Cost of Living inSan, Mali
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Mali: $2,916/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 31% higher than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
Happiness
4.2 / 10
#121 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Mali yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for San. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.San is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Mali.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedPublic coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
41/100
2023
Physicians
0.19/1k
2023
Hospital beds
0.25/1k
2018
Out of pocket
47%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
60.7 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
367/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
28.0/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Mali yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in San, Mali · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in San compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.8x further in San than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Mali here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is San cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
San is more expensive overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 31% more expensive than the global benchmark (New York City) for San. We are using the country-level cost index for Mali here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in San compare with New York City?
Rent in San is about 58% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Mali here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in San?
Groceries in San are about 8% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 5% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Mali here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About San
San is a town in the Ségou Region of central Mali, with about 103,227 residents, sitting on a plateau between the Niger and Bani rivers in the country's agricultural heartland. It is a regional commercial centre for the surrounding millet, sorghum, and groundnut farming country, with a historic role in the trans-Saharan trade and a noted Sudano-Sahelian mud-architecture mosque. The population is predominantly Bambara, Bobo, and Marka, with French as the official language and Bambara as the working everyday language. Since the 2012 northern Mali crisis, much of the country has been affected by jihadist insurgency, and the security situation in the Ségou and Mopti regions has deteriorated materially, with foreign residency now limited to specific UN, NGO, and missionary postings under negotiated access. Climate is hot semi-arid with very hot dry summers and a short monsoon rainy season.
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