Niger: Current account balance (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Niger's current account balance (% of GDP) rose 7.67 percentage points on 2023 (from -13.76% to -6.09%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.11 percentage points in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.06 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Niger had the 21st highest value of the 30 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Niger in the 2024 ranking

• Mali — 17th of 30: -4.33%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 18th of 30: -4.47%
• Jordan — 19th of 30: -5.33%
• Bahamas, The — 21st of 30: -6.65%
• Mauritius — 22nd of 30: -7.03%
• Guinea-Bissau — 23rd of 30: -7.36%

What this measures

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

All 51 values

Current account balance (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.34% (2025)
• Benin — -8.18% (2023)
• Botswana — 2.93% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — -3.97% (2024)
• Burundi — -13.71% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 3.56% (2025)
• Cameroon — -3.28% (2024)
• Comoros — -1.68% (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — -4.33% (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 11.57% (2021)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More economic policy & debt data for Niger

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.65 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.54 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 12.23% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$14.76 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 8.59 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 68.18% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$17.4 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 10.13 trillion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Niger's current account balance (% of GDP)?

-6.09% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1974?

It is down 3.38 percentage points from -2.71% in 1974. The highest value was 1.15% in 1975 and the lowest -18.03% in 2009.

How does Niger rank?

21st highest of 30 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in current account balance (% of GDP) unusual for Niger?

In 2024, Niger's current account balance (% of GDP) rose 7.67 percentage points on 2023 (from -13.76% to -6.09%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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