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Mali

Headline economic indicators for Mali, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Mali
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 3.3% +0.07 (+2.2%)
Consumer price index · 135.3 +4.30 (+3.3%)
GDP deflator inflation · 2.1% -0.69 (-24.6%)

GDP

GDP — Mali
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 5.6% +0.58 (+11.6%)
GDP per capita · 1,193.28 +100.02 (+9.1%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 1,652 +8.93 (+0.5%)
GDP · 30,069,148,580.77 +3,307,867,504 (+12.4%)
GDP, PPP · 88,265,455,597 +6,957,938,396 (+8.6%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 3,503 +181.19 (+5.5%)
GDP per capita growth · 2.6% +0.61 (+30.8%)
GNI per capita · 1,120 +90.00 (+8.7%)
Agriculture to GDP · 33.0% +0.43 (+1.3%)
Industry to GDP · 23.4% -1.10 (-4.5%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 7.5% +0.14 (+2.0%)
Services to GDP · 36.6% +0.50 (+1.4%)
Household consumption to GDP · 71.5% -1.03 (-1.4%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 20.0% +0.41 (+2.1%)
Gross savings to GDP · 15.1% +0.16 (+1.0%)

Labour

Labour — Mali
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 2.8% -0.09 (-3.2%)
Labour force participation rate · 67.0% -0.14 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 52.8% -0.25 (-0.5%)
Youth unemployment rate · 3.9% +0.04 (+0.9%)
Employment to population ratio · 65.1% -0.07 (-0.1%)
Employment in agriculture · 63.0% -0.52 (-0.8%)
Employment in industry · 8.6% -0.08 (-0.9%)
Employment in services · 28.4% +0.60 (+2.2%)

Money

Money — Mali
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 3.6% +1.37 (+60.1%)
Broad money to GDP · 30.8% +1.15 (+3.9%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 20.4% -1.98 (-8.9%)
Lending rate · 5.3% +0.14 (+2.7%)
Bank deposit rate · 6.9% -0.07 (-1.0%)
Official exchange rate · 581.93 -24.42 (-4.0%)

Trade

Trade — Mali
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -4.3% +2.17 (+33.4%)
Exports to GDP · 22.1% -0.25 (-1.1%)
Imports to GDP · 26.7% -0.75 (-2.7%)
Trade to GDP · 48.8% -0.99 (-2.0%)
Exports of goods and services · 6,638,297,560.41 +663,729,303 (+11.1%)
Imports of goods and services · 8,027,088,524.13 +683,507,931 (+9.3%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -1,293,522,029.6 +642,305,960 (+33.2%)
Current account balance (annual) · -1,158,694,563.59 +451,634,322 (+28.0%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 2.8% -0.64 (-18.5%)
Remittances received to GDP · 4.0% -0.22 (-5.3%)
External debt to GNI · 24.9% -2.36 (-8.7%)

Government

Government — Mali
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 12.7% -0.36 (-2.8%)
Government expense to GDP · 12.2% +1.39 (+12.8%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 12.0% -0.29 (-2.3%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -3.5% -2.16 (-163.2%)
Government consumption to GDP · 13.1% +0.12 (+0.9%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.2% +0.14 (+3.4%)
Health spending to GDP · 3.8% +0.09 (+2.5%)

Demography

Demography — Mali
Indicator Value Change
Population · 25,198,821 +720,226 (+2.9%)
Population, long-run history · 18,494 +563.66 (+3.1%)
Population growth · 2.9% -0.04 (-1.4%)
Life expectancy · 60.7 +0.24 (+0.4%)
Fertility rate · 5.51 -0.10 (-1.9%)
Birth rate · 39.5 -0.50 (-1.2%)
Death rate · 8.5 -0.12 (-1.4%)
Urban population share · 32.2% +0.61 (+1.9%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.4% -0.02 (-0.9%)
Under-five mortality rate · 73.0 -3.20 (-4.2%)
Population density · 20.1 +0.58 (+3.0%)
Net migration · -48,019 -1,139 (-2.4%)
Gini index · 35.7 -0.30 (-0.8%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.

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