page_title: Economy of Mali
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Economy of Mali / Statistics
caption_attribution_description: An aerial view of the Inland Niger Delta and surrounding farmlands, Mali
context_page_description: The economy of Mali is based to a large extent upon agriculture, with a mostly rural population engaged in subsistence agriculture.
  Mali is among the ten poorest nations of the world, is one of the 37 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, and is a major recipient of foreign aid from many sources, including multilateral organizations, and bilateral programs funded by the European Union, France, United States, Canada, Netherlands, and Germany. Before 1991, the former Soviet Union, China and the Warsaw Pact countries had been a major source of economic and military aid.
  The per capita gross domestic product of Mali was $820 in 1999. Mali's great potential wealth lies in mining and the production of agricultural commodities, livestock, and fish. The most productive agricultural area lies along the banks of the Niger River, the Inner Niger Delta and the southwestern region around Sikasso.
context_section_description: GDP:
  purchasing power parity – $41.22 billion (2017 est.)
  GDP – real growth rate:
  5.4% (2017 est.)
  GDP – per capita:
  purchasing power parity – $2,200 (2017 est.)
  GDP – composition by sector:
  agriculture:
  41.8% (2017 est.)
  industry:
  18.1% (2017 est.)
  services:
  40.5% (2017 est.)
  Population below poverty line:
  36.1% (2005 est.)
  Household income or consumption by percentage share:
  lowest 10%:
  2.4% (2001 est.)
  highest 10%:
  30.2% (2001 est.)
  Inflation rate (consumer prices):
  1.8% (2017 est.)
  Labor force:
  6.447 million (2017 est.)
  Labor force – by occupation:
  agriculture and fishing: 80% (2005 est.)
  industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
  Unemployment rate:
  12%
  Budget:
  revenues:
  3.075 billion (2017 est.)
  expenditures:
  3.513 billion (2017 est.)
  Industries:
  food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
  Industrial production growth rate:
  6.3% (2017 est.)
  Electricity – production:
  2.489 billion kWh (2016 est.)
  Electricity – production by source:
  fossil fuel:
  68%
  hydro:
  31%
  nuclear:
  0%
  other:
  1% (2017 est.)
  Electricity – consumption:
  2.982 billion kWh (2016 est.)
  Electricity – exports:
  0 kWh (2016 est.)
  Electricity – imports:
  800 million kWh (2016 est.)
  Agriculture – products:cotton, pearl millet, rice, corn, maize, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
  Exports:
  $3.06 billion (2017 est.)
  Exports – commodities:
  cotton 50%, gold, livestock
  Exports – partners:
  Switzerland 31.8%, UAE 15.4%, Burkina Faso 7.8%, Cote dIvoire 7.3%, South Africa 5%, Bangladesh 4.6% (2017)
  Imports:
  $3.644 billion (2017 est.)
  Imports – commodities:
  petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
  Imports – partners:
  Senegal 24.4%, China 13.2%, Cote dIvoire 9%, France 7.3% (2017)
  Debt – external:
  $4.192 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
  Economic aid – recipient:
  $691.5 million (2005)
  Currency:
  1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
  Exchange rates:
  Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 – 647.25 (January 2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996), 499.15 (1995)
  note:
  since 1 January 1999, the CFAF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro
  Fiscal year:
  calendar year
caption: The Inner Niger Delta and surrounding farmlands, Mali.
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