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Mali vs Senegal
How Mali and Senegal compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Senegal was higher: 68.7 years against 60.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Senegal was higher: $1,582 against $934
- Population · In 2023, Mali was higher: 23.8 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mali was higher: 3.87% of GDP against 1.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Senegal was higher: 0.77 tonnes against 0.3 tonnes
Life expectancy →MaliSenegalUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval
years · UN · log scale
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| Measure | Mali | Senegal | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 60.4 | 68.7 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 7.3 | 3.7 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 60.8 | 24.1 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.01 | 3.37 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 6.8 | 12.9 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 23.8 million | 18.1 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.97 | 2.33 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 5.61 | 3.82 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 32.2 | 55.8 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 15.5 | 19.1 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.4 | 3.6 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -1.7 | -0.6 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $934 | $1,582 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 52024 | 6.7 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 2.3 | 1.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 40.3 | 127.7 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 2.6 | 4.8 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2024 | 35.6 | 50.42023 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 55.8 | 79.62017 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.16 | 0.63 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.61 | 0.81 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 3,602 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 3.87 | 1.56 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $883M | $533M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $38 | $30 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 14.8 | 5.2 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 41,000 | 19,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.54 | 0.37 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 64 million | 79 million2024 | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 29.6 | 28.6 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 205.3 | 190.2 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 250.2 | 302.1 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.3 | 0.77 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 36.8 | 60.1 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 49.5 | 82.9 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 8.7 | 45 | |
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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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