Migration And Remittances Factbook 2011 by World Bank Publications

Migration And Remittances Factbook 2011

Niger Sub-Saharan Africa

LOW INCOME

Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)

15.3 3.6 11.6 4.6 — 16.6 1,267.0 5.3 340 5.4 65.9 108.0

Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■

Stock of emigrants: 386.9 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 2.4% Top destination countries: Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Chad, Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, France, Guinea, the United States

SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■

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Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 6.0% Emigration of physicians: 37 or 8.7% of physicians born in the country (Source: Clemens and Pettersson 2006) Emigration of nurses: 66 or 2.4% of nurses born in the country

IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Stock of immigrants: 202.2 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 1.3% Females as percentage of immigrants: 53.9% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.2% Top source countries: Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire

Remittances 2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010e

Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers

12 14 —

43 17 —

46 21 —

49 29 —

43 37 —

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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers

—

7 2 —

22 3 —

27 2 —

12 6 —

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US$ millions

a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$0.1 bn, net ODA received US$0.6 bn, total international reserves US$0.7 bn in 2008.

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