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🇲🇱 Mali
Africa · 3 rankings that exist only inside Mali — its states, cities, universities and more.
👥 Population25.2M#58 of 215💰 GDP$30.1B#113 of 185💎 GDP per capita$1,193#167 of 185❤️ Life expectancy60.7 yrs#209 of 215🗺️ Area1,220,190#23 of 214
Rankings inside Mali
🎓 Education
🌍 Society & Health
🎓 Top Research Universities in Mali
Universities and colleges in Mali ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1
University of Bamako2,376 papers
190,865
2
Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako3,996 papers
171,319
3
Institut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée389 papers
4,296
4
Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs – Abderhamane Baba Touré135 papers
1,678
5
Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Bamako191 papers
459
6
Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako92 papers
132
7
Centre d'Intelligence Artificielle et de Robotique du Mali13 papers
62
8
École normale d'Enseignement technique et professionnel25 papers
28
9
University of Timbuktu3 papers
14
Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.