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Niger

Headline economic indicators for Niger, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Niger
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · -4.5% -13.53 (-149.1%)
Consumer price index · 131.6 -6.13 (-4.5%)
GDP deflator inflation · -1.6% -9.02 (-121.6%)

GDP

GDP — Niger
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 7.0% -1.32 (-15.8%)
GDP per capita · 775.35 +45.50 (+6.2%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 1,008 +66.46 (+7.1%)
GDP · 21,646,191,388.25 +1,916,405,341 (+9.7%)
GDP, PPP · 60,784,101,570 +5,528,525,519 (+10.0%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 2,177 +133.20 (+6.5%)
GDP per capita growth · 3.6% -1.21 (-25.1%)
GNI per capita · 750 +80.00 (+11.9%)
Agriculture to GDP · 47.6% -0.38 (-0.8%)
Industry to GDP · 18.7% +1.42 (+8.2%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 7.0% -0.29 (-4.0%)
Services to GDP · 31.1% -1.15 (-3.6%)
Household consumption to GDP · 68.2% -3.50 (-4.9%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 22.0% -1.52 (-6.5%)
Gross savings to GDP · 17.5% +0.09 (+0.5%)

Labour

Labour — Niger
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 0.4% +0.02 (+4.8%)
Labour force participation rate · 79.7% +0.18 (+0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 72.8% -0.01 (-0.0%)
Youth unemployment rate · 0.5% +0.07 (+16.9%)
Employment to population ratio · 79.4% +0.17 (+0.2%)
Employment in agriculture · 73.0% -0.47 (-0.6%)
Employment in industry · 9.3% +0.06 (+0.7%)
Employment in services · 17.7% +0.41 (+2.3%)

Money

Money — Niger
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 2.6% -0.26 (-9.1%)
Broad money to GDP · 17.3% +0.83 (+5.0%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 9.6% -0.71 (-6.9%)
Lending rate · 5.3% +0.14 (+2.7%)
Bank deposit rate · 6.9% -0.07 (-1.0%)
Official exchange rate · 581.93 -24.42 (-4.0%)

Trade

Trade — Niger
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -6.1% +7.67 (+55.8%)
Exports to GDP · 15.8% +6.76 (+75.2%)
Imports to GDP · 18.1% +2.75 (+17.9%)
Trade to GDP · 33.9% +9.52 (+39.0%)
Exports of goods and services · 3,411,837,458.42 +1,636,584,969 (+92.2%)
Imports of goods and services · 3,927,452,302.34 +890,817,886 (+29.3%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -1,273,473,915.02 +1,311,472,564 (+50.7%)
Current account balance (annual) · -1,201,436,331.53 +1,131,318,112 (+48.5%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 1.2% -0.63 (-34.6%)
Remittances received to GDP · 3.3% -0.38 (-10.4%)
External debt to GNI · 27.5% -6.50 (-19.1%)

Government

Government — Niger
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 14.6% +0.75 (+5.4%)
Government expense to GDP · 10.2% +0.99 (+10.7%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 11.8% +0.85 (+7.8%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -4.0% -2.18 (-118.2%)
Government consumption to GDP · 12.2% +1.00 (+9.0%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.1% +0.36 (+9.7%)
Health spending to GDP · 4.0% -0.30 (-6.9%)

Demography

Demography — Niger
Indicator Value Change
Population · 27,917,831 +885,419 (+3.3%)
Population, long-run history · 24,587 +896.17 (+3.8%)
Population growth · 3.2% -0.06 (-1.8%)
Life expectancy · 61.4 +0.25 (+0.4%)
Fertility rate · 5.94 -0.13 (-2.1%)
Birth rate · 41.4 -0.47 (-1.1%)
Death rate · 8.7 -0.14 (-1.6%)
Urban population share · 18.4% +0.32 (+1.8%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.6% +0.02 (+0.9%)
Under-five mortality rate · 110.7 -2.80 (-2.5%)
Population density · 21.3 +0.69 (+3.3%)
Net migration · -7,704 -3,663 (-90.6%)
Gini index · 32.9 -4.40 (-11.8%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.

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