Niger Population (millions)
15.5 Land area (1,000 sq. km)
1,267 GDP ($ billions)
5.5
SubSaharan LowCountry Africa income data group group GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) Adjusted net national income per capita ($) Urban population (% of total) Urban population growth (avg. annual %, 1990–2010)
370 334 16.7 3.9
1,176 946 37.4 4.0
528 472 28.3 3.7
Agriculture Agricultural land (% land area) Agricultural productivity, value added per worker (2000 $) Food production index (2004–2006=100)
35 .. 132
45 322 130
38 288 133
Forests and biodiversity Forest area (% land area) Deforestation (avg. annual %, 1990–2010) Nationally protected terrestrial areas (% of land area) Threatened species, mammals Threatened species, birds Threatened species, fish Threatened species, higher plants GEF benefits index for biodiversity (0–100, median is 1.5)
1.0 2.4 7.1 12 7 4 2 0.9
28.0 0.6 11.7
27.6 0.6 10.7
Oceans Total fisheries production (thousand metric tons) Capture fisheries growth (avg. annual %, 1990–2010) Aquaculture growth (avg. annual %, 1990–2010) Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) Coral reef area (sq. km) Mangroves area (sq. km)
30.0 11.6 3.4 .. .. ..
6,190 1.8 16.3 5.8 18,550 27,815
10,725 3.9 4.8 .. 15,120 25,817
.. .. .. .. .. 0.1
689 57.3 511 65.2 18.2 0.8
365 65.9 229 32.0 45.7 0.3
Water and sanitation Internal freshwater resources per capita (cu. m) Total freshwater withdrawal (% of internal resources) Agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) Access to improved water source (% of total population) Rural (% of rural population) Urban (% of urban population) Access to improved sanitation (% of total population) Rural (% of rural population) Urban (% of urban population)
234 7.0 88 49 39 100 9 4 34
4,635 2.2 84 61 49 83 31 23 42
5,381 4.3 90 65 57 86 37 32 47
Environment and health Particulate matter (urban-pop.-weighted avg., μg/cu. m) Acute resp. infection prevalence (% of children under five) Diarrhea prevalence (% of children under five) Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
92 14 21 143
46 .. 15 121
56 .. 15 108
Energy and emissions Energy use per capita (kg oil equivalent) Energy from biomass products and waste (% of total) Electric power consumption per capita (kWh) Electricity generated using fossil fuel (% of total) Electricity generated by hydropower (% of total) CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
National accounting aggregates—savings, depletion and degradation 18.5 18.0 25.1 Gross savings (% of GNI) 3.2 10.9 7.7 Consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) 3.5 3.6 3.0 Education expenditure (% of GNI) 0.0 9.4 1.3 Energy depletion (% of GNI) 0.9 1.9 1.2 Mineral depletion (% of GNI) 1.5 0.5 1.2 Net forest depletion (% of GNI) 0.1 0.5 0.3 CO2 damage (% of GNI) 1.4 0.5 0.4 Particulate emissions damage (% of GNI) 15.3 –2.1 15.9 Adjusted net savings (% of GNI) The Little Green Data Book
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