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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	9 684	13 744	16 819^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.8	3.6	2.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	486	579	643^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	34.7	40.5	50.4^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	24.1	21.4	21.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	41.2	38.1	28.4^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	73.2	71.1	70.6^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	7	7.1	7.1^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	19.8	21.7	22.2^b
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	0.6	0.6	0.3
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	61.8 / 84.8	59.9 / 84.2	60.0 / 84.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index^m (2010=100)	107^k,l	102^n,d	128^n,e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	128	127^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	790	706	452^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 458	2 919	2 605^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 669	- 2 212	- 2 153^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 486	- 1 816	- 2 333^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7	3.3	3.2^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	5.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	59.7 / 58.0	61.0 / 58.8	62.7 / 60.7^a
Population age distribution^p (0-14/60+ years old, %)	49.2 / 4.0	48.0 / 4.1	46.2 / 4.2^a
International migrant stock^q (000/% of total pop.)	253.0 / 1.3	348.1 / 1.5	449.2 / 1.7^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	202.2	541.9	864.6^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	127.4	120.7	111.6^a
Health: Current expenditure^r (% of GDP)	5.3	6.2	4.4^s
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	65.0 / 76.6	69.1 / 76.9	65.0 / 68.7^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	21.8 / 30.1	27.6 / 35.9^t	28.2 / 29.1^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	8.5 / 10.8	8.9 / 13.3^t	9.2 / 12.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	4.4^u	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.3	17^v	30.7^v,b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^j (per 100 inhabitants)	2.5	17^w	23.2^b
Threatened species (number)	31	37	47^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	3.0 / 0.1	3.1 / 0.1^j,s
Energy production, primary^j (Petajoules)	126	139	142^s
Energy supply per capita^j (Gigajoules)	6	6	6^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^s
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.56	14.68	7.93^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
d		2019
e		2024
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Index base: 2008=100.
l		Niamey
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		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
s		2022
t		2017
u		2012
v		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
w		Population aged 15 years and over.