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Military share of state spending in Mali

Military share of state spending in Mali: 7.6% of government spending in 2000 and 14.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
14.8% of government spending
Since 2000
+7.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
16 of 150
counting from the highest

% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in MaliMilitary share of state spending in Mali: 7.6% of government spending in 2000 and 14.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 16.6% of government spending in 2024, the lowest 5.9% of government spending in 2013.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 16.6% of government spending in 2024, the lowest 5.9% of government spending in 2013.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearMali
202514.8
202416.6
202314.9
202212.4
202112.6
202013
201911.9
201813.9
201713.2
201611.6
201511.3
20147.6
20135.9
20127.7
20116
20106.8
20096.2
20087.7
20076.3
20066.3
20056.4
20046.5
20036.8
20026.4
20017.1
20007.6
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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