Inclusion
Women's Mean Years of Schooling
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
South Africa
10
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Burkina Faso
1
Mali
2
Women's Financial Inclusion (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Mauritius
80
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Niger
3
Mali
11
Women's Cellphone Use (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Botswana
87
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Burundi
26
Mali
53
Women's Share of Parliament Seats (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Rwanda
56
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Nigeria
6
Mali
9
Women Employment (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Rwanda
93
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Mauritania
24
Mali
48
Justice
Legal Discrimination Against Women (Aggregate score of 0 -84)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Sudan
48
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
South Africa
15
Mali
30
Son Bias (Male to female birth ratio)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Nigeria
1.06
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Zimbabwe
1.02
Mali
1.05
Discriminatory Norms (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Niger
33
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Rwanda
6
Mali
30
Security
Lifetime Intimate Partner Violence (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Angola
78
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Comoros
6
Mali
35
Women's Perception of Community Safety (%)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Somalia
86
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Gabon
28
Mali
66
Organized Violence (Battle Deaths per 100,000)
COUNTRY GROUP HIGH
Central African Republic
30.43
COUNTRY GROUP LOW
Togo
0
Mali
2.92
Index Story
Mali
October 18, 2016
Mali is among the poorest countries in the world and ranks in the bottom dozen on the WPS Index. Women’s years of schooling average less than two—one of the lowest in the world. Malian women are also underrepresented in political and economic spheres. They made up less than 9 percent of the members of parliament…