Bank loans as a share of GDP rose 21.6% to 29.6% in Mali in 2015, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, bank loans as a share of GDP in Mali reached an all time high of 29.6% in 2015 and an all time low of 11.7% in 2005. When compared to Mali's main peers, bank loans as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 48.2%, 63.7% in Burkina Faso, 27.1% in Mauritania and 20.6% in Niger in 2015.
Mali has been ranked 106th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of bank loans as a share of GDP, 11 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Bank Loans (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 48.2% | 48.7% | 47.3% | 52.2% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63.7% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.1% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 11.6% | 11.7% | ... | |||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | ... | ... | 21.9% | 21.1% | 18.5% | 11.8% | 12.7% | |||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.6% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.6% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Morocco | % | ... | ... | ... | 93.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.6% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Spain | % | 269% | 256% | 204% | 199% | 173% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76.1% | 77.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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