Pensions: Foreign Worker’s Allowance

A foreign worker who has paid contributions in Mali and ceases to reside there before their pension is paid out is entitled to a refund of their employee’s contribution, subject to reciprocity in their country of residence for Malian nationals.

If they remain resident in Mali until retirement, having met the conditions for entitlement to a pension, they are entitled to the same benefits as local workers.

If their country has a pension exchange agreement with Mali, they may capitalise their years of insurance upon departure before having acquired the right to a pension, or claim their pension entitlements in their own country or in Mali under the same conditions as resident citizens (Article 160).

The countries that currently (June 2019) have a pension exchange agreement with Mali are Burkina Faso, France, Mauritania, Senegal, Chad and Togo.