Climate | We have desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
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Revenue from forest resources | 4.41% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,865,646 tons (1993 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 34.05 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Niger (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Nigeria [m]) - 4,200 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 190 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 2.35 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 50.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 2.02 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 22.99 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 35.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 12.3% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 22.7% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 1% (2018 est.) |
Other | 63.9% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 17.1% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 4.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.437 million NIAMEY (capital) (2023). |
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