Côte d’Ivoire vs Mali: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.77% of GDP in Côte d’Ivoire and 3.87% of GDP in Mali, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 3.1 percentage points, or 5 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
Côte d’IvoireMali
Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d’Ivoire | 0.77 2025 | 1.24 | 126 of 151 |
| Mali | 3.87 2025 | 2.36 | 12 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
- In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 126 and Mali ranked 12 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.77 | 3.87 |
| 2024 | 0.76 | 4.25 |
| 2023 | 0.86 | 3.85 |
| 2022 | 0.87 | 3.09 |
| 2021 | 0.88 | 3.38 |
| 2020 | 0.96 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 0.89 | 2.75 |
| 2018 | 1.04 | 2.82 |
| 2017 | 0.97 | 3.03 |
| 2016 | 1.25 | 2.59 |
| 2015 | 1.24 | 2.36 |
| 2014 | 1.07 | 1.52 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1.16 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 1.01 | 1.24 |
| 2010 | 1.13 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 1.25 | 1.42 |
| 2008 | 1.1 | 1.47 |
| 2007 | 1.15 | 1.36 |
| 2006 | 1.09 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 1.06 | 1.38 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 1.42 |
| 2003 | 1.01 | 1.42 |
| 2002 | – | 1.27 |
| 2001 | – | 1.3 |
| 2000 | – | 1.48 |
| 1999 | – | 1.49 |
| 1998 | – | 1.41 |
| 1997 | 0.58 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 0.61 | 1.43 |
| 1995 | – | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 0.73 | 1.44 |
| 1993 | 0.97 | 1.56 |
| 1992 | 1.02 | – |
| 1991 | 0.99 | – |
| 1990 | 0.96 | 1.96 |
| 1989 | 1.33 | 2.11 |
| 1988 | 1.25 | 2.21 |
| 1987 | 1.22 | 2.12 |
| 1986 | 1.05 | 2.03 |
| 1985 | 1 | 2.14 |
| 1984 | 1.03 | 1.97 |
| 1983 | 1.12 | 1.98 |
| 1982 | 1.14 | 2.11 |
| 1981 | 1.09 | 1.96 |
| 1980 | 1.16 | 2.08 |
| 1979 | 1.12 | 2.97 |
| 1978 | 1.1 | 3.21 |
| 1977 | 0.79 | 3.13 |
| 1976 | 1.12 | 2.91 |
| 1975 | 1.18 | 3.17 |
| 1974 | 1.34 | 2.87 |
| 1973 | 1.13 | 2.66 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 2.38 |
| 1971 | 1.5 | 1.92 |
| 1970 | 1.18 | 2.23 |
| 1969 | 1.15 | 2.18 |
| 1968 | 1.16 | 1.99 |
| 1967 | 1.31 | 2.4 |
| 1966 | 1.26 | 2.41 |
| 1965 | 1.32 | 2.52 |
| 1964 | 1.14 | 2.87 |
| 1963 | 1 | 2.65 |
| 1962 | 1.28 | 2.89 |
| 1961 | – | 2.7 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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