Niger Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $1.2 billion (1985 est.), $240 per capita (1985); annual real growth rate —3.1 % (1985 est.)

Natural resources: uranium, coal, iron, tin, phosphates

Agriculture: commercial—cowpeas, groundnuts, cotton; main food crops—millet, sorghum, rice

Major industries: cement plant, brick factory, rice mill, small cotton gins, oil presses, slaughterhouse, and a few other small light industries; uranium production began in 1971

Electric power: 101,700 kW capacity (1985); 133 million kWh produced (1985), 20 kWh per capita

Exports: $319.1 million (1985 est); uranium, livestock, cowpeas, onions, hides, skins; exports understated because much regional trade not recorded

Imports· $351.9 million (1982 est.); petroleum products, primary materials, machinery, vehicles and parts, electronic equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemical products, cereals, foodstuffs

Major trade partners-France (about half), other EC countries, Nigeria, UDEAC countries; US (3.8%, 1981); preferential tariff to EC and franc zone countries

Budget: (1986 est.) revenue $173 million, (1986 est.) $364.6 million expenditures

Monetary conversion rate: 475 Commun-aute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs= US$1 (1985)

Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September

NOTE: The information regarding Niger on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niger 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niger 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.