks 20th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Number without basic handwashing in Mali, year by year

Annual values for Number without basic handwashing in Mali, 2014 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2014 15.11 million —
2015 15.56 million +3.0%
2016 16.03 million +3.0%
2017 16.52 million +3.1%
2018 17.02 million +3.0%
2019 17.51 million +2.9%
2020 18.02 million +2.9%
2021 18.55 million +2.9%
2022 19.08 million +2.9%

Mali compared with similar countries

  • Mali's 19.08 million is above the median for low income countries, which is 15.87 million, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
  • Mali's 19.08 million is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.17 million, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 16.29 million 15.11 million 17.51 million 6
2020s 18.55 million 18.02 million 19.08 million 3

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 17 Angola 23.89 million compare
  2. 18 Niger 21.21 million compare
  3. 19 Afghanistan 20.50 million compare
  4. 21 Ghana 18.77 million compare
  5. 22 Malawi 18.32 million compare
  6. 23 Cameroon 18.12 million compare

See the full ranking of 120 places →

More reference data data for Mali

All data for Mali →

Frequently asked questions

What is number without basic handwashing in Mali?
Number without basic handwashing in Mali was 19.08 million in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number without basic handwashing recorded in Mali?
The highest recorded value was 19.08 million in 2022.
What is the lowest number without basic handwashing recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 15.11 million in 2014.
How does Mali rank for number without basic handwashing?
Mali ranks 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
Is number without basic handwashing rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mali data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number without basic handwashing. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Number without basic handwashing in Mali. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-without-basic-handwashing/mali/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-without-basic-handwashing/mali/">Number without basic handwashing in Mali</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number without basic handwashing
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 1,792 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed