Mali vs Mauritania
Mali vs Mauritania: Arms imports
Arms imports: 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025 and 126 million TIV in Mauritania in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mauritania, by 101 million TIV, or 5.04 times that in Mali.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mauritania has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mali.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Mali | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 25 million | 126 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 82 million | 2 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 62 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 39 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 49 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 34 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 27 million | 1 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 32 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 22 million | 35 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 7 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | 11 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 17 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 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 | 7 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1 million | 27 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 7 million | 31 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | 4 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 8 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | 16 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 18 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 16 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 8 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 0 | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 13 million | 0 | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 15 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 4 million | 16 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 91 million | 19 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 24 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 17 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 89 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 11 million | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 5 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 15 million | 13 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 21 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 2 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 4 million | 6 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | 1 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 3 million | 1 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 million | 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
Mali vs Mauritania
Health
- Life expectancyMali: 60.4 years in 2023Mauritania: 68.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMali: 3.01% in 2017Mauritania: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateMali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Mauritania: 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMali: 23.8 million people in 2023Mauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023
- Population growthMali: 2.97% a year in 2023Mauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023Mauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMali: 32.2% in 2025Mauritania: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageMali: 15.5 years in 2023Mauritania: 17.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMali: 2.4% in 2023Mauritania: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Mauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025Mauritania: 2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMali: $883M in 2025Mauritania: $315M in 2025
- Military spending per personMali: $38 in 2025Mauritania: $61 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025Mauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMali: 41,000 people in 2020Mauritania: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerMali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Mauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Mauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020