The adult literacy rate in Mali is 38.7%. Male literacy is 48.2%. Female literacy is 29.2%. Therefore, male and female literacy differ by 19%. Government spending on education is 4.4% of GDP. Mali's education index is 0.305 – formal education levels are low and mostly limited to primary and secondary school levels at best; Higher education is possible but not very common. The people of Mali speak the French language.
English language It is not known how many people speak English in Mali and at what level they speak English. Most likely, there are no native English speakers, or their number is undetectable by standard statistical methods.