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General Information

Region		Western Africa
Population (000, 2025)		25 199^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		20.7^a
Capital city		Bamako
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		2 529.3^d
UN membership date		28 September 1960
Surface area (km2)		1 240 192^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.8^a
National currency		CFA Franc, BCEAO (XOF)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		631.4^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 105	17 465	20 662^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.5	0.7	10.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	705	804	869^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	39.8	38.4	37.8^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	19.3	23.3	21.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	40.9	38.2	40.7^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	62.3	68.1	67.8^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	8.3	9.3	10.3^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	29.5	22.6	22^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	1.4^f	3.5	3^f
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	61.2 / 79.8	50.6 / 81.0	58.0 / 80.3^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^g (2010=100)	110	109	131^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	127	138^b
International trade: exports^f (million current US$)	1 850	4 802	3 962^e
International trade: imports^f (million current US$)	3 394	6 522	10 288^e
International trade: balance^f (million current US$)	- 1 544	- 1 720	- 6 325^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-698	-380	- 1 610^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1	3.1	2.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	40	43.1^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	5^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	6.4	5.8	5.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	58.9 / 56.8	60.3 / 57.5	62.4 / 59.5^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	48.0 / 4.1	47.3 / 3.8	45.8 / 3.7^a
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	420.5 / 2.3	485.8 / 2.2	545.3 / 2.2^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	148.3	323.4	473^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	115.8	100.1	90.6^a
Health: Current expenditure^k (% of GDP)	4.1	3.5	3.7^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1^m	0.2^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	66.5 / 74.5	68.9 / 76.6	69.3 / 76.1^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	44.7 / 52.5	42.8 / 47.3	43.2 / 45.4^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	22.8 / 32.8	22.0 / 31.4^m	30.3 / 35.5^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.5	9.5ⁿ	30.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	10.3	29.1	35.1^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.3^o	0.2^o,d	0.2^p
Threatened species (number)	39	62	76^e
Forested area (% of land area)	10.9	10.9	10.9^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.2 / 0.2	5.9 / 0.3	6.4 / 0.3^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	149^f	150^f	157^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	10^f	11^f	11^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	159	75	168^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	61.6	61.6	61.6^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	6.9 / 15.9	7.3 / 20.8	7.5 / 22.9^l
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	9.38	9.37	6.48^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2024
f		Estimate.
g		Bamako
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Including refugees.
k		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
l		2022
m		2018
n		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
o		Excluding business enterprise.
p		2021