Mali

Capital: BamakoRegion: Sub-Saharan Africa Income: Low income
GDP
$28.48B
2026
Population
24.5M
2024
GDP per Capita
$1K
2026
Life Expectancy
60.4 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$28.48B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)5.4%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$1K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$78.28B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$3K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.04%2026
GNI (Current USD)$26.08B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$1K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$3K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)23.5%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)36.3%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)33.3%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)12.9%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)72.3%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)19.5%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)14.8%2023
GDP Deflator (%)2.8%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$8K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)7.6%2024
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$6482021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)3.4%2020
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-4.8%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)16.18%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)18.4%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)2.23%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$6.29B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.0%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)48.0%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-3.2%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.6%2026
Total Investment (% of GDP)17.3%2026
Gross National Savings (% of GDP)14.7%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)3.2%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)12.7%2020
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)12.0%2020
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)39.3%2020
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)35.4%2020
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)5.0%2020
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)606.352024
Broad Money (% of GDP)29.6%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)49.9%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)27.3%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$6.05B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$7.32B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$5.49B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$7.07B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.4%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.3%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$921.0M2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$1.07B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)4.0%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)5.4%2023
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-6.5%2023
Current Account Balance (USD)$-1.61B2023

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)24.9%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$6.44B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)1.4%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$3.86B2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$779.9M2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)5.4%2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)22.4%2024
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)54.7%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)45.6%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)64.2%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)7.7%2024

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)482024

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)8.5%2024
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)11.3%2024
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)7.9%2024
Average Firm Age (years)4 years2024
Firms Using Computers (%)56.8%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population24.5M2024
Population Growth (%)2.9%2024
Population Density (per km²)192023
Surface Area (sq km)1.2M2023
Land Area (sq km)1.2M2023
Urban Population (%)31.6%2024
Urban Population (total)7.7M2024
Rural Population (%)68.4%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth60.4 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male59.0 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female61.9 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)5.62023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)40.02023
Death Rate (per 1,000)8.62023
Net Migration-48,0192025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)46.1%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)51.5%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)2.4%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)94.3%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)279.52023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)220.42023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force9.2M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)67.0%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)52.8%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)81.0%2025
Unemployment (%)2.8%2025
Female Unemployment (%)3.0%2025
Male Unemployment (%)2.7%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)3.9%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)63.0%2025
Employment in Industry (%)8.6%2025
Employment in Services (%)28.4%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)75.8%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)23.6%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)16.1%2023
Employers (% of total employment)0.6%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)39.1%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)4.2%2023
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)17.8%2024
Primary School Enrollment (%)72.8%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)38.9%2023
Primary Completion Rate (%)48.4%2023
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)28.1%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary1.2M2023
Out-of-School Girls, Primary653,4742023
Primary School Teachers59,9202023
Secondary School Teachers80,3952023
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary382018
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary172017
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)44.7%2017

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)3.8%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$342023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)1.3%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)47.2%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)0.22023
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)0.32023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)91.32023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)86.12023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)95.92023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)60.3%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)30.3%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)9.4%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)72.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)82.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.172024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)512024
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)25.1%2024
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)1.4%2024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)15.1%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)0.9%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)4.22021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)5.32020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Renewable Electricity Output (%)62.3%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)71.1%2022
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)1.3%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)56.82020
Forest Area (%)10.9%2023
Forest Area (sq km)132,9602023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)7.5%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)86.4%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)47.8%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)35.5%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,5882023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)136.02022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)133.12022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)127.32022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)6.3M2023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)8.52023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)8.6%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)35.1%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)0.82022
Secure Internet Servers (per million)21.02024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.17%2021
Scientific Journal Articles1182022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$13.9M2023
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)38.2%2023
Researchers in R&D (per million)292021

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.602022
Electricity from Oil (%)37.7%2021
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)30.7%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)48.8%2023
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)18.4%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)76.1%2017
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)138.62023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.882020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-0.862023
Government Effectiveness-1.142023
Regulatory Quality-0.682023
Voice & Accountability-1.012023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)21.2%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)12.7%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)18.4%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)0.5%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)4.2%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.5%2020

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)36.1%2021
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)59.5%2021
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)88.6%2021
Gini Index35.72021
Income Share, Top 10%28.3%2021
Income Share, Bottom 10%3.2%2021
Income Share, Top 20%43.9%2021
Income Share, Bottom 20%7.6%2021
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)-4.0%2021
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)4.782021

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Social Assistance Coverage (%)31.4%2021
Labor Market Programs Coverage (%)1.7%2021
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.322020
Human Capital Index, Female0.322020
Human Capital Index, Male0.322020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School2.6 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals217,0002019
Tourism Receipts (USD)$231.0M2018
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$255.0M2018
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)5.5%2018
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$4.0M2018

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City3.2M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)12.6%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)92.5%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)2.1%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)20.0%2024