Mali
Military spending in US dollars in Mali
Military spending in US dollars in Mali: $30.5M in 1965 and $883M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $883M
- Since 1965
- +$852M
- Rank, 2025
- 82 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $933M in 2024, the lowest $27.8M in 1966.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Mali |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $883M |
| 2024 | $933M |
| 2023 | $811M |
| 2022 | $631M |
| 2021 | $690M |
| 2020 | $676M |
| 2019 | $554M |
| 2018 | $523M |
| 2017 | $530M |
| 2016 | $429M |
| 2015 | $358M |
| 2014 | $214M |
| 2013 | $152M |
| 2012 | $152M |
| 2011 | $160M |
| 2010 | $157M |
| 2009 | $149M |
| 2008 | $143M |
| 2007 | $129M |
| 2006 | $124M |
| 2005 | $115M |
| 2004 | $110M |
| 2003 | $101M |
| 2002 | $88.1M |
| 2001 | $88.5M |
| 2000 | $88M |
| 1999 | $75.9M |
| 1998 | $67.2M |
| 1997 | $67.9M |
| 1996 | $58.4M |
| 1995 | $62.1M |
| 1994 | $57.9M |
| 1993 | $54.1M |
| 1990 | $58M |
| 1989 | $60.5M |
| 1988 | $58.8M |
| 1987 | $59.5M |
| 1986 | $49.5M |
| 1985 | $50.3M |
| 1984 | $45.5M |
| 1983 | $46.3M |
| 1982 | $48.6M |
| 1981 | $44.8M |
| 1980 | $47.5M |
| 1979 | $55.3M |
| 1978 | $48.1M |
| 1977 | $58.7M |
| 1976 | $59.6M |
| 1975 | $50.6M |
| 1974 | $36.6M |
| 1973 | $35.7M |
| 1972 | $36.3M |
| 1971 | $29.7M |
| 1970 | $38.2M |
| 1969 | $33.5M |
| 1968 | $29.5M |
| 1967 | $28.4M |
| 1966 | $27.8M |
| 1965 | $30.5M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.87% of GDP 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