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USD 0.1 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
4.7% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 5.4% | 3.2% | -0.8% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
2.3% | 7% | 6% | 5.3% | 5.2% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-0.6% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.3% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
26.4% | 27.3% | 30.9% | 29.8% | 30.2% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-2.4% | -2.9% | -1.8% | -4.3% | -3.8% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-5.2% (2017 estimate)
22.4% (2015)
0.02% (2015)
0.008% (2014)
Petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
Switzerland 48.5%, China 9.4%, India 9.1%, Bangladesh 8%, Thailand 4.5%, Indonesia 4.4% (2015)
Cote dIvoire 9.9%, France 9.5%, Senegal 7.7%, China 7% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 308 million | USD 144 million | USD 153 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 2.9 million | USD 0.6 million | USD 1.4 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | USD 2.4 million | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 141 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 108 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 156 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 135 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 139 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 145 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 89 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 144 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 142 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 152 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 99 out of 190 countries
125 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 121 / Score: 56.54 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/Foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/Soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, Bobo 2.1%, unspecified 0.7%, other 6.3%
Note: Mali has 13 national languages in addition to its official language (2009 est.)
Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
7.964 million | 10.261 million | 13.986 million | 16.817 million | 19.685 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
11% | 19% | 28% | 40% |
Total population: 38.7%
Male: 48.2%
Female: 29.2% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 4 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 1.04% Mobile 139.61% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)