Climate | We have desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.866 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 34,050,000,000 cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 193.247 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Industrial | 38.654 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Agricultural | 2.351 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 36.8% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 14% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 22.7% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 0.8% (2022 est.) |
Other | 62.4% (2022 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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