Mali's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) was 4.2 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 36.76% from 3.07 trillion in 2015 (3.18% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.2 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.79 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.07 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.67 trillion | 2022 |
| Lowest | 104.15 billion | 1968 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.96 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 109.56 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mali's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) rose 2.7% on 2024 (from 4.09 trillion to 4.2 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.7% and a typical year strayed about 9.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 84.7% in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.3% in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 129.63 billion a year. A straight line explains 64% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Mali had the 34th highest value of the 128 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Mali in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 59 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,202,111,000,000 |
| 2024 | 4,090,437,859,660 |
| 2023 | 4,544,930,955,177 |
| 2022 | 4,671,944,917,400 |
| 2021 | 4,344,074,212,700 |
| 2020 | 3,785,650,458,700 |
| 2019 | 3,897,246,797,500 |
| 2018 | 3,414,270,676,100 |
| 2017 | 3,276,451,343,100 |
| 2016 | 3,407,152,000,000 |
Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.5 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 2.73 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 66.47 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.26 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 136.49 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 5.54 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 287.93 billion (2025)
- Chad — 1.97 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 183.97 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Mali
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$1.12 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$119.74 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions (current US$) — US$131.69 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$873.86 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$1.29 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$1.29 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$1.29 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mali's imports of goods and services (constant LCU)?
- 4.2 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1967?
- It is up 3,735% from 109.56 billion in 1967 (6.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.67 trillion in 2022 and the lowest 104.15 billion in 1968.
- How does Mali rank?
- 34th highest of 128 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (constant LCU) unusual for Mali?
- In 2025, Mali's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) rose 2.7% on 2024 (from 4.09 trillion to 4.2 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.7% and a typical year strayed about 9.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.IMP.GNFS.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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