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Mali


Mali Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Mali; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION
Central bankCentral Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
International ReservesUS$ 1.344 billion (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)
Gross Domestic Product - GDPUS$ 10.728 billion (2009 estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)17.979 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)
Real GDP growth
20002001200220032004200520062007
-3.3%11.9%4.3%7.6%2.3%6.1%5.3%4.3%
2008200920102011*
5%4.5%4.5%6%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current pricesUS$ 777 (2008 estimate)
GDP per capita - PPP$1,303 International Dollars (2008 estimate)
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
19801990200020102015**
0.02%0.02%0.02%0.02%0.02%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 38.8% 
  • industry: 21.9% 
  • services: 39.3% (2011 estimate)

    • (Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation
2008200920102011*
9.1%(2008)2.2%1.2%4.5%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2008200920102011*
N/AN/AN/A(2009)N/A

*Estimate

Household saving ratesN/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
20072008200920102011*
21.9%24%24.2%28.3%27.3%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2007200820092010*2011**
-2.3%-0.5%0.6%1%-2.8%

*Estimate    **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares
200720082009
N/AN/AN/A
Largest companies in MaliN/A
DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS
Current account balanceUS$ -0.7 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP-6.8% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)
Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

26.2% (2007)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export0.02%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export0.01%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exportsN/A
Export commoditiescotton, gold, livestock
Total imports$1.276 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)
Import commoditiespetroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
Exports - major partnersChina 19.6%, Thailand 10.5%, Brazil 4.6%, France 4.5%, Indonesia 4.5% (2007)
Imports - major partnersFrance 12.9%, Senegal 12.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 10.9%, China 4.9% (2007)
FDI inflows
200820092010
US$180 millionUS$109 million(2009)US$148 million(2009)
FDI outflows
200820092010
US$3 millionUS$4 millionUS$5 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2008200920102011
N/AN/A(2009)N/A(2009)N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 153 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 117 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 88 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 159 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 152 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 147 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 154 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 133 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)		128

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 114 Score: 56.3 (Mostly Unfree) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW
Time zoneUTC 0
Total area 1,240,192 km2 (2006)
CapitalBamako (2009)
CurrencyCommunaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) (2009)
Government typerepublic (2009)
LanguagesFrench (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
ReligionsMuslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9%
Total population
1980199020002010*2015**
6.29 million8.45 million11.14 million13.98 million15.67 million

*Estimate    **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population
1960198020002009
11.1%18.5%27.9%32.7%
Population median age16.0 years (2006)
Population growth rate2.4% (2009)
Life expectancy54 years (2007)
Adult literacy23% (2000/2007)
% of population living on less than $2 a day77.1% (2011)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

39 (2006)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:2
Civil Liberties:3 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

48.41% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population2.7% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)
Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Bamako: 63rd (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.0468 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012:
  • COUNTRY WINNERS Bank of Africa (National, 2012)
ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE