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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	5 751	7 354	8 087^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5.5	1.1	5.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	769.6	871	913.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	20.8	21.3	20.6^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	25.1ⁱ	22	22.6^i,b
Economy: Services and other activity^j (% of GVA)	54.1	56.8	56.7^b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	36.5	31.8	30.8^b
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	18.9	19.8	20^b
Employment in services^k (% employed)	44.5	48.4	49.2^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	2.2	4.2^k	3.7^k
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	55.6 / 60.9	55.4 / 59.1	56.2 / 59.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	111	115	130^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	113	123^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	793	979	1 456^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 878	2 156	3 049^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 085	- 1 177	- 1 593^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-461	-21	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.5	2.4	2.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	40.1	42.2^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	4^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.7	4.4	4.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	59.5 / 58.9	61.4 / 60.8	63.2 / 62.7^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	41.5 / 4.7	40.7 / 5.0	39.5 / 5.2^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	277.4 / 3.8^n,o	279.9 / 3.4^n,o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	22.6	12.7	32.7^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	75.9	64.4	57.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^p (% of GDP)	5	6	5.6^q
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0	0.1	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.1	4	4.2^q
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	125.9 / 130.5	122.5 / 124.6	121.2 / 123.7^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	68.5 / 86.1^r	73.2 / 85.9^q
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	34.6 / 48.6	35.6 / 47.4^q
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	17.6	18.7^s	18.9^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	7.1	29	37.6^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2^t,u,v	...	...
Threatened species (number)	66	94	130^e
Forested area (% of land area)	22.5	22.2	22.2^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.1 / 0.1	1.6 / 0.2	1.8 / 0.2^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	112	138	129^q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	17	19	18^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^w (000)	273	482	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	79.5	79.5	79.5^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	31.0 / 6.8	33.7 / 7.7	33.9 / 8.1^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	7.2 / 3.7	7.1 / 4.7	7.1 / 4.7^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	4.62	7.4	4.16^q

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		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Refers to buildings and public works.
j		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Refers to foreign citizens.
o		Including refugees.
p		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
q		2021
r		2017
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
t		Excluding business enterprise.
u		Excluding private non-profit.
v		2014
w		Including nationals residing abroad.