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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	7 620	9 659	12 928^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.4	4.3	5.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	462.8	482.9	554.6^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	39.2	34.9	40.3^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	19.8	23.1	19.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	41	42	40.2^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	77.1	75.9	74.8^d
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	7.5	7.4	7.2^d
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	15.4	16.7	18^d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	0.6	0.5	0.5^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	68.6 / 91.0	61.0 / 84.3	60.3 / 83.5^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	...	107^j,l	102^m,b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	85	101	120^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	479	790	3 068^i,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 273	2 458	743^i,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 794	- 1 669	2 324^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 137	- 1 486	- 1 572^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁿ (average annual %)	3.8	3.9	3.8^d
Urban population (% of total population)	16.2	16.2	16.5^b
Urban population growth rateⁿ (average annual %)	3.7	3.9	...
Fertility rate, totalⁿ (live births per woman)	7.6	7.4	7^d
Life expectancy at birthⁿ (females/males, years)	56.2 / 54.5	60.3 / 58.1	63.0 / 60.7^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	50.0 / 4.2	50.2 / 4.2	49.5 / 4.1^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	126.5 / 0.8	253.0 / 1.3	348.1 / 1.4^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.3^p	202.2	541.9^d
Infant mortality rateⁿ (per 1 000 live births)	67.6	55.9	46.3^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.9	7.1	7.3^q
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0^r	~0.0	~0.0^s
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.7	4.5	3.5^i,q
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	55.9 / 69.2	65.6 / 77.4	62.0 / 70.7^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	10.7 / 15.3	17.0 / 23.1	20.7 / 27.7^t
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	3.1 / 5.5	8.7 / 11.0	9.1 / 13.6^t
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	4.4^u	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.7	13.3	25.9^v

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	0.8ⁱ	2.5ⁱ	5.3^q
Threatened species (number)	26	31	42
Forested areaⁱ (% of land area)	1	0.9	0.9^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.4 / 0.1	2.0 / 0.1	2.3 / 0.1^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	56	100	107^i,q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	4	5	4^i,q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	74	135	192^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	23.4	23.4	54.7^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	33.4 / 7.7	38.0 / 9.5	43.0 / 10.8^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	9.57	9.14	11.3^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Niamey
k		WAEMU harmonized consumer price index.
l		Index base: 2008=100.
m		Index base: 2014=100.
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Including refugees.
p		Data as at the end of December.
q		2018
r		2009
s		2016
t		2017
u		2012
v		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.