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© 2004 International Monetary Fund

July 2004

IMF Country Report No. 04/191

Niger: Statistical Annex

This Statistical Annex for Niger was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on June 17, 2004. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of Niger or the Executive Board of the IMF.

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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

NIGER

Statistical Annex

Prepared by a staff team consisting of Mr. Mbuyamu Matungulu (Head), Mr. Thomson Fontaine, Mr. Koffi Yao, Mr. Jean-Claude Nachega, and Mr. Noureddine Krichene (all AFR)

Approved by the African Department

June 17, 2004

Contents

• Basic Data

• Tables

• 1. Gross Domestic Product by Sector of Origin at Constant 1987 Prices, 1997-2003

• 2. Gross Domestic Product by Sector at Current Market Prices, 1997-2003

• 3. Gross Domestic Product of the Modern Sector at Current prices, 1997-2003

• 4. Gross Domestic Product of the Traditional Sector at Current Market Prices, 1997-2003

• 5. Gross Domestic Product at Constant 1987 Prices, 1997-2003

• 6. Supply and Use of Resources at Current Market Prices, 1997-2003

• 7. Production, Marketing and Exports of Agricultural Products, 1996/97-2000/03

• 8. Area Under Cultivation and Yield of Principal Crops, 1997/98-2002/03

• 9. Cereal Production, Imports and Consumption, 1997-2003

• 10. Size and Value of the Herd, 1997-2003

• 11. Production and Exports of the Uranium Sector, 1997-2003

• 12. Turnover, Output and Value Added (VA) by the Industrial Sector, 1998-2002

• 13. Production Capacity and Output of the Industrial Sector, 1997-2003

• 14. Production, Imports, Sales, and Prices of Electricity, 1997-2002

• 15. Prices of Petroleum Products in Niamey, 1997-2003

• 16. Consumption of Petroleum Products, 1997-2001

• 17. Indices of Consumer Prices in Niamey, 2001-2003

• 18. Financial Operations of the Central Government, 1997-2003

• 19. Implementation of the Public Investment Program, 2001-2003

• 20. Government Revenue and Grants, 1997-2003

• 21. Contribution of the Uranium Sector to Budgetary Receipts, 1998-2003

• 22. Functional Classification of Budgetary Expenditure, 1997-2003

• 23. Monetary Survey, 1997-2003

• 24. Factors Affecting Changes in Board Money, 1997-2003

• 25. Net Foreign Assets, 1997-2003

• 26. Banking System Claims on the Government, 1997-2003

• 27. Summary Accounts of the Central Bank, 1997-2003

• 28. Summary Accounts of the Commercial Banks, 1997-2003

• 29. Distribution of Credit to the Public and Private Sectors, 1997-2003 (in millions of CFA francs; end-of-period)

• 30. Distribution of Credit to the Public and Private Sectors, 1997-2003 (in percent; end-of-period)

• 31. Rediscount Rates Applied by the Central Bank, 1989-2003

• 32. Lending Rates Applied by Commercial Banks, 1988-2001

• 33. Deposit Rates Applied by Commercial Banks, 1989-2003

• 34. Interest Rates on the Money Market, 1997-2003

• 35. Balance of Payments, 1997-2003

• 36. Composition of Exports, 1997-2003

• 37. Composition of Imports, 1997-2003

• 38. Direction of Trade, 1997-2003

• 39. Medium- and Long-Term External Public Debt by Creditor, 1997-2003

• 40. Medium- and Long-Term External Public Debt by Creditor, 1995-2000

• 41. Summary of the Tax System as of January 1, 2004

Niger: Basic Data

Area, population, and GDP per capita (2003)

Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy; and Fund staff estimates.

Area, population, and GDP per capita (2003)

Area			1,267,000 square kilometers
Population			11.9 million
Population growth rate			3.3 percent
GDP per capita			US$229.2
			1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
National accounts			(In billions of CFA francs)
	GDP at current market prices		1,225.2	1,242.6	1,280.4	1426.0	1512.8	1587.5
			(In percent of GDP)
	Primary sector		40.2	41.4	39.5	44.1	38.7	41.7
		Of which: agriculture	25.2	24.9	22.2	17.5	20.9	20.7
	Secondary sector		16.6	16.5	16.7	15.9	16.0	16.2
		Of which: mining	6.8	6.7	6.5	6.1	6.1	6.0
	Tertiary sector		43.2	42.1	44.4	40	45.3	42.1
	Consumption		97.2	95.8	93.3	86.6	90.1	90.3
	Gross investment		11.4	11.2	10.9	10.3	11.4	13.5
	Resource gap		-8.5	-7.3	-7.9	-7.7	-8.9	-9.2
	Gross domestic savings		1.2	-0.6	0.9	2.0	3.4	3.2
			(Annual percentage change)
	Real GDP		10.4	-0.6	-1.4	7.1	3.0	5.3
	Nominal GDP		13.7	1.4	3.0	11.4	6.1	4.9
Prices
	GDP deflator		3.0	2.0	4.5	4.0	3.0	-0.4
	Consumer price index		4.5	-2.3	2.9	4.0	2.7	-1.6
	Terms of trade, 1995=100		9.8	9.3	-14.8	10.0	-4.0	-2.0
Central government finance			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Total revenue		111.8	109.6	110.1	132.8	160.9	156.7
		Of which: tax revenue	96.9	100.6	102.8	125.5	144.6	152.1
	Total expenditure and net lending		211.9	222.0	214.3	245.6	278.1	276.0
		Of which: current expenditure	142.5	154.1	143.8	157.4	161.8	160.5
	Overall balance (-)
		Commitment basis	-100.1	-112.4	-104.2	-112.8	-117.2	-119.3
		Cash basis	-104.7	-63.2	-216.2	-129.8	-150.6	-131.5
	Foreign financing (net)		118.4	56.0	236.3	120.5	139.9	134.2
	Domestic financing (net)		-13.7	7.2	-20.2	9.3	10.7	-2.7
		Of which: banking system	-11.0	7.8	-28.6	5.0	5.1	4.2
			(In percent of GDP)
	Total revenue		9.1	8.8	8.6	9.3	10.6	9.9
		Of which: tax revenue	7.9	8.1	8.0	8.8	9.6	9.6
	Total expenditure and net lending		17.3	17.9	16.7	17.2	18.4	17.4
		Of which: current expenditure	11.6	12.4	11.2	11.0	10.7	10.1
	Overall balance (-)
		Commitment basis (excl. grants)	-8.2	-9.0	-8.1	-7.9	-7.7	-7.5
		Cash basis (excl. grants)	-8.5	-5.1	-16.9	-9.1	-10.0	-8.3
Money and credit			(In billions of CFA francs; end of period)
	Net foreign assets		-0.2	-14.9	-1.3	33.1	24.4	3.4
	Domestic credit		112.9	119.2	111.6	114.0	128.9	140.3
		Of which: credit to the government (net)	63.7	71.5	43.0	48.0	53.1	57.2
		Of which: credit to the economy (net)	49.2	47.7	68.6	66.0	75.8	83.0
	Money and quasi money		100.3	94.8	103.2	137.0	136.4	118.2
			(Percentage change, in relation to beginning-of-period money stock)
	Domestic credit		-0.1	6.3	-8.1	2.3	10.9	8.3
		Of which: credit to the economy (net)	10.9	-1.5	22.1	-2.5	7.1	5.3
	Money and quasi money		0.7	-5.5	8.9	32.8	-0.4	-13.4
Balance of payments			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Exports, f.o.b.		197.0	176.6	201.2	199.7	194.8	203.3
		Of which: uranium	76.5	65.1	64.0	63.0	62.5	65.5
	Imports, c.i.f.		277.9	242.5	279.8	291.72	310.44	330.84
	Imports, f.o.b.		232.5	202.8	235.1	243.1	258.7	275.7
	Trade balance		-35.5	-26.2	-33.9	-43.4	-63.9	-72.4
	Services and income (net)		-69.1	-64.9	-67.2	-66.3	-70.9	-77.3
	Unrequited transfers (net)		34.3	22.1	33.7	52.7	52.5	58.8
	Current account balance		-84.2	-80.9	-79.1	-67.9	-99.0	-98.7
	Capital and financial account		42.9	34.3	57.4	43.6	56.0	59.2
	Debt relief		26.8	7.5	157.7	25.0	18.8	20.3
	Overall balance		-41.3	-46.6	-21.7	-24.3	-43.0	-39.5
			(In percent of GDP)
	Exports, f.o.b.		16.1	14.2	15.7	14.0	12.9	12.8
	Imports, c.i.f.		22.7	19.5	21.9	20.5	20.5	20.8
	Current account balance (including official transfers)		-6.9	-6.5	-6.2	-4.8	-6.5	-6.2
			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Gross official international reserves (end of period)		40.1	25.1	57.7	80.8	84.5	73.9
External public debt			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Disbursed and outstanding (end of period)		851.1	1024.2	1120.8	1112.6	1155.8	995.4
	Interest due (including Fund charges)		17.8	18.5	21.6	25.4	22.6	17.4
	Amortization due (including Fund repurchases)		33.9	27.5	35.4	41.3	46.2	38.6
	Debt relief		26.8	7.5	157.7	25.0	18.8	20.3
	Debt service due after relief (in percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services)		17.3	19.5	24.7	27.5	30.4	23.6
Exchange rates			(End of period)
	CFA francs per SDR		791.6	896.2	918.5	935.4	850.4	771.8
	CFA franc per US dollar		562.2	653.0	705.0	744.3	625.5	519.4

Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy; and Fund staff estimates.

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Area, population, and GDP per capita (2003)

Area			1,267,000 square kilometers
Population			11.9 million
Population growth rate			3.3 percent
GDP per capita			US$229.2
			1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
National accounts			(In billions of CFA francs)
	GDP at current market prices		1,225.2	1,242.6	1,280.4	1426.0	1512.8	1587.5
			(In percent of GDP)
	Primary sector		40.2	41.4	39.5	44.1	38.7	41.7
		Of which: agriculture	25.2	24.9	22.2	17.5	20.9	20.7
	Secondary sector		16.6	16.5	16.7	15.9	16.0	16.2
		Of which: mining	6.8	6.7	6.5	6.1	6.1	6.0
	Tertiary sector		43.2	42.1	44.4	40	45.3	42.1
	Consumption		97.2	95.8	93.3	86.6	90.1	90.3
	Gross investment		11.4	11.2	10.9	10.3	11.4	13.5
	Resource gap		-8.5	-7.3	-7.9	-7.7	-8.9	-9.2
	Gross domestic savings		1.2	-0.6	0.9	2.0	3.4	3.2
			(Annual percentage change)
	Real GDP		10.4	-0.6	-1.4	7.1	3.0	5.3
	Nominal GDP		13.7	1.4	3.0	11.4	6.1	4.9
Prices
	GDP deflator		3.0	2.0	4.5	4.0	3.0	-0.4
	Consumer price index		4.5	-2.3	2.9	4.0	2.7	-1.6
	Terms of trade, 1995=100		9.8	9.3	-14.8	10.0	-4.0	-2.0
Central government finance			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Total revenue		111.8	109.6	110.1	132.8	160.9	156.7
		Of which: tax revenue	96.9	100.6	102.8	125.5	144.6	152.1
	Total expenditure and net lending		211.9	222.0	214.3	245.6	278.1	276.0
		Of which: current expenditure	142.5	154.1	143.8	157.4	161.8	160.5
	Overall balance (-)
		Commitment basis	-100.1	-112.4	-104.2	-112.8	-117.2	-119.3
		Cash basis	-104.7	-63.2	-216.2	-129.8	-150.6	-131.5
	Foreign financing (net)		118.4	56.0	236.3	120.5	139.9	134.2
	Domestic financing (net)		-13.7	7.2	-20.2	9.3	10.7	-2.7
		Of which: banking system	-11.0	7.8	-28.6	5.0	5.1	4.2
			(In percent of GDP)
	Total revenue		9.1	8.8	8.6	9.3	10.6	9.9
		Of which: tax revenue	7.9	8.1	8.0	8.8	9.6	9.6
	Total expenditure and net lending		17.3	17.9	16.7	17.2	18.4	17.4
		Of which: current expenditure	11.6	12.4	11.2	11.0	10.7	10.1
	Overall balance (-)
		Commitment basis (excl. grants)	-8.2	-9.0	-8.1	-7.9	-7.7	-7.5
		Cash basis (excl. grants)	-8.5	-5.1	-16.9	-9.1	-10.0	-8.3
Money and credit			(In billions of CFA francs; end of period)
	Net foreign assets		-0.2	-14.9	-1.3	33.1	24.4	3.4
	Domestic credit		112.9	119.2	111.6	114.0	128.9	140.3
		Of which: credit to the government (net)	63.7	71.5	43.0	48.0	53.1	57.2
		Of which: credit to the economy (net)	49.2	47.7	68.6	66.0	75.8	83.0
	Money and quasi money		100.3	94.8	103.2	137.0	136.4	118.2
			(Percentage change, in relation to beginning-of-period money stock)
	Domestic credit		-0.1	6.3	-8.1	2.3	10.9	8.3
		Of which: credit to the economy (net)	10.9	-1.5	22.1	-2.5	7.1	5.3
	Money and quasi money		0.7	-5.5	8.9	32.8	-0.4	-13.4
Balance of payments			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Exports, f.o.b.		197.0	176.6	201.2	199.7	194.8	203.3
		Of which: uranium	76.5	65.1	64.0	63.0	62.5	65.5
	Imports, c.i.f.		277.9	242.5	279.8	291.72	310.44	330.84
	Imports, f.o.b.		232.5	202.8	235.1	243.1	258.7	275.7
	Trade balance		-35.5	-26.2	-33.9	-43.4	-63.9	-72.4
	Services and income (net)		-69.1	-64.9	-67.2	-66.3	-70.9	-77.3
	Unrequited transfers (net)		34.3	22.1	33.7	52.7	52.5	58.8
	Current account balance		-84.2	-80.9	-79.1	-67.9	-99.0	-98.7
	Capital and financial account		42.9	34.3	57.4	43.6	56.0	59.2
	Debt relief		26.8	7.5	157.7	25.0	18.8	20.3
	Overall balance		-41.3	-46.6	-21.7	-24.3	-43.0	-39.5
			(In percent of GDP)
	Exports, f.o.b.		16.1	14.2	15.7	14.0	12.9	12.8
	Imports, c.i.f.		22.7	19.5	21.9	20.5	20.5	20.8
	Current account balance (including official transfers)		-6.9	-6.5	-6.2	-4.8	-6.5	-6.2
			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Gross official international reserves (end of period)		40.1	25.1	57.7	80.8	84.5	73.9
External public debt			(In billions of CFA francs)
	Disbursed and outstanding (end of period)		851.1	1024.2	1120.8	1112.6	1155.8	995.4
	Interest due (including Fund charges)		17.8	18.5	21.6	25.4	22.6	17.4
	Amortization due (including Fund repurchases)		33.9	27.5	35.4	41.3	46.2	38.6
	Debt relief		26.8	7.5	157.7	25.0	18.8	20.3
	Debt service due after relief (in percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services)		17.3	19.5	24.7	27.5	30.4	23.6
Exchange rates			(End of period)
	CFA francs per SDR		791.6	896.2	918.5	935.4	850.4	771.8
	CFA franc per US dollar		562.2	653.0	705.0	744.3	625.5	519.4

Sources: Ministry of Finance and Economy; and Fund staff estimates.