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Mali

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 0.3 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 65%.

20% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 10.9% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 4,814 hectares: 19.2% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.282024+0.114.73
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)2.682024−0.186.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person1.192024+0.021.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year1.282024−0.540.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.012024+0.01100.00
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2302022+0.1100.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year62024+3—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year1,2622023+57021,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%19.52024−38.731.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%19.52024−38.740.9
Solar share of electricity%2.92024+1.76.9
Wind share of electricity%0.020240.08.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity5392024+248471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest10.920230.0—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 348 ha2002: 175 ha2003: 34 ha2004: 153 ha2005: 83 ha2006: 104 ha2007: 125 ha2008: 106 ha2009: 158 ha2010: 54 ha2011: 166 ha2012: 79 ha2013: 410 ha2014: 270 ha2015: 204 ha2016: 205 ha2017: 332 ha2018: 299 ha2019: 211 ha2020: 149 ha2021: 130 ha2022: 159 ha2023: 316 ha2024: 237 ha2025: 307 ha
2001410 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 0.9 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 0.1 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data