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Trade openness — Mali

Trade openness in Mali in 2025 — 48.77%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 138. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 13.51 pp.

2025 48.77% −0.99 pp vs 2024
World rank 108of 138
Period maximum 61.56%2022
Period minimum 28.32%1968

Trend over time

1967–2025 · % of GDP

Trade openness — Mali, 1967–2025203040506070196719731979198519911997200320092015202120251967: 35.27%1968: 28.32%1969: 30.22%1970: 30.67%1971: 33.63%1972: 29.6%1973: 33.03%1974: 53.59%1975: 38.93%1976: 32.04%1977: 32.34%1978: 41.43%1979: 39.22%1980: 28.95%1981: 28.57%1982: 34.85%1983: 41.2%1984: 47.81%1985: 51.78%1986: 43.11%1987: 41.07%1988: 37.45%1989: 34.62%1990: 38.46%1991: 36.15%1992: 37.97%1993: 35.78%1994: 44.06%1995: 45.08%1996: 38.99%1997: 45.05%1998: 39.83%1999: 40.54%2000: 44.67%2001: 49.32%2002: 46.35%2003: 46.89%2004: 44.01%2005: 44.91%2006: 49.02%2007: 46.9%2008: 53.64%2009: 40.54%2010: 48.82%2011: 43.18%2012: 49.43%2013: 54.6%2014: 51.08%2015: 53.58%2016: 53.61%2017: 49.49%2018: 50.7%2019: 54%2020: 56.04%2021: 56.72%2022: 61.56%2023: 57.63%2024: 49.77%2025: 48.77%
Change over the period: +13.51 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 48.77%
World 68.49%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 54.99%
Western Africa computed 60.54%
Low-income countries computed 48.99%
Trade openness — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.77 −0.99 pp
2024 49.77 −7.86 pp
2023 57.63 −3.93 pp
2022 61.56 +4.85 pp
2021 56.72 +0.67 pp
2020 56.04 +2.04 pp
2019 54 +3.3 pp
2018 50.7 +1.21 pp
2017 49.49 −4.12 pp
2016 53.61 +0.04 pp
2015 53.58 +2.5 pp
2014 51.08 −3.52 pp
2013 54.6 +5.18 pp
2012 49.43 +6.24 pp
2011 43.18 −5.64 pp
2010 48.82 +8.28 pp
2009 40.54 −13.1 pp
2008 53.64 +6.75 pp
2007 46.9 −2.12 pp
2006 49.02 +4.11 pp
2005 44.91 +0.9 pp
2004 44.01 −2.88 pp
2003 46.89 +0.54 pp
2002 46.35 −2.97 pp
2001 49.32 +4.66 pp
2000 44.67 +4.13 pp
1999 40.54 +0.71 pp
1998 39.83 −5.22 pp
1997 45.05 +6.06 pp
1996 38.99 −6.09 pp
1995 45.08 +1.02 pp
1994 44.06 +8.28 pp
1993 35.78 −2.19 pp
1992 37.97 +1.82 pp
1991 36.15 −2.31 pp
1990 38.46 +3.84 pp
1989 34.62 −2.83 pp
1988 37.45 −3.62 pp
1987 41.07 −2.04 pp
1986 43.11 −8.67 pp
1985 51.78 +3.97 pp
1984 47.81 +6.61 pp
1983 41.2 +6.35 pp
1982 34.85 +6.28 pp
1981 28.57 −0.38 pp
1980 28.95 −10.27 pp
1979 39.22 −2.21 pp
1978 41.43 +9.09 pp
1977 32.34 +0.3 pp
1976 32.04 −6.89 pp
1975 38.93 −14.67 pp
1974 53.59 +20.56 pp
1973 33.03 +3.43 pp
1972 29.6 −4.03 pp
1971 33.63 +2.96 pp
1970 30.67 +0.46 pp
1969 30.22 +1.9 pp
1968 28.32 −6.95 pp
1967 35.27 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

GN Guinea 103.68 CV Cabo Verde 95.33 MR Mauritania 94.02 SN Senegal 71.07 BF Burkina Faso 65 GM Gambia 62.17 CI Côte d'Ivoire 54.56 SL Sierra Leone 49.1 ML Mali 48.77 GW Guinea-Bissau 40.88 BJ Benin 37.12 NE Niger 33.91
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About the indicator

The sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — the standard indicator of the trade openness of an economy. Values above 100% are not an anomaly: they mean that trade turnover exceeds annual GDP, which is typical of trading hubs and of small economies built into supply chains.

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

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