Editing Economy of Niger (section)

==Statistics==
'''[[Gross domestic product|GDP]]:'''
purchasing power parity – $21.86 billion (2017 est.)

'''GDP – real growth rate:'''
4.9% (2017 est.)

'''GDP – per capita:'''
purchasing power parity – $1,200 (2017 est.)

'''GDP – composition by sector:'''
<br>''agriculture:''
41.6%
<br>''industry:''
19.5%
<br>''services:''
38.7% (2017)

'''Population below poverty line:'''
45.4% (2014 est.)

'''Household income or consumption by percentage share:'''
<br>''lowest 10%:''
3%
<br>''highest 10%:''
29.3% (1992)

'''Inflation rate (consumer prices):'''
2.4% (2017 est.)

'''Labour force:'''
6.5 million (2017 est.)

'''Labour force – by occupation:'''
agriculture 79.2% , industry: 3.3%, services: 17.5% (2012 est.)

'''Unemployment rate:'''
0.3% (2017 est.)

'''Budget:'''
<br>''revenues:''
$1.757 billion (2017 est.)
<br>''expenditures:''
2.171 billion (2017 est.)

'''Industries:'''
[[uranium]] mining, [[cement]], brick, [[textiles]], food processing, chemicals, [[slaughterhouses]]

'''Industrial production growth rate:'''
6% (2017 est.)

'''electrification:''' total population: 15% (2013)

'''electrification:''' urban areas: 62% (<span class="subfield-note"></span>2013)

'''electrification:''' rural areas: 4% (<span class="subfield-note"></span>2013)

'''Electricity – production:'''
494.7 million kWh (2016 est.)

'''Electricity – production by source:'''
<br>''fossil fuel:''
95%
<br>''renewable:''
5%
<br>''nuclear:''
0%
<br>''other:''
0% (2017)

'''Electricity – consumption:'''
1.065 billion kWh (2016 est.)

'''Electricity – exports:'''
0 kWh (2016 est.)

'''Electricity – imports:'''
779 million kWh (2016 est.)

'''Agriculture – products:'''
[[cowpea]]s, [[cotton]], [[peanut]]s, [[pearl millet]], [[sorghum]], [[cassava]] ([[tapioca]]), [[rice]]; [[cattle]], [[domestic sheep|sheep]], [[domestic goat|goats]], [[camel]]s, [[donkey]]s, [[horse]]s, [[poultry]]

'''Exports:'''
$4.143 billion (2017 est.)

'''Exports – commodities:'''
uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions

'''Exports – partners:'''
France 30.2%, Thailand 18.3%, Malaysia 9.9%, Nigeria 8.3%, Mali 5%, Switzerland 4.9% (2017)

'''Imports:'''
$1.829 billion (2017 est.)

'''Imports – commodities:'''
foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals

'''Imports – partners:'''
France 28.8%, China 14.4%, Malaysia 5.7%, Nigeria 5.4%, Thailand 5.3%, US 5.1%, India 4.9% (2017)

'''Debt – external:'''
$3.728 billion (31 December 2017 est.)

'''Economic aid – recipient:'''
$222 million (1995)

'''Currency:'''
1 [[Communauté Financière Africaine franc]] (CFAF) = 100 centimes

'''Exchange rates:'''
Communauté Financière Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1&nbsp;– 670 (January 2000), 560.01 (January 1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996), 499.15 (1995)
<br>''note:''
since 1 January 1999, the CFAF is pegged to the [[euro]] at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro

'''Fiscal year:'''
calendar year