MALI  
CONTACTS    
Manager Amadou Djéri BOCOUM Email : abocoum@brvm.org
Adress S/C Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Mali
Place de la Liberté - BAMAKO
BP E 1398 Bamako
Telephone (223) 23 23 54
Fax (223) 23 23 59

PRESENTATION

Head of State

Amadou Toumani TOURE

Area 1 240 000 Km2
Population 10 870 000 inhabitants
Key cities Bamako (Capital), Mopti, Ségou, Kayes, Sikasso.
Key industries corn, sorghum, fonio, peanuts, millet, rice, livestock, salt, diamonds, gold, bauxite, maganese, iron
Communications Telephone, fax and telex - Road network: 18,000 km -10 airports in the country
Railways Bamako - Dakar 1 288 Km
Main Port no port
Airport BAMAKO-Senou International, approx. 15 km from downtown
Vaccinations Yellow Fever (mandatory) - risk of malaria
Visa Required for foreign nationals except certain African countries
Business Hours

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 noon and 3 p.m. - 6 p.m./ Saturday 8/9 a.m. - noon

Banks: 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Area code
223
Usefull Adresses Mali Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BP 46 Bamako, Tel.: 22.21.20/50.36
Mali Tourist Association BP 222 Bamako
Tel.: 22.59.42
Local time T. U.

 

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

(*) estimate Source: BCEAO Economic Indicators

1997 1998 1999*
TOTAL POPULATION ( millions of inhabitants ) 10.29
10.58 10.87
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (billions of CFA francs)

1416.6

1550.3

1694.2

CURRENT GROWTH RATE
6.7%
4.3% 6.5%
INFLATION RATE
(-)0.7%
4.% 1.00%

DOMESTIC SAVINGS (billions of CFA francs)

185.8 240.4

278.6

DOMESTIC SAVINGS RATE 13.1%
15.5% 16.4%
INVESTMENT (billions of CFA francs)

336.1
383.4 425.6

INVESTMENT RATE

23.7%
24.7% 25.1%
REVENUE PER IN HABITANT (CFA francs)

147,600
158,200 169,300