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NIGER |
Ecobank Niger
Angle bd de la liberté et rue des bâtisseurs
P.O. box: B.P. 13 804, Niamey
Phone:(227) 20 73 71 81/ 82
Fax:(227) 20 73 72 03 / 04
Email: ecobankne@ecobank.com
Geographical data:
| Area : |
1 267 000 sq km |
| Population : |
12,894,865 (CIA July 2007 est.) |
| Capital : |
Niamey |
| Principal cities : |
Zinder, Maradi, Tahoua, Agadez |
| Official language : |
French |
| Currency : |
CFA Franc (100 FCFA = 0.15 euro) |
| Independence Day: |
3 August 1960 |
DEMOGRAPHICAL DATA:
| Demographic Growth: |
3.2% per annum (the World Bank, 2004) |
| Life expectancy: |
44.03 years (CIA 2007 est.) |
| Literacy rate : |
28.7 %( CIA 2005 est.) |
| Religion(s) : |
Islam (95%), christianism and Animism (5%) |
| Human development Index (2002) : |
177 out of 177 countries (UNDP 2006) |
ECONOMIC DATA:
| GDP : |
3.638 billion dollars (CIA 2006 est.) |
| GDP per capita : |
1,000 dollars (CIA 2006 est.) |
| Growth rate : |
3.5% (CIA 2006 est.) |
| Rate of unemployment : |
2.6% (Demographic Yearbook, U.N, census 1988) |
| Rate of inflation : |
-0.4% in 2004 (World Bank, 2004) |
| Net budgetary position : |
-8.2% of GDP in 2002 (World Bank, 2004) |
| Balance of payment: |
-939 million dollars in 2002 (The E.I.U., 2004) |
| Export partners : |
France 47.9%, Nigeria 21.4%, US 20.3% (CIA 2005) |
| Import partners : |
France 14.4%, US 10.6%, French Polynesia 7.5%, Nigeria 7.4%, Italy 6.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.1%, Belgium 4.6%, Germany 4.5%, China 4.5% (CIA 2005) |
| Contribution of various sectors to GDP: |
Primary : 40.4% ;Secondary : 16.9% ; Tertiary : 42.7% (The World Bank, 2003) |
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