🇲🇱 Mali Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇱 Mali ML / MLI #23

Nomad Score 37.0

Cities 8

Region African Union, Francophone, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic under a military junta

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 28/100

Press Freedom (2025) 48.2/100 #119

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.164

HDI 0.419

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 0th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 18th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 21th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 13th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 21th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 22.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 4.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic under a military junta

Title	Name
President of Mali	Assimi Goïta
Prime Minister of Mali	Abdoulaye Maïga (officer)

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 28 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 48.2 / 100

Global Rank #119 / 180

Rank Change -5 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #99 42.9

Economic #76 44.1

Legal #106 55.3

Social #95 59.1

Safety #141 39.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.164

Liberal 0.150

Participatory 0.164

Deliberative 0.208

Egalitarian 0.171

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	48.2	119	42.9	44.1	55.3	59.1	39.8
2024	50.6	114	48.1	44.4	59.3	63.5	37.5
2023	52.3	113	52.6	38.8	55.1	55.0	59.9
2022	54.5	111	35.2	42.6	74.3	78.5	41.8
2021	66.5	99	-	-	-	-	93.1
2020	65.9	108	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	64.8	112	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	63.9	115	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	61.7	116	-	-	-	-	77.0
2016	60.2	122	-	-	-	-	70.0
2015	63.7	118	-	-	-	-	48.1
2014	63.7	122	-	-	-	-	-
2013	70.0	99	-	-	-	-	-
2012	0.0	25	-	-	-	-	-
2010	8.0	28	-	-	-	-	-
2009	8.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
2008	7.5	31	-	-	-	-	-
2007	16.5	52	-	-	-	-	-
2006	9.0	38	-	-	-	-	-
2005	8.0	37	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index