Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Mali

Mali: Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure was 32.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
32.4%
Change on year
up 18.4%
World rank
37th
of 191 countries
All-time high
32.4%
in 2022
All-time low
17.3%
in 2002
Years of data
23
2000–2022

Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Mali, 2000–2022

01020302000201120222000: 17.92001: 18.42002: 17.32003: 18.72004: 19.42005: 19.32006: 18.62007: 19.42008: 22.52009: 19.52010: 21.62011: 212012: 29.52013: 22.52014: 22.12015: 22.12016: 21.72017: 21.22018: 24.52019: 222020: 23.62021: 27.42022: 32.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2022, wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Mali stood at 32.4%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 18.4% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Mali peaked at 32.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2002.

Mali ranks 37th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Mali, year by year

Annual values for Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure in Mali, 2000 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2000 17.9%
2001 18.4% +2.7%
2002 17.3% -6.1%
2003 18.7% +7.9%
2004 19.4% +4.2%
2005 19.3% -0.5%
2006 18.6% -4.0%
2007 19.4% +4.5%
2008 22.5% +15.7%
2009 19.5% -13.4%
2010 21.6% +11.2%
2011 21.0% -2.7%
2012 29.5% +40.2%
2013 22.5% -23.7%
2014 22.1% -1.9%
2015 22.1% +0.0%
2016 21.7% -1.9%
2017 21.2% -2.4%
2018 24.5% +15.7%
2019 22.0% -9.9%
2020 23.6% +7.1%
2021 27.4% +15.8%
2022 32.4% +18.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 19.1% 17.3% 22.5% 10
2010s 22.8% 21.0% 29.5% 10
2020s 27.8% 23.6% 32.4% 3

Countries ranked near Mali

  1. 34 Burkina Faso 32.9% compare
  2. 35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.6% compare
  3. 36 Sierra Leone 32.5% compare
  4. 38 Iraq 32.3% compare
  5. 39 Qatar 31.8% compare
  6. 40 Zimbabwe 31.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Mali?
Wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure in Mali was 32.4% in 2022, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure recorded in Mali?
The highest recorded value was 32.4% in 2022.
What is the lowest wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure recorded in Mali?
The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2002.
How does Mali rank for wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure?
Mali ranks 37th out of 191 countries with data for 2022.
Is wage bill as a percentage of public expenditure rising or falling in Mali?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mali data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage bill as a percentage of Public Expenditure
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,119 data points, 2000–2022
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