Interest payments in Mali
Mali: Interest payments was 8.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Mali, 2000–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments in Mali is 8.5%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 199.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Mali peaked at 8.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2009.
That places Mali 64th out of 152 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Interest payments in Mali, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.0% | — |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -34.7% |
| 2002 | 5.8% | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | -15.8% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | -28.3% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | +44.1% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | -20.8% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | +54.6% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.5% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 2.8% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 1 |
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- Arms imports 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4085 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -87.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 37.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0347 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 18.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 929.28 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 67.2 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Mali?
- Interest payments in Mali was 8.5% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 8.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2009.
- How does Mali rank for interest payments?
- Mali ranks 64th out of 152 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 199.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.