Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income
Niger: the economy in numbers
Per person: $775, or $2,177 at purchasing power parity. Population: 27.9 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #129 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +7.0%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $4.9 billion in 1960, $21.6 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $1,397 per person in 1960, $775 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 5.8% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 13 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 68.7% from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 36.0% in 1994.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1995: 82.1% of GDP in 2000. IMF forecast for 2031: 43.4%.
Population
1960: 3.51 million · 2025: 27.9 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 1.6% · 2025: 0.4%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 36.2 years · 2024: 61.4 years.
Exports of goods and services
1960: 7.1% · 2025: 15.8%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 6.0%f | 2.0%f | 43.4%f | |||||||
| 2030 | 6.0%f | 2.0%f | 43.8%f | |||||||
| 2029 | 6.0%f | 2.0%f | 44.2%f | |||||||
| 2028 | 6.0%f | 2.0%f | 44.8%f | |||||||
| 2027 | 6.5%f | 2.0%f | 45.4%f | |||||||
| 2026 | 7.0%f | −1.9%f | 46.3%f | |||||||
| 2025 | $21.6B | $775 | $2,177 | 7.0% | −4.5% | 45.5% | 27.9M | 0.4% | 15.8% | |
| 2024 | $19.7B | $730 | $2,044 | 8.3% | 9.1% | 48.1% | 27M | 0.4% | 61.4 | 9.0% |
| 2023 | $16.9B | $648 | $1,903 | 2.6% | 3.7% | 51.4% | 26.2M | 0.4% | 61.2 | 8.3% |
| 2022 | $15.5B | $614 | $1,848 | 12.2% | 4.2% | 50.7% | 25.3M | 0.4% | 60.4 | 10.1% |
| 2021 | $14.9B | $610 | $1,588 | 1.1% | 3.8% | 51.3% | 24.5M | 0.8% | 59.5 | 11.1% |
| 2020 | $13.6B | $575 | $1,486 | 4.5% | 2.9% | 45.0% | 23.7M | 0.6% | 59.9 | 10.4% |
| 2019 | $12.4B | $541 | $1,368 | 6.1% | −2.5% | 39.8% | 22.9M | 0.5% | 60.0 | 12.0% |
| 2018 | $12.8B | $577 | $1,272 | 6.9% | 3.0% | 37.0% | 22.2M | 0.5% | 59.8 | 12.0% |
| 2017 | $11.4B | $530 | $1,227 | 5.5% | 2.8% | 36.5% | 21.4M | 0.6% | 59.5 | 13.2% |
| 2016 | $10.3B | $500 | $1,182 | 4.3% | 1.7% | 32.8% | 20.7M | 0.6% | 59.2 | 12.2% |
| 2015 | $9.68B | $486 | $1,172 | 4.4% | −0.6% | 29.9% | 19.9M | 0.6% | 58.9 | 14.3% |
| 2014 | $10.9B | $565 | $1,161 | 6.6% | −0.9% | 22.1% | 19.2M | 0.5% | 58.7 | 15.9% |
| 2013 | $10.2B | $552 | $1,138 | 5.3% | 2.3% | 19.6% | 18.5M | 1.4% | 58.4 | 17.0% |
| 2012 | $9.43B | $529 | $1,162 | 10.5% | 0.5% | 18.1% | 17.8M | 2.2% | 58.0 | 16.1% |
| 2011 | $8.77B | $511 | $1,064 | 2.4% | 2.9% | 14.7% | 17.2M | 0.3% | 57.6 | 15.3% |
| 2010 | $7.85B | $474 | $1,058 | 8.6% | 0.8% | 15.1% | 16.5M | 0.7% | 57.1 | 16.2% |
| 2009 | $7.35B | $461 | $999 | 2.0% | 0.6% | 15.9% | 15.9M | 1.2% | 56.5 | 15.0% |
| 2008 | $7.3B | $475 | $1,010 | 7.7% | 11.3% | 14.2% | 15.4M | 1.6% | 55.9 | 13.2% |
| 2007 | $5.73B | $387 | $955 | 3.1% | 0.1% | 17.8% | 14.8M | 2.0% | 55.1 | 13.1% |
| 2006 | $4.76B | $333 | $935 | 5.9% | 0.0% | 18.3% | 14.3M | 2.5% | 54.2 | 13.9% |
| 2005 | $4.38B | $319 | $888 | 7.3% | 7.8% | 49.5% | 13.8M | 3.1% | 53.3 | 14.4% |
| 2004 | $3.76B | $283 | $832 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 55.0% | 13.3M | 2.8% | 52.4 | 14.3% |
| 2003 | $3.39B | $265 | $837 | 2.2% | −1.6% | 60.6% | 12.8M | 2.1% | 51.5 | 13.3% |
| 2002 | $2.78B | $225 | $832 | 4.9% | 2.6% | 69.0% | 12.3M | 1.8% | 50.6 | 11.9% |
| 2001 | $2.45B | $205 | $809 | 7.3% | 4.0% | 74.0% | 11.9M | 1.5% | 49.9 | 13.5% |
| 2000 | $2.24B | $195 | $764 | −1.2% | 2.9% | 82.1% | 11.5M | 1.4% | 49.2 | 14.3% |
| 1999 | $2.54B | $228 | $783 | −0.2% | −2.3% | 63.3% | 11.1M | 1.4% | 48.5 | 12.7% |
| 1998 | $2.64B | $246 | $801 | 10.0% | 4.5% | 61.3% | 10.7M | 1.4% | 47.8 | 14.0% |
| 1997 | $2.29B | $221 | $745 | 1.5% | 2.9% | 69.1% | 10.4M | 1.5% | 47.1 | 13.5% |
| 1996 | $2.41B | $239 | $746 | 0.1% | 5.3% | 63.5% | 10M | 1.5% | 46.3 | 15.3% |
| 1995 | $2.3B | $237 | $757 | 2.5% | 10.6% | 69.4% | 9.71M | 1.5% | 45.5 | 14.5% |
| 1994 | $1.94B | $206 | $748 | 1.9% | 36.0% | 9.4M | 1.5% | 44.6 | 13.1% | |
| 1993 | $3.05B | $335 | $742 | 0.3% | −1.2% | 9.1M | 1.5% | 43.8 | 10.9% | |
| 1992 | $3.39B | $384 | $746 | 2.0% | −4.5% | 8.82M | 1.6% | 43.1 | 11.8% | |
| 1991 | $3.29B | $384 | $738 | −0.4% | −7.8% | 8.55M | 1.6% | 42.3 | 12.0% | |
| 1990 | $3.51B | $424 | $739 | −1.3% | −0.8% | 8.29M | 41.7 | 15.1% | ||
| 1989 | $2.18B | $271 | 1.0% | −2.8% | 8.03M | 41.2 | 16.6% | |||
| 1988 | $2.28B | $293 | 6.9% | −1.4% | 7.79M | 40.8 | 18.3% | |||
| 1987 | $2.23B | $295 | 0.1% | −6.7% | 7.56M | 40.5 | 20.8% | |||
| 1986 | $1.9B | $260 | 6.4% | −3.2% | 7.34M | 40.3 | 20.0% | |||
| 1985 | $1.44B | $202 | 7.7% | −0.9% | 7.12M | 40.1 | 20.7% | |||
| 1984 | $1.46B | $211 | −16.8% | 8.4% | 6.91M | 40.0 | 22.9% | |||
| 1983 | $1.8B | $269 | −3.9% | −2.5% | 6.71M | 40.0 | 20.8% | |||
| 1982 | $2.02B | $310 | 2.2% | 11.6% | 6.51M | 39.8 | 21.0% | |||
| 1981 | $2.17B | $343 | −0.2% | 22.9% | 6.32M | 39.6 | 24.2% | |||
| 1980 | $2.51B | $409 | −2.5% | 10.3% | 6.14M | 39.3 | 24.6% | |||
| 1979 | $2.11B | $354 | 7.1% | 7.3% | 5.96M | 38.9 | 28.5% | |||
| 1978 | $1.77B | $307 | 13.5% | 10.1% | 5.78M | 38.3 | 22.5% | |||
| 1977 | $1.29B | $230 | 7.8% | 23.3% | 5.62M | 37.7 | 19.6% | |||
| 1976 | $1.06B | $195 | 0.7% | 23.5% | 5.46M | 37.1 | 22.3% | |||
| 1975 | $1.05B | $197 | −2.8% | 9.1% | 5.32M | 36.6 | 19.2% | |||
| 1974 | $1.03B | $198 | 8.8% | 3.4% | 5.17M | 36.2 | 12.3% | |||
| 1973 | $946M | $188 | −17.0% | 11.8% | 5.04M | 35.9 | 15.5% | |||
| 1972 | $743M | $151 | −5.2% | 9.8% | 4.9M | 35.8 | 14.2% | |||
| 1971 | $694M | $145 | 5.7% | 4.2% | 4.78M | 35.3 | 12.4% | |||
| 1970 | $650M | $140 | 3.1% | 1.1% | 4.65M | 35.9 | 10.8% | |||
| 1969 | $626M | $138 | −5.5% | 10.6% | 4.53M | 36.0 | 9.4% | |||
| 1968 | $641M | $146 | 0.4% | −2.9% | 4.4M | 36.1 | 8.0% | |||
| 1967 | $666M | $155 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.28M | 36.2 | 8.4% | |||
| 1966 | $702M | $169 | −0.4% | 10.6% | 4.17M | 36.3 | 12.5% | |||
| 1965 | $673M | $166 | 6.9% | 4.4% | 4.05M | 36.4 | 9.5% | |||
| 1964 | $583M | $148 | 0.1% | 1.0% | 3.94M | 36.5 | 9.3% | |||
| 1963 | $586M | $153 | 9.4% | 3.82M | 36.4 | 9.3% | ||||
| 1962 | $532M | $143 | 10.3% | 3.71M | 36.3 | 9.3% | ||||
| 1961 | $486M | $135 | 4.5% | 3.61M | 36.3 | 8.1% | ||||
| 1960 | $450M | $128 | 3.51M | 36.2 | 7.1% |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · DR Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Rankings
GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country
Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)