Interest payments in Mali
Mali: Interest payments was 7.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Mali, 2000–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest payments in Mali is 7.6%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.7% on the previous year and up 270.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Mali peaked at 7.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2006.
Mali ranks 70th of 155 countries on this measure, 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 revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% | — |
| 2001 | 4.0% | -19.4% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -19.7% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -71.8% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +111.4% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +19.7% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | +48.0% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | +23.6% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -27.2% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | +46.8% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | +46.8% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | +28.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 0.9% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.0% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 7.6% | 7.6% | 1 |
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More public sector data for Mali
- 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 7.6% 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 7.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2006.
- How does Mali rank for interest payments?
- Mali ranks 70th out of 155 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 270.5%. 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 revenue). 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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.