Central government expense in Mali

Central government expense in Mali was equal to 12.2% of GDP in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2000 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Mali, 2020 12.2% % of GDP
Change from 2019 +1.4percentage points 2019: 10.9%
World, 2020 33.4% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Mali over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period MaliWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 – 31.7%
2020 12.2% 33.4%
2019 10.9% 26.7%
2018 10.4% 26.1%
2017 10.5% 26.3%
2016 10.3% 26.6%
2015 10.3% 26.8%
2014 10.9% 26.8%
2013 11.1% 27.1%
2012 10.1% 27.4%
2011 10.3% 27.5%
2010 10.7% 28.4%
2009 10.9% 28.4%
2008 10.3% 25.9%
2007 11.0% 24.8%
2006 11.2% 24.9%
2005 10.8% 25.1%
2004 11.5% 24.8%
2003 10.9% 25.2%
2002 9.8% 24.9%
2001 9.3% 24.7%
2000 8.0% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 10.9% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 10.7%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 33.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2020 for Mali
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics