Burundi vs Mali
Burundi vs Mali: Arms imports
Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Burundi in 2019 and 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Mali, by 18 million TIV, or 10 times that in Burundi.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Burundi.
- The world as a whole: 26.9 billion TIV in 2019.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Burundi | Mali | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 64 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 25 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 82 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 62 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 39 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 49 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 2 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 27 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 32 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 3 million | 22 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 5 million | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1 million | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 3 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 8 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 13 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 3 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 3 million | 1 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 7 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 12 million | 4 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 9 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 0 | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 6 million | 1 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 6 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 0 | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2 million | 13 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 11 million | 15 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 3 million | 4 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 5 million | 91 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 89 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 11 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 15 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 3 million | 2 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 2 million | 12 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 9 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 4 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 10 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 3 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burundi vs Mali
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurundi: $169M in 2025Mali: $883M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020