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Mali: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1967–2025 · 59 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
22.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.7 pointsfrom 21.4%
Average, 2016–2025
20.5%10 years
Record high and low
27.7% (1986)low 7.98% (1977)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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5%10%15%20%25%30%197019801990200020102020MaliMali
Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202522.1
202421.4
202321.4
202221.0
202122.5
202022.0
201919.5
201817.0
201719.2
201618.6

Sources

  • Central Bank of West African States1967–2024
  • Mitchell1970–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • AFRISTAT1990–2022
  • World Development Indicators2000–2020

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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