Niger's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) was 1.62 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 97.88% from 816.9 billion in 2015 (7.06% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.62 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 758.22 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 816.9 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.62 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 182.77 billion | 1992 |
| Average since 2016 | 891.54 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 327.37 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Niger's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) rose 80% on 2024 (from 898.28 billion to 1.62 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 10.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 80% in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 38.2% in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 49.99 billion a year. A straight line explains 34% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Niger had the 46th highest value of the 128 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 2025 ranking
What this measures
Exports as a capacity to import equals the current price value of exports of goods and services deflated by the import price index. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 36 values
| Year | Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,616,462,782,758 |
| 2024 | 898,280,089,796 |
| 2023 | 732,382,379,987 |
| 2022 | 876,813,856,520 |
| 2021 | 839,714,702,201 |
| 2020 | 758,220,146,877 |
| 2019 | 819,995,413,369 |
| 2018 | 797,417,010,671 |
| 2017 | 835,090,262,048 |
| 2016 | 741,026,200,446 |
Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 4.07 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 2.32 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 56.76 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.97 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 107.39 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 3.57 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 165.96 billion (2025)
- Chad — 3.46 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 54.15 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Niger's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU)?
- 1.62 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 393.78% from 327.37 billion in 1990 (4.67% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.62 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 182.77 billion in 1992.
- How does Niger rank?
- 46th highest of 128 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) unusual for Niger?
- In 2025, Niger's exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) rose 80% on 2024 (from 898.28 billion to 1.62 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 10.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 7.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.EXP.CAPM.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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