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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	9 677	13 744	15 415^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.8	3.6	11.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	480.7	564.8	588.2^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	34.7	40.5	39.5^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	24.1	21.4	21.8^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	41.2	38.1	38.8^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	73.1	71.4	70.9^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	7.1	7.3	7.4^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	19.8	21.3	21.7^b
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	0.6	0.7	0.5
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	62.1 / 84.7	61.5 / 83.7	62.3 / 84.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index^m (2010=100)	107^k,l	102^n,d	117^n,e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	128	133^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	790	1 246	519^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 458	3 028	2 518^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 669	- 1 782	- 1 999^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 486	- 1 816	- 2 500^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7	3.3	3.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	16.2	16.5^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.9^o	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	7.2	6.4	5.9^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	59.7 / 58.0	61.0 / 58.8	62.4 / 60.5^a
Population age distribution^p (0-14/60+ years old, %)	49.2 / 4.0	48.0 / 4.1	46.6 / 4.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	253.0 / 1.3^q	348.1 / 1.4^q	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	202.2	541.9	675.2^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	127.4	120.7	113.7^a
Health: Current expenditure^r (% of GDP)	5.3	6.2	5.8^s
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5	3.5^t	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	68.3 / 80.7^j	65.5 / 72.9	63.1 / 66.8^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	23.1 / 32.0^j	29.3 / 38.3^j,u	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	9.0 / 11.5^j	9.5 / 14.2^j,u	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	4.4^v	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.3	17^w	30.7^w,e

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	2.5	13.8^x	16.9^x,b
Threatened species (number)	31	37	44^e
Forested area (% of land area)	0.9	0.9	0.8^s
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.1 / 0.1	2.4 / 0.1	2.6 / 0.1^j,s
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	100	115^j	116^j,s
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	5	4^j	4^j,s
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	135	85	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	23.4	54.7	54.7^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	17.4 / 4.4	19.8 / 5.2	20.6 / 5.6^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.56	14.67	11.9^s

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2023
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Niamey
l		Index base: 2008=100.
m		WAEMU harmonized consumer price index.
n		Index base: 2014=100.
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
q		Including refugees.
r		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
s		2021
t		2018
u		2017
v		2012
w		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
x		Population aged 15 years and over.