Driver Overview
This section shows a country’s rank, ranking change and score for each of the eight drivers. It also categorises each country’s driver performance on a scale from “Emerging” (score from 0-20) to “Global Leader” (score from 80-100).
Rank
Score /100
Best practice
Metric Overview
Strengths
Value of closed PPP infrastructure deals
The value of privately financed PPP infrastructure projects as a share of GDP in Mali remains the highest in Africa. The continued availability of investment opportunities has helped attract private investment. However, the COVID-19 pandemic may impact levels of private finance.
Value of close infrastructure deals with foreign equity sponsorship
Mali has the second highest values of closed infrastructure deals with foreign equity sponsorship in Africa at 0.37% of GDP. A high value may reflect favourable trade conditions and lower barriers to foreign investment. However, the COVID-19 pandemic may impact international capital flows.
Financial stability
Financial stability is one of the lowest among all InfraCompass 2020 countries in part due to political and social fragility, which may be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A stable financial system facilitates the smooth flow of funds between infrastructure and investors.
Top Performing Metrics
Top Performing Metrics
This is defined by the metrics with the highest unweighted score out of 100.
Activity:
Value of closed PPP infrastructure deals
Financial markets:
Financial stability
Opportunities to Grow
Cost to start a business
According to the World Bank, the cost of starting a business in Mali is 55% of income per capita, the second most expensive among InfraCompass 2020 countries. Lowering costs could ease the entry of new firms.
GDP per capita
Despite more than tripling over the past 20 years, Mali’s GDP per capita is still relatively low at USD 967. High growth, should it not be overly impacted by COVID-19, can be expected to correlate with greater infrastructure spending.
Political stability and absence of violence score
Mali has one of the lowest levels of political stability among all InfraCompass 2020 countries. Government instability impedes governance and economic reforms, and can deter investors from committing capital to long-term infrastructure projects.
Metrics to Improve
Metrics to Improve
This is defined by the metrics with the lowest weighted score out of 100, such that these metrics would have the greatest impact on the overall score.
For metrics that have binary outcomes (yes=100/no=0), no comparative income group average is reported.
Permits:
Cost to start a business
Funding capacity:
GDP per capita
Detailed Data
This section shows country data for each of the 41 metrics. The figures in brackets denote the change in score since InfraCompass 2017.
Note that all data has been normalised on a scale of 1-100. For raw metric data, please download the complete InfraCompass 2020 dataset.
Where relevant, some metric scores have been inverted, such that all metrics have positive relationships with good infrastructure outcomes. For example, since lower compliance costs make it easier to invest in infrastructure, the normalised value of ‘number of procedures to start a business’ has been reversed such that lower number of procedures are scored closer to 100, and higher numbers closer to 0. In other words, a score of 0 indicates a poor performance, rather than 0 number of procedures.
28.2%
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
20.7%
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
18.1%
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
15.1%
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
12.8%
Political stability and absence of violence score
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
5%
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Mali
Low Income Countries Average
Description
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
Weighting (% of Driver)
28.2%
Source Link
Description
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
Weighting (% of Driver)
20.7%
Description
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
Weighting (% of Driver)
18.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
Weighting (% of Driver)
15.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
Weighting (% of Driver)
12.8%
Description
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Weighting (% of Driver)
5%
Source Link
Country Overview Data
918.1 USD
20.9 million persons
Infrastructure quality43.9 (0-100 best)
17.6 USD billion
GDP growth rate5.0%
GDP per capita growth rate-0.3%
Gini coefficient33.0 (0-100 worst)
Gross Government Debt38.0% of GDP
Inflation rate0.2%
Summary credit rating0.0 (0-100 best)
Unemployment rate9.8%
Urbanisation ratio42.0% of total population
69.7 (0-100 best)
Quality of road infrastructure3.2 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of air transport services4.1 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of seaport services2.2 (1-7 best)
Electricity access38.3% of population
Exposure to unsafe drinking water75.7% of population
Reliability of water supply2.6 (1-7 best)
Digital Adoption Index0.3 (0-1 best)
Mobile-broadband subscriptions30.3 per 100 population
Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions0.6 per 100 population