Mali's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) was 0.67% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.04 percentage points from 1.72% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.67% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 2.17% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.72% | 2014 |
| Highest | 41.5% | 1997 |
| Lowest | 0.24% | 2010 |
| Average since 2015 | 1.76% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 28.99% | 1985 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Mali's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.36 percentage points on 2023 (from 1.03% to 0.67%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.29 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 27.17 percentage points in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.81 percentage points in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.23 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 88% 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 2024, Mali had the 91st highest value of the 99 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Mali | 0.67% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.8% | 2024 |
| Low income | 8.01% | 2024 |
Closest to Mali in the 2024 ranking
- Guatemala — 87th of 99: 0.83%
- Belize — 88th of 99: 0.78%
- Burundi — 89th of 99: 0.69%
- Iraq — 91st of 99: 0.63%
- Azerbaijan — 92nd of 99: 0.6%
- Guinea-Bissau — 93rd of 99: 0.23%
What this measures
Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 40 values
| Year | Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6739 |
| 2023 | 1.03 |
| 2022 | 0.8675 |
| 2021 | 1.53 |
| 2020 | 1.35 |
| 2019 | 2.17 |
| 2018 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 2.59 |
| 2016 | 2.36 |
| 2015 | 2.52 |
| 2014 |
Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.45% (2024)
- Benin — 26.66% (2023)
- Botswana — 2.46% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 0% (2024)
- Burundi — 0.69% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 32.13% (2024)
- Cameroon — 10.78% (2024)
- Comoros — 0.28% (2023)
- 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$1.29 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Mali's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?
- 0.67% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1985?
- It is down 28.31 percentage points from 28.99% in 1985. The highest value was 41.5% in 1997 and the lowest 0.24% in 2010.
- How does Mali rank?
- 91st highest of 99 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Mali?
- In 2024, Mali's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.36 percentage points on 2023 (from 1.03% to 0.67%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.29 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 DT.DOD.DSTC.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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