Mali vs Rwanda
Mali vs Rwanda: Arms imports
Arms imports: 64 million TIV in Mali in 2025 and 37 million TIV in Rwanda in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mali, by 45 million TIV, or 2.22 times that in Rwanda.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Rwanda.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Mali | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 25 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 82 million | 37 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 62 million | 17 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 39 million | 65 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 49 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 1 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 27 million | 3 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 32 million | 8 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 22 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 29 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1 million | 15 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 7 million | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | 5 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 10 million | 11 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 3 million | 14 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 8 million | 20 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 3 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 3 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 7 million | 15 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 21 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 3 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 5 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 5 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 3 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 2 million | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 0 | 3 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 13 million | 6 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 15 million | 4 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 4 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 91 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 89 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 11 million | 3 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 0 | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 15 million | 0 | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 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 | – | 0 | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 0 | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 4 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | 11 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 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
Mali vs Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyMali: 60.4 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMali: 3.01% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateMali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMali: 23.8 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthMali: 2.97% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMali: 32.2% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageMali: 15.5 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMali: 2.4% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMali: $883M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personMali: $38 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMali: 41,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerMali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020