Five years cumulative net migration fell 48.5% to -22,236 persons in Mali in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, five years cumulative net migration in Mali reached an all time high of -8,926 persons in 2002 and an all time low of -140,747 persons in 2012. When compared to Mali's main peers, five years cumulative net migration in Algeria amounted to -18,797 persons, -13,097 persons in Burkina Faso, -1,494 persons in Mauritania and -4,405 persons in Niger in 2021.
Mali has been ranked 145th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of five years cumulative net migration, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Migration (Five Years Cumulative) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | persons | -36,371 | -36,227 | -36,448 | -36,227 | -36,386 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | persons | -19,754 | -7,603 | -14,801 | -23,971 | -25,277 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | persons | -48,918 | 21,546 | 16,916 | 46,664 | -9,469 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | persons | -13,308 | 7,014 | -4,914 | -19,374 | -21,860 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | persons | -21,498 | -20,148 | -18,758 | -17,190 | -15,520 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | persons | -7,660 | -5,081 | 9,208 | 5,835 | -1,352 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | persons | -48,947 | -30,294 | -33,995 | -40,761 | -44,428 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | persons | -3,018 | -3,009 | -3,001 | -2,987 | -3,018 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | persons | -81,202 | -57,256 | -71,807 | -89,007 | -91,959 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | persons | 17,051 | 14,833 | -6,827 | -3,816 | -15,787 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | persons | -31,006 | -24,720 | -20,576 | -19,973 | -19,973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | -871 | 89,021 | 167,475 | 339,064 | 458,942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | persons | -25,230 | -23,826 | -22,368 | -21,013 | -19,609 |
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