Cameroon vs Mali
Cameroon vs Mali: Arms imports
Arms imports: 2 million TIV in Cameroon in 2023 and 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mali, by 80 million TIV, or 41 times that in Cameroon.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Cameroon.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cameroon | Mali | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 64 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 25 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2 million | 82 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2 million | 62 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 4 million | 39 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 2 million | 49 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 4 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 2 million | 27 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | 32 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 23 million | 22 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 124 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 139 million | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 10 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 10 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | 3 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 8 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 5 million | 13 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 3 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 10 million | 1 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 7 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 4 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 6 million | 9 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 5 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 0 | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 3 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 8 million | 1 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 3 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 5 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 11 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 16 million | 0 | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 125 million | 13 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | 15 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 113 million | 4 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 28 million | 91 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 73 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 29 million | 89 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 11 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 15 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 8 million | 15 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 2 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 3 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 3 million | 12 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 2 million | 1 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 2 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 2 million | 4 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 10 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | 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
Cameroon vs Mali
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Mali: $883M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCameroon: 34,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020