Livability · rank 160/167
Is 🇲🇱 Mali (Bamako) a good place to live?
Quality score 32/100 against essentials of $608/month.
The five metrics
Internet 27 66.8 Mbps median broadband, 36.8% online
Healthcare 41 UHC service coverage 41/100 (2023)
Air quality 29 PM2.5 36.8 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.09 · corruption control -0.98 · stability -2.49 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $15.88 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $12.83/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($608) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 3.3× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 4.9× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 8.2× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast — quality 38.5, essentials $727/mo
- 🇦🇩 Andorra — quality 78.2, essentials $1,500/mo
- 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde — quality 50.1, essentials $967/mo
- 🇪🇪 Estonia — quality 81.2, essentials $1,492/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Mali
Frequently asked questions
- Is Mali a good place to live for remote workers?
- Mali scores 32/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 66.8 Mbps, healthcare 41, air quality 29; English not scored) — rank 160 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Mali?
- Median fixed broadband is around 66.8 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Mali?
- Single-person essentials run about $608/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.9× essentials).