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Niger

Official language: French
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital City: Niamey
Area: 1267000km²
Subregional membership(s): West Africa, Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Least developed countires, Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Land-locked LDCs, Mineral-rich countries, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , UEMAO, Sahel Countries, Franc Zone

23310.7K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

8.1B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

84.5

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

75.1

₂₀₁₇

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	50.70	50.70	50.57	50.31	50.05	49.79	49.53	49.14	48.88
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	66.82	66.82	66.82	71.37	71.37	71.37
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	778.6	787.5	795.7	803.3	809.9	816.1	821.7	827.1	832.1
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	750.8	759.1	766.9	774.0	780.4	786.2	791.7	796.6	801.3
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	764.3	772.9	780.9	788.2	794.8	800.8	806.3	811.5	816.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)				149.11		143.00
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)				131.30		120.38
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)				116.74		122.33
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)				112.71		130.00
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)				112.97		126.49
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)				106.99		106.99
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)				97.37		92.43
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)				87.88		81.77
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)				73.45		70.59
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)				144.95		128.05
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)				53.17		54.99
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)				38.48		40.69
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)				30.81		31.20
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)				44.07		50.83
Population - Female (%)	649.48	648.96	648.57	648.18	647.79	647.40	647.01	646.75	646.36
Population - Female (thousands)	115,572	120,091	124,782	129,636	134,657	139,847	145,210	150,751
Population - Male (%)	650.52	651.04	651.43	651.82	652.21	652.60	652.99	653.25	653.64
Population - Male (thousands)	115,766	120,464	125,341	130,385	135,598	140,984	146,547	152,288
Population - Total (thousands)	231,338	240,556	250,122	260,022	270,254	280,831	291,757	303,039
Population - Urban (%)	210.60	210.60	210.60	210.60	211.90	213.20	213.20	214.50
Population - Urban (%)	210.60	210.60	210.60	210.60	211.90	213.20
Population - Urban (thousands)	37,375	38,818	40,378	42,029	43,784	45,643
Total fertility rate (per woman)	95.9	95.0	94.3	93.2	92.2	91.0	89.8	88.7	87.6

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Health Organization

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	8,047	7,748	7,462	7,189
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)	492.70
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	1,079	1,079	1,079
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)	132.60	130.00	126.10	123.50
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)	492.70
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	858.00	871.00
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)	132.60	130.00	126.10	123.50
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	728.00	741.00	754.00	754.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	130.00	143.00	143.00	143.00
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	1,425	1,353	1,295	1,242

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)	293.15			143.52
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)	507.78			354.77
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)	397.28			248.69
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)			8.7
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics in grades 2/3 (ratio)			10.1
Gender parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)			11.1
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)	12.6	12.7
Gender parity index of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained (ratio)		11.4	22.1	13.0
Gender parity index of teachers in pre-primary education who are trained (ratio)	14.6
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)	13.1	11.4	15.1	15.5
Gender parity index of teachers in upper secondary education who are trained (ratio)		14.6	41.1	13.0
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	809.90	821.73	833.43	858.13	885.04	908.31
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	968.76	978.51	978.25	1,006	1,028	1,042
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	890.76	901.55	907.27	933.66	957.97	976.30
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	159.77	174.33	199.55	221.00	258.05	269.88
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	241.93	259.48	286.13	313.82	355.42	369.07
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	200.59	216.71	242.58	267.28	306.80	319.80
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	11.44			27.69		31.85
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	33.80			66.82		74.88
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)	21.97			46.15		52.26
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)	255.06	282.62
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)	352.95	375.31
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	301.99	326.04	351.26	368.68	354.25	388.96
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)	411.32
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)	631.28
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)	517.27			345.28
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)	14.8
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)	29.8
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	18.2	18.2	18.2
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	21.2
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)	713.57	722.41	720.33	738.14	764.53	789.62
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)	856.70	861.25	845.52	866.45	891.41	909.48
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	786.50	793.13	784.16	803.66	829.27	850.85
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)			161.59	178.62		222.43
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)			242.71	264.16		306.28
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)			201.89	221.26		264.55
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)	267.28	319.41
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)	262.86	316.16
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)	271.57	322.53
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)	11,886,433	12,592,463	13,332,293	14,310,114	15,351,063	16,397,810		15,918,331
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)	14,772,095	15,569,021	16,268,980	17,474,613	18,596,513	19,590,155		18,749,393
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)	26,658,528	28,161,484	29,601,273	31,784,727	33,947,576	35,987,965		34,667,724
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics (%)
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Female (%)			78.00
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Male (%)			115.70
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	503.9	472.0	464.8	476.2	471.4	472.4
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)		348.0	326.4	363.5	347.6	386.5
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)	160.3			195.8		198.8
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	10.4
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	8.7
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)	5.1
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)	14.17
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)			2.5
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in mathematics in grades 2/3 (ratio)			13.1
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)			2.2
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	48.1	49.1	50.2	51.6	52.8	54.6
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	58.0	58.9	59.2	60.7	61.9	62.8
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	53.2	54.1	54.7	56.3	57.5	58.8
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	11.2	12.2	14.0	15.5	18.1	18.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	16.9	18.2	20.3	22.2	25.4	26.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	14.0	15.2	17.0	18.9	21.7	22.4
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	0.5			1.6		1.7
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	1.7			3.9		4.3
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	1.0			2.7		3.0
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)	761.15	853.58
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)	803.01	824.07
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)	783.90	837.20

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current USD (billions)	90.2	99.7	107.0	94.2	98.9	105.6
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	46,074	49,248	52,896	55,754	58,641	61,444

Prices

Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	1,344	1,375	1,362	1,355	1,377	1,415	1,458	1,421	1,462
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	5.98	29.90	-12.09	-7.54	21.45	36.40	38.61	-32.37
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	8.58	14.82	-8.06	-15.60	18.85	55.77	20.41	-30.16	39.91
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	5.98	29.90	-12.09	-7.54	21.45	36.40	38.61	-32.37	37.44
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	8.71	14.82	-8.19	28.60	-31.46	26.00
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	1,378	1,394	1,385	1,416	1,382	1,409

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	10,842	10,842	12,064	12,636	13,052	13,494
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	10,735	10,870
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	5,190	5,824	8,554	6,851	6,773	7,046
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	4,397	5,181
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	0	52	78	78.52	79.3
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)	6,650	6,638	5,570	7,173	5,815
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)	5,941	5,759	6,162	6,136	6,279	6,435
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	1,794	2,301	2,314	2,379	2,392
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	1.8	2.5	3.0	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.0
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	5,190	5,876	8,632	6,903	7,176	7,475
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	5,093	5,692

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	1,716	1,053	1,677	1,820
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	43.68	44.2	75.14	78.91
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	663.0	767.0	1,300	1,040	1,092	1,183
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	1,222	1,599	1,755
Overnight stays (thousands)	3,094	2,938	2,080	2,223	2,301
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)	28.9	33.6	29.7	35.0	38.6	42.2	46.2
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	31.85	33.15	37.18	36.79		54.60
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	37.96	38.48	43.03	43.03		63.70

Transport

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Paved Road (% of total) (%)	279.11	278.72

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	0.26	0.52	0.65	0.78
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	7.28	7.02	7.15	7.15	10.01	6.89
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	13.65	14.95	16.25	32.24	56.16	132.86	68.25
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	70,142,020	91,081,900	107,073,200	116,467,000	97,133,426	114,125,492
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	394.16	492.18	556.53	582.27	467.22	528.32
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	47.7	83.2	119.6	143.0
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	18.33	22.10	25.35	28.86
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)				1,040
Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network (%)			0.00	130.00
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)			0.00	0.00
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - current USD (billions)	38.9	332.5	825.0	647.0

International trade

International Road Federation

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Deposit rate (%) (%)	45.50	45.50	45.50	45.50
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	6,637	6,423	6,427	7,689
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	6,637	6,421	6,419	7,686	7,704	7,549	7,221	7,617

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	34.2	80.1	138.7	113.6	170.4	203.3
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - current USD (millions)	11,585	10,365	11,931	11,284	12,368	15,686
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)	653.38	562.51	623.09	567.06	598.26	730.34
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	323.44	321.62	397.93	516.23	568.49	636.61	716.82	722.80

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)	3.5	7.4	4.8	3.8	5.0	5.3
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)	817.6	778.1	1,098	940.1	941.3	1,034
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-209.43	-218.14	-200.85	-266.63	-201.24	-171.99
Current account balance - current USD (millions)	-13,282.0	-14,953.6	-16,967.5	-19,313.0	-15,351.2	-16,525.9
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)	-292.2	-160.3
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)	-10,026.5	-7,691.6
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)	10,937	9,349	10,684	6,878	3,914	4,346
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)	53,279	65,400	67,352	67,150	68,643
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)	28.4	1,309	1,151	443.5	522.3	424.9
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)	260.9	1,633	2,491	2,669	2,968
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)	-420.0	247.8
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)	-1,759.6	-2,401.6	-1,972.3	-1,988.7	-2,119.7	-2,355.2
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)	4,273	3,841	4,537	3,859	3,615	5,349
Services Balance - current USD (millions)	-9,807.0	-10,807.7	-9,858.5	-9,635.1	-7,957.5	-9,823.3
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)			-118.30
Trade balance - current USD (millions)	-5,988.2	-5,585.5	-9,673.3	-11,548.4	-8,889.0	-9,696.3
Workers remittances (Net) - current USD (millions)	457.2	435.5

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	198.90	189.80
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)				11.70
Land area covered by forest (%)

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