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Trade between Mali and Senegal

In 2024, Mali exported $7 million to Senegal and imported $1.3 billion. Mali ran a deficit of $1.3 billion with Senegal, compared with a deficit of $1 billion in 2019. Senegal was Mali’s 2nd largest trading partner (18% of its trade), and Mali was Senegal’s 3rd (6%).

Summary

Mali → Senegal
$7million
Senegal → Mali
$1.3billion
Mali’s balance
-$1.3billion

Balance

Mali’s trade balance with Senegal

Trade between Mali and Senegal grew 10.1-fold since 1996

USD billions (current). Mali’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0
  • Imports 1.3
  • Balance -1.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$0$0$0
1996$83 million$47 million$36 million
1997$91 million$44 million$47 million
1998$81 million$60 million$21 million
1999$83 million$45 million$38 million
2000$50 million$169 million-$119 million
2001$17 million$75 million-$58 million
2002$31 million$100 million-$69 million
2003$27 million$143 million-$116 million
2004$61 million$189 million-$128 million
2005$73 million$227 million-$154 million
2006$40 million$255 million-$215 million
2007$57 million$442 million-$385 million
2008$113 million$583 million-$470 million
2009$2 million$415 million-$413 million
2010$68 million$633 million-$565 million
2011$85 million$675 million-$590 million
2012$62 million$768 million-$706 million
2013$660 thousand$424 million-$424 million
2014$1 million$470 million-$469 million
2015$2 million$441 million-$440 million
2016$76 million$786 million-$710 million
2017$93 million$963 million-$870 million
2018$107 million$1.1 billion-$1 billion
2019$99 million$1.1 billion-$1 billion
2020$94 million$1 billion-$943 million
2021$139 million$1.2 billion-$1 billion
2022$69 million$1.5 billion-$1.5 billion
2023$130 million$1.4 billion-$1.3 billion
2024$7 million$1.3 billion-$1.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Mali sells to Senegal

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Trucks$3 million · 45.1%
    373 tonnes
  2. Generating sets$684 thousand · 10.1%
    108 tonnes
  3. Armored vehicles$375 thousand · 5.6%
    46 tonnes
  4. Cars$334 thousand · 4.9%
    69 tonnes
  5. 54 tonnes
  6. Forklifts and works trucks$276 thousand · 4.1%
    21 tonnes
  7. Bulldozers and excavators$267 thousand · 4%
    308 tonnes
  8. Buses$260 thousand · 3.8%
    45 tonnes
  9. Self-propelled works trucks$217 thousand · 3.2%
    9 tonnes
  10. ATMs and other office machines$210 thousand · 3.1%
    13 tonnes

What Senegal sells to Mali

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$777 million · 59.3%
    912 thousand tonnes · Mali’s sources
  2. Cement$143 million · 10.9%
    1.8 million tonnes
  3. Soups and broths$72 million · 5.5%
    33 thousand tonnes
  4. Rice$35 million · 2.6%
    70 thousand tonnes
  5. Cigarettes and cigars$31 million · 2.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Soft drinks$18 million · 1.4%
    22 thousand tonnes
  7. Sauces and condiments$12 million · 0.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Mixed fertilizers$11 million · 0.85%
    21 thousand tonnes
  9. Frozen fish$11 million · 0.81%
    20 thousand tonnes
  10. Quicklime and slaked lime$10 million · 0.78%
    30 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Mali and Senegal traded $1.3 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$1.3 billion · 100%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Senegal was Mali’s 2nd largest trading partner (18% of its trade), and Mali was Senegal’s 3rd (6%).

Senegal in Mali’s trade
17.8%
Senegal’s rank among Mali’s partners
2nd
Mali in Senegal’s trade
6.4%
Mali’s rank among Senegal’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of Mali

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.