Mali vs Niger
Mali vs Niger: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $934 in Mali and $610 in Niger, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by $323, or 1.53 times that in Niger.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Niger.
- In 2025, Mali ranked 172 and Niger ranked 178 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Mali | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $934 | $610 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $910 | $589 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $893 | $562 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $878 | $566 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $872 | $521 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $872 | $532 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $910 | $527 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $893 | $513 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $879 | $497 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $861 | $488 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $838 | $486 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $814 | $483 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $789 | $470 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $786 | $463 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $818 | $435 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $821 | $441 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $804 | $422 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $787 | $429 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $785 | $413 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $797 | $416 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $794 | $407 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $801 | $393 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $815 | $406 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $766 | $412 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $767 | $407 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $683 | $393 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $708 | $412 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $695 | $427 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $669 | $402 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $657 | $409 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $631 | $423 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $640 | $426 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $619 | $432 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $606 | $445 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $651 | $450 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $590 | $466 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $635 | $487 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $625 | $497 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $574 | $480 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $588 | $494 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $604 | $479 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $544 | $458 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $572 | $567 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $599 | $607 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $668 | $612 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $667 | $632 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $712 | $667 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $658 | $641 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $681 | $582 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $652 | $555 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $584 | $567 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $533 | $599 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $551 | $566 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $569 | $700 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $546 | $758 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $541 | $737 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $518 | $735 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $525 | $799 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $514 | $818 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $841 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $868 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $835 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $859 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $808 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $754 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $742 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 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 Niger
Health
- Life expectancyMali: 60.4 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMali: 3.01% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateMali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMali: 23.8 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthMali: 2.97% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMali: 32.2% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageMali: 15.5 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMali: 2.4% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMali: $883M in 2025Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personMali: $38 in 2025Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMali: 41,000 people in 2020Niger: 10,000 people in 2020
- National powerMali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMali: 64 million TIV in 2025Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025