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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993. Political infighting brought the government to a standstill and in 1996 led to a coup by Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999, BARE was killed in a counter coup by military officers who restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004 and in 2009 spearheaded a constitutional amendment that would allow him to extend his term as president. In February 2010, a military coup deposed TANDJA, immediately suspended the constitution, and dissolved the Cabinet. ISSOUFOU Mahamadou emerged victorious from a crowded field in the election following the coup and was inaugurated in April 2011. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa. The Nigerien Movement for Justice, a predominantly ethnic Tuareg rebel group, emerged in February 2007, and attacked several military targets in Niger's northern region throughout 2007 and 2008. Successful government offensives in 2009 ended the rebellion. Niger is facing increased security concerns on its borders from various external threats including insecurity in Libya, spillover from the conflict in Mali, and violent extremism in northeastern Nigeria."
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"text": "Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993. Political infighting brought the government to a standstill and in 1996 led to a coup by Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999, BARE was killed in a counter coup by military officers who restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004 and in 2009 spearheaded a constitutional amendment allowing him to extend his term as president. In February 2010, military officers led a coup that deposed TANDJA and suspended the constitution. ISSOUFOU Mahamadou was elected in April 2011 following the coup and reelected to a second term in early 2016. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa. A Tuareg rebellion emerged in 2007 and ended in 2009. Niger is facing increased security concerns on its borders from various external threats including insecurity in Libya, spillover from the conflict in Mali, and violent extremism in northeastern Nigeria."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Niger River 200 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "474 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: Niger River 200 m ++ highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "736.6 sq km (2005)"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "33.65 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.98 cu km/yr (30%/3%/67%)"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "70.53 cu m/yr (2005)"
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}
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"text": "1,000 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "recurring droughts"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "18,638,600 (July 2016 est.)"
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Nigerien(s)"
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}
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},
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"Ethnic groups": {
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"text": "Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Tuareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2% (2001 census)"
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"text": "Hausa 53.1%, Zarma/Songhai 21.2%, Tuareg 11%, Fulani (Peul) 6.5%, Kanuri 5.9%, Gurma 0.8%, Arab 0.4%, Tubu 0.4%, other/unavailable 0.9% (2006 est.)"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"text": "French (official), Hausa, Djerma"
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "18,045,729 (July 2015 est.)"
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"Demographic profile": {
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"text": "Niger has the highest total fertility rate (TFR) of any country in the world, averaging close to 7 children per woman in 2016. A slight decline in fertility over the last few decades has stalled. This leveling off of the high fertility rate is in large part a product of the continued desire for large families. In Niger, the TFR is lower than the desired fertility rate, which makes it unlikely that contraceptive use will increase. The high TFR sustains rapid population growth and a large youth population – almost 70% of the populace is under the age of 25. Gender inequality, including a lack of educational opportunities for women and early marriage and childbirth, also contributes to high population growth. Because of large family sizes, children are inheriting smaller and smaller parcels of land. The dependence of most Nigeriens on subsistence farming on increasingly small landholdings, coupled with declining rainfall and the resultant shrinkage of arable land, are all preventing food production from keeping up with population growth. For more than half a century, Niger's lack of economic development has led to steady net outmigration. In the 1960s, Nigeriens mainly migrated to coastal West African countries to work on a seasonal basis. Some headed to Libya and Algeria in the 1970s to work in the booming oil industry until its decline in the 1980s. Since the 1990s, the principal destinations for Nigerien labor migrants have been West African countries, especially Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, while emigration to Europe and North America has remained modest. During the same period, Niger’s desert trade route town Agadez became a hub for West African and other sub-Saharan migrants crossing the Sahara to North Africa and sometimes onward to Europe. More than 60,000 Malian refugees have fled to Niger since violence between Malian government troops and armed rebels began in early 2012. Ongoing attacks by the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, dating to 2013 in northern Nigeria and February 2015 in southeastern Niger, have pushed tens of thousands of Nigerian refugees and Nigerien returnees across the border to Niger and to displace thousands of locals in Niger’s already impoverished Diffa region."
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "49.57% (male 4,512,526/female 4,431,944)"
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"text": "49.31% (male 4,635,901/female 4,554,010)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "18.61% (male 1,658,537/female 1,699,924)"
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"text": "18.85% (male 1,734,887/female 1,777,896)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "25.92% (male 2,336,655/female 2,341,599)"
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"text": "25.94% (male 2,414,668/female 2,419,725)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "3.26% (male 305,363/female 283,647)"
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"text": "3.27% (male 316,655/female 293,570)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "2.64% (male 242,025/female 233,509) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "2.64% (male 250,314/female 240,974) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "15.2 years"
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"text": "15.3 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "15.1 years"
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"text": "15.2 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "15.3 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "15.4 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "3.25% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.22% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "45.45 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "44.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "12.42 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "12.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "-0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Mother's mean age at first birth": {
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"text": "18.1",
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"note": {
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"text": "median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Maternal mortality rate": {
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "84.59 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "82.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "89.12 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "87.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "79.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "78.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "55.13 years"
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"text": "55.5 years"
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"male": {
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"text": "53.9 years"
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"text": "54.3 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "56.39 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "56.8 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "6.76 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "6.62 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "13.9% (2012)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "6.5% of GDP (2013)"
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"text": "5.8% of GDP (2014)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2008)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "0.31 beds/1,000 population (2005)"
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved": {
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "0.49% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "0.46% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
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"text": "51,800 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "49,000 (2015 est.)"
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"HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
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"text": "3,400 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "3,600 (2015 est.)"
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"Major infectious diseases": {
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"animal contact disease": {
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"note": {
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"text": "highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2013)"
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"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "4.4% of GDP (2012)"
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"text": "6.8% of GDP (2014)"
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"Literacy": {
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"definition": {
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"total": {
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"text": "2.3%"
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"male": {
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"female": {
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"local short form": {
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"text": "Niger"
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"etymology": {
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"text": "named for the Niger River that passes through the southwest of the country; from a native term \"Ni Gir\" meaning \"River Gir\""
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"Government type": {
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"text": "republic"
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"Capital": {
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"text": "Republic Day, 18 December (1958); note - commemorates the founding of the Republic of Niger which predated independence from France in 1960"
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "several previous; passed by referendum 31 October 2010, entered into force 25 November 2010 (2015)"
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"text": "several previous; passed by referendum 31 October 2010, entered into force 25 November 2010 (2016)"
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"Legal system": {
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"text": "mixed legal system of civil law (based on French civil law), Islamic law, and customary law"
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"International law organization participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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"Citizenship": {
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"citizenship by birth": {
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"text": "no"
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"citizenship by descent only": {
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"text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Niger"
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"dual citizenship recognized": {
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"text": "yes"
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"residency requirement for naturalization": {
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"text": "unknown"
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president, authorized by the National Assembly"
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 21 February 2016 and 20 March 2016 (next to be held in 2021); prime minister appointed by the president, authorized by the National Assembly"
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"election results": {
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"text": "ISSOUFOU Mahamadou elected president; percent of vote in second round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (PNDS-Tarrayya) 58%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 42%"
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"text": "ISSOUFOU Mahamadou reelected president; percent of vote in first round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (PNDS-Tarrayya) 48.6%, Hama AMADOU (MODEN/FA Lumana Africa) 17.8%, Seini OUMAROU (MNSD-Nassara) 11.3%, other 22.3%; percent of vote in second round - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou 92%, Hama AMADOU 8%"
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"Legislative branch": {
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"odescription": {
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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (113 seats; 105 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 8 directly elected in special single-seat constituencies for minorities by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
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"description": {
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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (171 seats; 158 members directly elected from 8 multi-member constituencies in 7 regions and Niamey by party-list proportional representation, 8 reserved for minorities elected in special single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 5 seats reserved for Nigeriens living abroad - l seat per continent - elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the number of National Assembly seats increased from 113 to 171 in the February 2016 legislative election"
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 31 January 2011 (next to be held on 21 February 2016)"
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"text": "last held on 21 February 2016 (next to be held in 2021)"
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 33.0%, MNSD-Nassara 20.6%, MODEN/FA-Lumana 19.7%, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 7.5%, RDP-Jama'a 6.5%, UDR-Tabbat 5.4%, CDS-Rahama 3.3%, UNI 1.0%, other 3.0%; seats by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 39, MNSD-Nassara 23, MODEN/FA-Lumana 25, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 8, RDP-Jama'a 7, UDR-Tabbat 6, CDS-Rahama 3, UNI 1"
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"text": "percent of vote by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 44.1%, MODEN/FA-Lumana 14.7%, MNSD-Nassara 11.8%, MPR-Jamhuriya 7.1%, MNRD Hankuri-PSDN Alheri 3.5%, MPN-Kishin Kassa 2.9%, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 2.4%, RSD-Gaskiya 2.4%, CDS-Rahama 1.8%, CPR-Inganci 1.8%, RDP-Jama'a 1.8%, AMEN AMIN 3.0%, other 1.4%; seats by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 75, MODEN/FA-Lumana 25, MNSD-Nassara 20, MPR-Jamhuriya 12, MNRD Hankuri-PSDN Alheri 6, MPN-Kishin Kassa 5, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 4, RSD-Gaskiya 4, CDS-Rahama 3, CPR-Inganci 3, RDP-Jama'a 3, RDP-Jama'a 3, AMEN AMIN 3, other 8"
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"Political parties and leaders": {
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"text": "Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama [Mahamane OUSMANE] ++ National Movement for a Society of Development-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Seini OUMAROU] ++ National Union of Independents or UNI [Amadou DJIBO ALI] ++ Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moussa Moumouni DJERMAKOYE] ++ Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana [Hama AMADOU] ++ Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Mohamed BAZOUM] ++ Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID] ++ Social and Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Cheiffou AMADOU] ++ Union for Democracy and the Republic-Tabbat or UDR-Tabbat [Amadou Boubacar CISSE]",
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"text": "Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger or AMEN AMIN [Omar Hamidou TCHIANA] ++ Congress for the Republic or CPR-Inganci [Kassoum MOCTAR] ++ Democratic Alliance for Niger or ADN-Fusaha [Habi Mahamadou SALISSOU] ++ Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama [Abdou LABO] ++ National Movement for the Development of Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Seini OUMAROU] ++ Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moussa Moumouni DJERMAKOYE] ++ Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana [Hama AMADOU] ++ Nigerien Movement for Democratic Renewal or MNRD-Hankuri [Mahamane OUSMANE] ++ Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Mahamadou ISSOUFOU] ++ Nigerien Patriotic Movement or MPN-Kishin Kassa [Ibrahim YACOUBA] ++ Party for Socialism and Democracy in Niger or PSDN-Alheri ++ Patriotic Movement for the Republic or MPR-Jamhuriya [Albade ABOUBA] ++ Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID] ++ Social and Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Amadou CHEIFFOU] ++ Social Democratic Party or PSD-Bassira [Mohamed BEN OMAR] ++ Union for Democracy and the Republic-Tabbat or UDR-Tabbat [Amadou Boubacar CISSE]",
|
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"note": {
|
||||
"text": "the SPLM and SPLM-DC are banned political parties"
|
||||
}
|
||||
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|
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|
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},
|
||||
"Economy": {
|
||||
"Economy - overview": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger is a landlocked, sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Agriculture contributes nearly 40% of GDP and provides livelihood for most of the population. The UN ranked Niger as the least developed country in the world in 2014 due to multiple factors such as food insecurity, lack of industry, high population growth, a weak educational sector, and few prospects for work outside of subsistence farming and herding. Since 2011 public debt has increased in part from a large loan financing a new uranium mine. The government relies on foreign donor resources for a large portion of its fiscal budget. The economy in recent years has been hurt by terrorist activity and kidnappings near its uranium mines and instability in Mali, and concerns about security have boosted fiscal spending on defense. Future growth may be sustained by exploitation of oil, gold, coal, and other mineral resources. Niger has sizable reserves of oil and oil production. Food insecurity and drought remain perennial problems for Niger, and the government plans to invest more in the agriculture sector, most notably irrigation. The mining sector may be affected by the government’s attempt to renegotiate extraction rights contracts to increase royalty rates and reduce tax exemptions. Despite Niger’s three-year $121 million IMF Extended Credit Facility agreement for years 2012-15, formal private sector investment needed for economic diversification and growth remains a challenge, given the country’s limited domestic markets, access to credit, and competitiveness."
|
||||
"text": "Niger is a landlocked, sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Agriculture contributes nearly 40% of GDP and provides livelihood for most of the population. The UN ranked Niger as the least developed country in the world in 2015 due to multiple factors such as food insecurity, lack of industry, high population growth, a weak educational sector, and few prospects for work outside of subsistence farming and herding. ++ ++ Since 2011 public debt has increased due to efforts to scale-up public investment, particularly that related to infrastructure. The government relies on foreign donor resources for a large portion of its fiscal budget. The economy in recent years has been hurt by terrorist activity and kidnappings near its uranium mines and by instability in Mali and in the Diffa region of the country; concerns about security have resulted in increased support from regional and international partners on defense. Low uranium prices, demographics, and security expenditures may continue to put pressure on the government’s finances. ++ ++ Future growth may be sustained by exploitation of oil, gold, coal, and other mineral resources. Although Niger has sizable reserves of oil, the profitability of these commodities has been called in to question due to the prolonged drop in oil prices. Food insecurity and drought remain perennial problems for Niger, and the government plans to invest a little more in the agriculture sector, most notably irrigation. Niger’s three-year $131 million IMF Extended Credit Facility agreement for years 2012-15 was extended until the end of 2016, although formal private sector investment needed for economic diversification and growth remains a challenge, given the country’s limited domestic markets, access to credit, and competitiveness."
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
|
||||
"text": "$18 billion (2014 est.) ++ $16.84 billion (2013 est.) ++ $16.1 billion (2012 est.)",
|
||||
"text": "$19.01 billion (2015 est.) ++ $18.36 billion (2014 est.) ++ $17.15 billion (2013 est.)",
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
|
||||
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
|
||||
"text": "$8.024 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$7.175 billion (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP - real growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "6.9% (2014 est.) ++ 4.6% (2013 est.) ++ 11.8% (2012 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (2015 est.) ++ 7.1% (2014 est.) ++ 5.3% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
|
||||
"text": "$1,100 (2014 est.) ++ $1,000 (2013 est.) ++ $900 (2012 est.)",
|
||||
"text": "$1,100 (2015 est.) ++ $1,100 (2014 est.) ++ $1,000 (2013 est.)",
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
|
||||
"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Gross national saving": {
|
||||
"text": "25.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 25.2% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 25.5% of GDP (2012 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "24.3% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 24.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 25.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP - composition, by end use": {
|
||||
"household consumption": {
|
||||
"text": "72.4%"
|
||||
"text": "66.8%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"government consumption": {
|
||||
"text": "9.9%"
|
||||
"text": "16.7%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"investment in fixed capital": {
|
||||
"text": "29.5%"
|
||||
"text": "38.8%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"investment in inventories": {
|
||||
"text": "6.4%"
|
||||
"text": "0.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"exports of goods and services": {
|
||||
"text": "23.4%"
|
||||
"text": "17.2%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"imports of goods and services": {
|
||||
"text": "-41.6% ++ (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-39.4% (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
||||
"agriculture": {
|
||||
"text": "37.7%"
|
||||
"text": "36.9%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"industry": {
|
||||
"text": "18.6%"
|
||||
"text": "18.4%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"services": {
|
||||
"text": "43.7% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "46.5% (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Agriculture - products": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -558,10 +575,10 @@
|
|||
"text": "uranium mining, petroleum, cement, brick, soap, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "6.5% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4% (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Labor force": {
|
||||
"text": "6 million (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.3 million (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Labor force - by occupation": {
|
||||
"agriculture": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -575,7 +592,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Unemployment rate": {
|
||||
"text": "5.1% (2013 est.) ++ 5.1% (2012 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5.1% (2015 est.) ++ 5.1% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population below poverty line": {
|
||||
"text": "63% (1993 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -593,71 +610,85 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Budget": {
|
||||
"revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.415 billion"
|
||||
"text": "$1.693 billion"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "$3.402 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.346 billion (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "30.1% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "23.7% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
||||
"text": "-12.3% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-9.1% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Fiscal year": {
|
||||
"text": "calendar year"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||||
"text": "-0.9% (2014 est.) ++ 2.3% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1% (2015 est.) ++ -0.9% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
||||
"text": "4.25% (31 December 2009) ++ 4.75% (31 December 2008)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 3.5% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 3.5% (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
||||
"text": "$1.657 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.486 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.508 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.657 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of broad money": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.047 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.851 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.027 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $2.047 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
||||
"text": "$922.7 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $911 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.145 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $922.7 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
||||
"text": "$NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current account balance": {
|
||||
"text": "-$1.221 billion (2014 est.) ++ -$1.151 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-$1.237 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$1.161 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports": {
|
||||
"text": "$1.469 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.395 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.099 billion (2015 est.) ++ $1.448 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "Nigeria 41.4%, France 30.3%, China 15.7%, Ghana 5.6% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "France 53.1%, Nigeria 20.3%, China 13.8% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.158 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.083 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.888 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.157 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "China 13.5%, France 12.3%, Nigeria 8.3%, French Polynesia 8.1%, Togo 5.5%, Belgium 5.3%, India 4.7% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "France 12%, China 10.5%, Nigeria 9.5%, French Polynesia 9%, Togo 6.1%, Belgium 5.3%, Cote dIvoire 5.3%, US 4.3% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Debt - external": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.983 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.656 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.611 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $2.585 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||||
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - ++ 494.42 (2014 est.) ++ 494.42 (2013 est.) ++ 510.53 (2012 est.) ++ 471.87 (2011 est.) ++ 495.28 (2010)"
|
||||
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - ++ 591.45 (2015 est.) ++ 494.42 (2014 est.) ++ 494.42 (2013 est.) ++ 510.53 (2012 est.) ++ 471.87 (2011 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Energy": {
|
||||
"Electricity access": {
|
||||
"population without electricity": {
|
||||
"text": "15,200,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||||
"text": "15%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - urban areas": {
|
||||
"text": "62%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - rural areas": {
|
||||
"text": "4% (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - production": {
|
||||
"text": "355 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -695,7 +726,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
|
||||
"text": "150 million bbl (1 January 2015 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "150 million bbl (July 7, 1905 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
|
||||
"text": "0 bbl/day (2012 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -734,15 +765,15 @@
|
|||
"text": "110,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "1 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "8.2 million"
|
||||
"text": "8.959 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "47 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "50 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephone system": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -750,34 +781,45 @@
|
|||
"text": "inadequate; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in southwestern Niger"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains only about 30 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership base; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned"
|
||||
"text": "combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains only about 50 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership base; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2010)"
|
||||
"text": "country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state-run TV station; 3 private TV stations provide a mix of local and foreign programming; state-run radio has only radio station with national coverage; about 30 private radio stations operate locally; as many as 100 community radio stations broadcast; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "AM 5, FM 6, shortwave 4 (2001)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "5 (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet country code": {
|
||||
"text": ".ne"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "281,200"
|
||||
"text": "401,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "1.6% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2.2% (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"National air transport system": {
|
||||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "2"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "2"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "15,242"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "0 mt-km (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||||
"text": "5U (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "30 (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -806,7 +848,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "15"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"under 914 m": {
|
||||
"text": " ++ 2 (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "2 (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Heliports": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -827,37 +869,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military": {
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military branches": {
|
||||
"text": "Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 is the presumed legal minimum age for compulsory or voluntary military service; enlistees must be Nigerien citizens and unmarried; 2-year service term; women may serve in health care (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "3,329,184"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "3,267,669 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "2,194,570"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "2,219,416 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "186,348"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "180,779 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "1.06% of GDP (2012) ++ NA% (2011) ++ 1.06% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -868,10 +886,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "105,583 (Nigeria); 53,927 (Mali) (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "96,940 (Nigeria); 60,792 (Mali) (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "66,400 (unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "137,337 (unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
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