Mali

Results in this brief are from an analysis of the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey. Information on methodology is in the main text of the report and in the method briefs. Additional results are available in Results Tables on the DDI website.

In Mali, the share of adults aged 15 and older with any functional difficulty stands at 19.3%. As shown in Table 1, it varies from a low of 12.2% in Mopti to a high of 25.6% in Segou. In all regions, seeing is the most common type of functional difficulty; communication and self-care are the least common.

Region	Any	Seeing	Hearing	Mobility	Cognition	Self-Care	Communication
Bamako	17.3	11.2	2.7	6.2	2.7	1.4	1.7
Gao	16.6	11.9	4.3	5.4	2.0	1.7	1.8
Kayes	15.9	10.6	4.5	4.7	1.9	1.1	1.5
Kidal	22.1	12.3	7.4	10.2	12.5	3.3	2.3
Koulikoro	23.0	11.5	5.3	8.0	5.9	1.4	2.2
Mopti	12.2	8.4	3.8	3.8	2.0	1.7	1.4
Segou	25.6	15.7	4.8	7.6	9.4	1.3	2.5
Sikasso	17.7	11.3	4.5	6.3	3.1	1.0	1.5
Toumbouctou	23.3	13.3	8.0	12.5	6.7	1.9	2.8
National	19.3	11.7	4.5	6.6	4.4	1.3	1.9

Notes: ‘Any’ is the share of adults with any level of difficulty (some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or unable to do in one or more functional domains. For instance, ‘Seeing’ is the share of adults with difficulty in seeing of any level. Shares for the six domains do not add up to the share of any difficulty as some individuals may have functional difficulties in more than one domain. Source: Own calculations based on Mali 2018 DHS data.

Multidimensional Poverty

Multidimensional poverty captures an individual’s experience of multiple deprivations (e.g. low educational attainment, having inadequate living conditions). In Mali, the shares of persons with at least a lot of functional difficulty and some difficulty who are multidimensionally poor stand at 90.7% and 85.1%, respectively. These are higher compared to those of persons with no difficulty at 80.2%.

Thus, there is a disability gap in multidimensional poverty between persons with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty (10.5 percentage points) and between persons with some difficulty and no difficulty (4.9 percentage points). In other words, persons in Mali with functional difficulties more frequently experience multiple deprivations than those with no difficulties. As illustrated in Figure 1/Table 2, multidimensional poverty is common in all regions among adults with functional difficulties. Multidimensional poverty is least common among persons with functional difficulties in Bamako.

Figure 1: Mali: Multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)

Figure1a: Adults with no difficulty

Figure 1a maps the share of adults with no difficulty at the regional level in Mali

Figure 1b: Adults with some difficulty

Figure 1b maps the share of adults with some difficulty at the regional level in Mali

Figure 1c: Adults with at least a lot of difficulty

Figure 1c maps the share of adults with at least a lot of difficulty at the regional level in Mali

Legend of Figure 1 This is the legend for different categories of the multidimensional poverty headcount from a low of 40 to 49.9% to a high of 90% and above.

Source: Own calculations based on Cambodia DHS data (2014). The notes of Table 1 apply.

Source: Own calculations based on Mali DHS data (2018). The notes of Table 1 apply.

Table 2 (supporting figure 1): Mali: Multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)

Region	No difficulty	Some difficulty	At least a lot of difficulty
Bamako	46.1	53.4	56.6
Gao	92.4	96.2	97.7
Kayes	87.3	92.4	97.5
Kidal	95.6	96.1	97.4
Koulikoro	78.4	89.8	93.8
Mopti	94.5	93.5	96.4
Segou	87.4	88.8	95.5
Sikasso	90.0	92.3	93.2
Toumbouctou	93.8	97.0	99.1
National	80.2	85.1	90.7