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Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mali

Government consumption (% of GDP) in Mali in 2025 — 13.1%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 132. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 1.2 pp.

2025 13.1% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 90of 132
Period maximum 20.6%1980
Period minimum 4.4%1995

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mali, 1967–20250102030196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 11.9%1968: 11.7%1969: 12%1970: 11.3%1971: 11.6%1972: 13.4%1973: 9.7%1974: 13.5%1975: 11.8%1976: 9%1977: 10.6%1978: 11.8%1979: 11.4%1980: 20.6%1981: 18.4%1982: 19.8%1983: 18.4%1984: 16.8%1985: 17.5%1986: 18.4%1987: 16.9%1988: 17.3%1989: 16.5%1990: 17.1%1991: 11.2%1992: 13%1993: 9.1%1994: 6%1995: 4.4%1996: 5.5%1997: 5.8%1998: 16.5%1999: 12.8%2000: 14.3%2001: 13.2%2002: 13.6%2003: 13.7%2004: 14.1%2005: 12.5%2006: 12.4%2007: 12.8%2008: 14.6%2009: 13.9%2010: 14.5%2011: 16%2012: 13.4%2013: 14.5%2014: 14.1%2015: 14.4%2016: 14.2%2017: 13.3%2018: 12.8%2019: 12.6%2020: 12.3%2021: 12.5%2022: 12.6%2023: 12.9%2024: 12.9%2025: 13.1%
Change over the period: +1.2 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mali

Mali 13.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 17%
Western Africa computed 12.3%
Low-income countries computed 12.3%
Government consumption (% of GDP) — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 13.1 +0.1 pp
2024 12.9 +0.1 pp
2023 12.9 +0.3 pp
2022 12.6 +0 pp
2021 12.5 +0.3 pp
2020 12.3 −0.4 pp
2019 12.6 −0.1 pp
2018 12.8 −0.5 pp
2017 13.3 −0.9 pp
2016 14.2 −0.2 pp
2015 14.4 +0.3 pp
2014 14.1 −0.4 pp
2013 14.5 +1.1 pp
2012 13.4 −2.6 pp
2011 16 +1.5 pp
2010 14.5 +0.6 pp
2009 13.9 −0.7 pp
2008 14.6 +1.8 pp
2007 12.8 +0.4 pp
2006 12.4 −0.1 pp
2005 12.5 −1.6 pp
2004 14.1 +0.4 pp
2003 13.7 +0.1 pp
2002 13.6 +0.3 pp
2001 13.2 −1 pp
2000 14.3 +1.5 pp
1999 12.8 −3.6 pp
1998 16.5 +10.7 pp
1997 5.8 +0.2 pp
1996 5.5 +1.2 pp
1995 4.4 −1.6 pp
1994 6 −3.1 pp
1993 9.1 −3.9 pp
1992 13 +1.9 pp
1991 11.2 −5.9 pp
1990 17.1 +0.6 pp
1989 16.5 −0.9 pp
1988 17.3 +0.4 pp
1987 16.9 −1.5 pp
1986 18.4 +0.9 pp
1985 17.5 +0.7 pp
1984 16.8 −1.6 pp
1983 18.4 −1.4 pp
1982 19.8 +1.4 pp
1981 18.4 −2.2 pp
1980 20.6 +9.2 pp
1979 11.4 −0.4 pp
1978 11.8 +1.2 pp
1977 10.6 +1.6 pp
1976 9 −2.8 pp
1975 11.8 −1.7 pp
1974 13.5 +3.8 pp
1973 9.7 −3.7 pp
1972 13.4 +1.8 pp
1971 11.6 +0.2 pp
1970 11.3 −0.7 pp
1969 12 +0.3 pp
1968 11.7 −0.2 pp
1967 11.9 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 22.9 BF Burkina Faso 17.8 GN Guinea 16.7 MR Mauritania 16 GW Guinea-Bissau 15.5 SN Senegal 15.4 ML Mali 13.1 NE Niger 12.2 GM Gambia 10.2 BJ Benin 8.9 CI Côte d'Ivoire 8.7 SL Sierra Leone 5.9
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About the indicator

General government final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP: compensation of public employees, purchases of goods and services for delivering public services, and spending on defense and security. It leaves out public investment and social transfers, so the indicator is lower than the overall size of the budget.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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