Mali vs Sudan

Mali vs Sudan: GDP growth

GDP growth: 5% a year in Mali in 2024 and -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Mali, by 7.5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Mali vs Sudan: GDP growthGDP growth: 5% a year in Mali in 2024 and -2.5% a year in Sudan in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Mali, by 7.5 percentage points.
MaliSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Mali has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Sudan.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mali at 5.3% a year and Sudan at 8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMaliSudan
20245-19.3
20234.8-23.5
20223.7-2.5
20213.10.5
2020-1.2-3.6
20195-2.5
20184.9-2.3
20175.40.8
201664.7
20156.24.9
20146.54.7
20133.32
2012-1.1-17
20112.9-3.2
20105.63.9
20095.5-2.8
20083.63.8
20071.85.7
20063.76.5
20052.55.6
20041.55.1
20039.86.3
200235.9
200115.810.9
2000-0.78.4
19994.74.2
19986.78.2
19974.16.1
19966.45.5
19950.78.9
19945.63.5
19934.32.8
1992-5.15.5
199112.77
1990-5.30.8
19893.61.4
198810.84.3
1987-0.86.5
1986-0.89.9
198513.2-0.6
1984-2.8-5.6
1983-2.3-1.5
1982-8.44.1
19812.26.3
19803.32.5
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearMaliSudan
20254.9–
20265.57
20275.715
20285.510
20295.38
20305.38
20315.38

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.

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