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Côte d’Ivoire vs Mali
How Côte d’Ivoire and Mali compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 61.9 years against 60.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: $2,491 against $934
- Population · In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 31.2 million people against 23.8 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mali was higher: 3.87% of GDP against 0.77% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Côte d’Ivoire was higher: 0.59 tonnes against 0.3 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Mali: $883M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCôte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020Mali: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Mali: 64 million TIV in 2025
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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