Mali
Government debt in Mali
Government debt in Mali: 77% of GDP in 2000 and 40.3% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 40.3% of GDP
- Since 2000
- −36.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 105 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 39.8% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 39.8% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 77% of GDP in 2000, the lowest 15.4% of GDP in 2006.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Mali |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.3 |
| 2024 | 44 |
| 2023 | 44.2 |
| 2022 | 43 |
| 2021 | 43.2 |
| 2020 | 39.9 |
| 2019 | 34.3 |
| 2018 | 31.4 |
| 2017 | 30.2 |
| 2016 | 30.1 |
| 2015 | 25.8 |
| 2014 | 22.6 |
| 2013 | 22.2 |
| 2012 | 21.3 |
| 2011 | 20.1 |
| 2010 | 21.8 |
| 2009 | 18.8 |
| 2008 | 17.3 |
| 2007 | 15.6 |
| 2006 | 15.4 |
| 2005 | 39.5 |
| 2004 | 36.1 |
| 2003 | 37.7 |
| 2002 | 36 |
| 2001 | 66.3 |
| 2000 | 77 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Mali |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 39.7 |
| 2027 | 39 |
| 2028 | 38.9 |
| 2029 | 39.1 |
| 2030 | 39.4 |
| 2031 | 39.8 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$883M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending14.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel41,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports64 million TIV in 2025