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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	7 620	9 659	12 821^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.4	4.3	7^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	462.8	482.9	571.3^d
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	39.2	34.9	40.7^d
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	19.8	23.1	19.2^d
Economy: Services and other activity^e,g,h (% of GVA)	47.7	53.6	49.4^d
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	77.1	75.9	74.8
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	7.5	7.4	7.2
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	15.4	16.7	18
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	0.6	0.5	0.5
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	68.6 / 91.0	61.0 / 84.3	60.3 / 83.5
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	...	107^j,k	102^m,c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	146	161	173ⁿ
International trade: exports (million current US$)	479	790	232^i,c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 273	2 458	1 127^i,c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 794	- 1 669	-895^i,c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 137	- 1 486	- 1 625^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^o (average annual %)	3.8	3.9	3.8
Urban population (% of total population)	16.2	16.2	16.5^c
Urban population growth rate^o (average annual %)	3.7	3.9	...
Fertility rate, total^o (live births per woman)	7.6	7.4	7
Life expectancy at birth^o (females/males, years)	56.2 / 54.5	60.3 / 58.1	63.0 / 60.7
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	50.0 / 4.2	50.2 / 4.2	49.7 / 4.1
International migrant stock^p (000/% of total pop.)	126.5 / 0.8	253.0 / 1.3	294.2 / 1.3^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.3^q	202.2	411.2^c
Infant mortality rate^o (per 1 000 live births)	67.6	55.9	46.3
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.9	7.1	7.7^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0^r	~0.0	~0.0ⁿ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.7	6	3.5^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	55.9 / 69.2	65.6 / 77.4	69.2 / 80.1^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	10.7 / 15.3	17.0 / 23.1	20.7 / 27.7^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	0.8 / 2.0	2.1 / 4.4	2.6 / 6.2^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	4.4^s	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	9.7	13.3	17^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	0.8ⁱ	2.5ⁱ	5.3^d
Threatened species (number)	26	31	37
Forested areaⁱ (% of land area)	1	0.9	0.9^a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.4 / 0.1	2.0 / 0.1	2.0 / 0.1^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	56	100	98^i,a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	4	5	4^i,a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	74	135	157^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	24.9	33.1	33.1^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	20.3 / 5.0	22.6 / 6.4	23.4 / 6.9^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	13.06	12.3	13.24^d

Footnotes

a		2017
b		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
c		2019
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation and canals.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Excludes computer and related activities and radio/TV activities.
i		Estimate.
j		Index base: 2008=100.
k		Niamey
l		WAEMU harmonized consumer price index.
m		Index base: 2014=100.
n		2016
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Including refugees.
q		Data as at the end of December.
r		2009
s		2012
t		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.