Quality of Life Comparison


If you lived in Mali instead of Ghana, you would:


be 17.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Ghana, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Mali, that number is 1.4% of people as of 2018.

be 21.1% less likely to be obese

In Ghana, 10.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mali, that number is 8.6% of people as of 2016.

live 6.6 years less

In Ghana, the average life expectancy is 68 years (66 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2020. In Mali, that number is 62 years (59 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2020.


be 33.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Ghana, 11.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Mali, that number is 7.9% as of 2017.

make 53.2% less money

Ghana has a GDP per capita of $4,700 as of 2017, while in Mali, the GDP per capita is $2,200 as of 2017.

be 49.2% more likely to be live below the poverty line

In Ghana, 24.2% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Mali, however, that number is 36.1% as of 2005.


have 42.6% more children

In Ghana, there are approximately 29.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Mali, there are 42.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.

be 82.5% more likely to die during childbirth

In Ghana, approximately 308.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mali, 562.0 women do as of 2017.

be 53.7% less likely to be literate

In Ghana, the literacy rate is 76.6% as of 2015. In Mali, it is 35.5% as of 2018.

be 99.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Ghana, approximately 32.1 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Mali, on the other hand, 64.0 children do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 55.7% less likely to have access to electricity

In Ghana, approximately 79% of people have electricity access (90% in urban areas, and 67% in rural areas) as of 2017. In Mali, that number is 35% of people on average (84% in urban areas, and 2% in rural areas) as of 2017.

be 66.7% less likely to have internet access

In Ghana, approximately 39.0% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Mali, about 13.0% do as of 2018.


spend 13.9% less on education

Ghana spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Mali spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2016.

Mali: At a glance


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