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Niger · Economy

Niger economy: GDP, investment, trade and remittances

How large the Niger economy is and how fast it is growing, who invests in it, what it sells and buys, how much its citizens abroad send home, who it owes and what it holds in reserve. The latest published year is shown with each figure.

GDP
US$21.6 billion
current US$, 2025
Real GDP growth
7.0%
2025
GDP per person
US$775
current US$, 2025
Exports of goods
US$2.1 billion
2025
Remittances received
US$650 million
2024, 3.3% of GDP
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
US$257 million
2025, 1.2% of GDP

Niger economy snapshot: GDP, growth and income per person

Niger's GDP was US$21.6 billion in 2025, after real growth of 7.0%.

GDP

Current US dollars.

010bn20bn30bn201520172019202120232025GDP 2015: US$9.7 billionGDP 2016: US$10.3 billionGDP 2017: US$11.4 billionGDP 2018: US$12.8 billionGDP 2019: US$12.4 billionGDP 2020: US$13.6 billionGDP 2021: US$14.9 billionGDP 2022: US$15.5 billionGDP 2023: US$16.9 billionGDP 2024: US$19.7 billionGDP 2025: US$21.6 billion

Real GDP growth

Annual change, per cent. Red bars are contractions.

0%5%10%15%201520172019202120232025Real GDP growth 2015: 4.4%Real GDP growth 2016: 4.3%Real GDP growth 2017: 5.5%Real GDP growth 2018: 6.9%Real GDP growth 2019: 6.1%Real GDP growth 2020: 4.5%Real GDP growth 2021: 1.1%Real GDP growth 2022: 12.2%Real GDP growth 2023: 2.6%Real GDP growth 2024: 8.3%Real GDP growth 2025: 7.0%

GDP per person

Current US dollars.

0200400600800201520172019202120232025GDP per person 2015: US$486GDP per person 2016: US$500GDP per person 2017: US$530GDP per person 2018: US$577GDP per person 2019: US$541GDP per person 2020: US$575GDP per person 2021: US$610GDP per person 2022: US$614GDP per person 2023: US$648GDP per person 2024: US$730GDP per person 2025: US$775

Source: World Bank, 2025. Method

Who invests in Niger and in what

Direct investment by investing country

China was the largest investing country in Niger, at 69% of inward direct investment positions in 2024.

Inward direct investment positions in Niger at the end of 2024: the stock of foreign direct investment, not a year's new flow. The 10 largest investing countries.

ChinaUS$6.8 billion69.4%
FranceUS$1.6 billion16.8%
TurkeyUS$225 million2.3%
Côte d'IvoireUS$190 million1.9%
United KingdomUS$188 million1.9%
NigeriaUS$178 million1.8%
AlgeriaUS$150 million1.5%
SenegalUS$113 million1.2%
CanadaUS$103 million1.1%
IndiaUS$41 million0.4%

Source: IMF, 2024. Method

What Niger sells and buys

Mineral fuels and oils was 93% of exports in 2025.

Niger sold the most to Italy, 40% of exports in 2025.

Exports by product, 2025

Tile area follows value. Each tile is a customs chapter of the Harmonized System; hover for the full name.

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation: US$2.0 billion, 92.6%Mineral fuels and oils93%Natural, cultured pearls: US$69 million, 3.3%Animals: US$26 million, 1.2%Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors: US$12 million, 0.6%Vegetables and certain roots and tubers: US$8.2 million, 0.4%Salt: US$7.5 million, 0.4%Vehicles: US$5.1 million, 0.2%Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry: US$2.9 million, 0.1%Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof: US$2.6 million, 0.1%Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits: US$2.3 million, 0.1%Iron or steel articles: US$2.0 million, 0.1%Textiles, made up articles: US$2.0 million, 0.1%All other chapters: US$18 million, 0.8%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Top buyers, 2025

Share of Niger's exports.

ItalyUS$859 million40.4%
NetherlandsUS$628 million29.6%
ChinaUS$164 million7.7%
SingaporeUS$89 million4.2%
United KingdomUS$85 million4.0%
United Arab EmiratesUS$71 million3.3%
GermanyUS$67 million3.2%
ChadUS$49 million2.3%
NigeriaUS$36 million1.7%
Burkina FasoUS$23 million1.1%

Top suppliers, 2025

Share of Niger's imports.

IndiaUS$469 million22.2%
ChinaUS$414 million19.5%
NigeriaUS$361 million17.1%
ThailandUS$83 million3.9%
FranceUS$71 million3.4%
JapanUS$68 million3.2%
AlgeriaUS$61 million2.9%
TogoUS$50 million2.4%
United StatesUS$44 million2.1%
Côte d'IvoireUS$35 million1.6%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

What Niger buys, 2025

The 8 largest product chapters in imports.

CerealsUS$432 million20.4%
Mineral fuels and oilsUS$281 million13.3%
Pharmaceutical productsUS$220 million10.4%
VehiclesUS$136 million6.4%
Electrical machinery and equipmentUS$132 million6.2%
Machinery and mechanical appliancesUS$97 million4.6%
Fats and oilsUS$83 million3.9%
Preparations of cerealsUS$76 million3.6%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Trade balance of goods

Exports minus imports. Red bars are years when imports were larger. A year is left out when either side is not published.

-4.0bn-3.0bn-2.0bn-1.0bn01.0bn201520172019202120232025Trade balance 2015: -US$1.7 billion (exports US$790 million, imports US$2.5 billion)Trade balance 2016: -US$829 million (exports US$664 million, imports US$1.5 billion)Trade balance 2017: -US$863 million (exports US$871 million, imports US$1.7 billion)Trade balance 2018: -US$1.7 billion (exports US$889 million, imports US$2.6 billion)Trade balance 2019: -US$2.1 billion (exports US$696 million, imports US$2.8 billion)Trade balance 2020: -US$2.2 billion (exports US$706 million, imports US$2.9 billion)Trade balance 2021: -US$2.0 billion (exports US$737 million, imports US$2.8 billion)Trade balance 2022: -US$3.4 billion (exports US$423 million, imports US$3.8 billion)Trade balance 2023: -US$2.7 billion (exports US$467 million, imports US$3.1 billion)Trade balance 2024: -US$493 million (exports US$1.0 billion, imports US$1.5 billion)Trade balance 2025: US$6.8 million (exports US$2.1 billion, imports US$2.1 billion)

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Remittances against foreign direct investment in Niger

Remittances to Niger were 1.8 times foreign direct investment in 2024.

Remittances receivedForeign direct investment, net inflows
0500m1.0bn1.5bn201520172019202120232025Remittances 2015: US$172 millionRemittances 2016: US$176 millionRemittances 2017: US$264 millionRemittances 2018: US$297 millionRemittances 2019: US$309 millionRemittances 2020: US$521 millionRemittances 2021: US$353 millionRemittances 2022: US$725 millionRemittances 2023: US$624 millionRemittances 2024: US$650 millionForeign direct investment 2015: US$529 millionForeign direct investment 2016: US$301 millionForeign direct investment 2017: US$339 millionForeign direct investment 2018: US$466 millionForeign direct investment 2019: US$717 millionForeign direct investment 2020: US$361 millionForeign direct investment 2021: US$595 millionForeign direct investment 2022: US$966 millionForeign direct investment 2023: US$1.0 billionForeign direct investment 2024: US$358 millionForeign direct investment 2025: US$257 million

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Remittances and investment as a share of GDP

The same two flows measured against the size of the economy.

Remittances, share of GDPForeign direct investment, share of GDP
0%2%4%6%8%201520172019202120232025Remittances 2015: 1.8%Remittances 2016: 1.7%Remittances 2017: 2.3%Remittances 2018: 2.3%Remittances 2019: 2.5%Remittances 2020: 3.8%Remittances 2021: 2.4%Remittances 2022: 4.7%Remittances 2023: 3.7%Remittances 2024: 3.3%Foreign direct investment 2015: 5.5%Foreign direct investment 2016: 2.9%Foreign direct investment 2017: 3.0%Foreign direct investment 2018: 3.6%Foreign direct investment 2019: 5.8%Foreign direct investment 2020: 2.6%Foreign direct investment 2021: 4.0%Foreign direct investment 2022: 6.2%Foreign direct investment 2023: 6.1%Foreign direct investment 2024: 1.8%Foreign direct investment 2025: 1.2%

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Who Niger owes

External debt stock by type of creditor. Creditor types cover public and publicly guaranteed debt; the grey part is the rest of the total external debt stock. A creditor type with no published figure is not shown.

Multilateral creditors held 71% of Niger's external debt stock in 2024.

Public external debt owed to China was US$164 million in 2024, 3% of the external debt stock.

MultilateralBilateralCommercial banksRest of the totalPublic debt owed to China
02.0bn4.0bn6.0bn20152017201920212023Multilateral 2015: US$1.4 billionBilateral 2015: US$543 millionRest of the total 2015: US$256 millionMultilateral 2016: US$1.6 billionBilateral 2016: US$603 millionRest of the total 2016: US$275 millionMultilateral 2017: US$2.0 billionBilateral 2017: US$661 millionRest of the total 2017: US$351 millionMultilateral 2018: US$2.1 billionBilateral 2018: US$724 millionRest of the total 2018: US$372 millionMultilateral 2019: US$2.5 billionBilateral 2019: US$703 millionRest of the total 2019: US$430 millionMultilateral 2020: US$3.1 billionBilateral 2020: US$726 millionCommercial banks 2020: US$219 millionRest of the total 2020: US$546 millionMultilateral 2021: US$3.3 billionBilateral 2021: US$721 millionCommercial banks 2021: US$202 millionRest of the total 2021: US$729 millionMultilateral 2022: US$3.8 billionBilateral 2022: US$702 millionCommercial banks 2022: US$183 millionRest of the total 2022: US$780 millionMultilateral 2023: US$4.0 billionBilateral 2023: US$690 millionCommercial banks 2023: US$182 millionRest of the total 2023: US$779 millionMultilateral 2024: US$3.8 billionBilateral 2024: US$612 millionCommercial banks 2024: US$149 millionRest of the total 2024: US$781 millionPublic debt owed to China 2015: US$279 millionPublic debt owed to China 2016: US$312 millionPublic debt owed to China 2017: US$337 millionPublic debt owed to China 2018: US$369 millionPublic debt owed to China 2019: US$327 millionPublic debt owed to China 2020: US$303 millionPublic debt owed to China 2021: US$289 millionPublic debt owed to China 2022: US$227 millionPublic debt owed to China 2023: US$200 millionPublic debt owed to China 2024: US$164 million

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Reserves and months of import cover

Total reserves including gold, and how many months of imports they cover.

No reserves figures for Niger are not published by the World Bank, so none are shown.

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Aid received by Niger

Net official development assistance and official aid received.

01.0bn2.0bn3.0bn20152017201920212023Aid received 2015: US$870 millionAid received 2016: US$952 millionAid received 2017: US$1.2 billionAid received 2018: US$1.3 billionAid received 2019: US$1.4 billionAid received 2020: US$1.9 billionAid received 2021: US$1.8 billionAid received 2022: US$2.0 billionAid received 2023: US$1.3 billion

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

More on Niger

World Bank data pages for Niger: GDP, GDP growth, GDP per person, remittances, foreign direct investment, reserves, months of imports, external debt, debt by creditor, aid. UN Comtrade: trade data. IMF: direct investment positions.