Natural honey — Production in Mali
Mali: Natural honey — Production was 1,729 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural honey — Production in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Mali recorded 1,729 t for natural honey — production in 2024.
The figure is up 135.5% on the previous year and down 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Mali peaked at 12,647 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 173 t, in 1999.
That places Mali 81st out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural honey — Production in Mali, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 280 t | — |
| 1962 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 290 t | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 290 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 310 t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 310 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 310 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 320 t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 320 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 341 t | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 12,647 t | +3608.8% |
| 1992 | 12,647 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 12,647 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12,647 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,434 t | -17.5% |
| 1996 | 7,729 t | -25.9% |
| 1997 | 250 t | -96.8% |
| 1998 | 200 t | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 173 t | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 316 t | +82.7% |
| 2001 | 458 t | +44.9% |
| 2002 | 231 t | -49.6% |
| 2003 | 250 t | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 300 t | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 280.75 t | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 269.54 t | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 303 t | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 330 t | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 230 t | -30.3% |
| 2010 | 240 t | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 240 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 190 t | -20.8% |
| 2013 | 1,441 t | +658.3% |
| 2014 | 3,197 t | +121.9% |
| 2015 | 7,109 t | +122.4% |
| 2016 | 10,739 t | +51.1% |
| 2017 | 515.72 t | -95.2% |
| 2018 | 572.43 t | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 736.17 t | +28.6% |
| 2020 | 709.4 t | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 429.17 t | -39.5% |
| 2022 | 388.66 t | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 734.04 t | +88.9% |
| 2024 | 1,729 t | +135.5% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 1,729 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,729 t, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mali's 1,729 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,985 t, 87% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural honey — Production in Mali changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +3608.8% | 341 t | 12,647 t |
| 2013 | +658.3% | 190 t | 1,441 t |
| 2024 | +135.5% | 734.04 t | 1,729 t |
| 2015 | +122.4% | 3,197 t | 7,109 t |
| 2014 | +121.9% | 1,441 t | 3,197 t |
| 1997 | -96.8% | 7,729 t | 250 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 291.11 t | 280 t | 300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 301 t | 300 t | 310 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 318 t | 310 t | 320 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,972 t | 173 t | 12,647 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 296.83 t | 230 t | 458 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,498 t | 190 t | 10,739 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 798.06 t | 388.66 t | 1,729 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Mali?
- Natural honey — production in Mali was 1,729 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 12,647 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 173 t in 1999.
- How does Mali rank for natural honey — production?
- Mali ranks 81st out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural honey — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.