MLI · Africa
Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa and the 23rd largest country in the world, with an area of 1,240,192 square kilometres (478,841 sq mi).
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Sanctions targeting the country: United States (1 regime, 4 listings), United Kingdom (1 regime, 3 listings), European Union (1 regime, 4 listings). UN, OFAC, FCDO, EU · 2026.10.07
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 21/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Crise
6.6 /10 risk
- Security 6.5
- Legitimacy 2.8
- Economy 8.5
- Diplomacy 2.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 11 people and 6 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 26 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 20 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 21 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Bamako
- Population
- 22,395,489 inh.
- Area
- 1,240,192 km²
- Currency
- XOF
- Regime
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Executive in office
Head of State
Assimi Goïta
Head of Government
Abdoulaye Maïga
Government in office 1 members
Ministre de l'Administration territoriale et de la Décentralisation (Mali)
Issa Ousmane Coulibaly
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
147 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
30 G$
GDP / capita
1,193 $
Growth
5.6 %
Inflation
3.3 %
Unemployment
2.8 %
Defense / GDP
4.2 %
Life expectancy
60.7 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil
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1
Closed or handed over
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2
Closed or handed over
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.16/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
21/100
Corruption (CPI)
28/100
Press freedom (RSF)
46/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#82
Annual budget
0.9 Md$
Defense effort
3.9 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #14 Or 2 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
5 Md$
Imports
7 Md$
Balance
-2 Md$
Top exports
- 78.0% Or 4 Md$
- 6.0% Coton 0.3 Md$
Top imports
- 23.0% Pétrole raffiné 1.5 Md$
Export partners
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Émirats arabes unis
31.5%
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Suisse
29.5%
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Afrique du Sud
12.0%
Import partners
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Sénégal
19.0%
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Côte d'Ivoire
16.0%
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Chine
13.5%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
19%
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GBR
21%
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FRA
26%
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DEU
26%
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RUS
76%
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CHN
73%
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IRN
60%
Abstention: 22%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Upcoming
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2026
Présidentielle (annoncée plusieurs fois)
Junte Goïta
Last election
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2018-08-12
Présidentielle (avant coups)
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (renversé 2020)
Last institutional rupture Coups 2020 et 2021 (Goïta)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.419/1
Gini
35.7
Refugees hosted
286,715
Refugees originating
519,738
National anthem
Pour l'Afrique et pour toi
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
- African Union
- AES
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,972 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,352, or ×1.1.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2021 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)