Mali vs Syria

Mali and Syria compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Mali and Syria have about the same number of people: 25.2 million and 25.6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Mali ($1,193 in 2025) is 13% higher than in Syria ($1,057 in 2022).
• The economy grew faster in Mali (5.6% in 2025) than in Syria (-0.2% in 2022), a difference of 5.8 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Syria (13.4% in 2019) than in Mali (3.3% in 2025), a difference of 10.1 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Syria (13.6%) than in Mali (2.8%), a difference of 10.8 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Syria can expect to live 11.9 years longer than one born in Mali: 72.6 years against 60.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Syria is older: half of its people are over 22.2 years, against 15.5 years in Mali in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Mali (36.8% in 2024) than in Syria (33.8% in 2018), a difference of 3 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Syria (1.3 tonnes) are about 4.3 times as high as in Mali (0.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Mali (8.7%) than in Syria (2.9%), a difference of 5.8 percentage points in 2024.