Indicator	Value
GDP (nominal)	19,500,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP (PPP)	55,700,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP growth	4.2 %World Bank WDI [2024]
GDP per capita	962 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Inflation (CPI)	8.9 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Unemployment	1.06 %World Bank WDI [2025]
Exports of goods & services	5,810,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Imports of goods & services	3,530,000,000 US$World Bank WDI [2024]
Agriculture (% GDP)	37.7 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Industry (% GDP)	28.7 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Services (% GDP)	29.8 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Industries	oil, cotton textiles, brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materialsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Agricultural products	sorghum, groundnuts, millet, beef, cereals, yams, sugarcane, maize, cassava, milk (2023); note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnageCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Export commodities	crude petroleum, gold, oil seeds, gum resins, cotton (2023); note: top five export commodities based on value in dollarsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Export partners	UAE 26%, China 19%, Germany 17%, Netherlands 13%, France 10% (2023); note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exportsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Import partners	China 28%, UAE 23%, Turkey 10%, France 9%, India 5% (2023); note: top five import partners based on percentage share of importsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Gini index	37.4 indexWorld Bank WDI [2022]
GDP per capita (1913)	No authoritative open source found
Leading mineral commodity	petroleum, crude (7,000,000 tonnes (metric), 2023)BGS World Mineral Statistics [2023]
Wealth share of top 10%	0.6 %World Inequality Database [2024]
Wealth share of top 1%	0.255 %World Inequality Database [2024]
Gini (WID)	1–37.4 indexWorld Inequality Database [2024] 1 index·World Bank WDI [2022] 37.4 index
Top export partners	Germany (28.7%) / China (21.7%) / France (19.1%) / Netherlands (14.0%) / Türkiye (5.2%)CEPII BACI [2024]
Top import partners	China (32.3%) / France (9.8%) / Türkiye (8.0%) / Niger (7.8%) / India (7.1%)CEPII BACI [2024]
Top agricultural products	Cereals, primary Meat, Total Sorghum Roots and Tubers, Total Groundnuts, excluding shelled FAOSTAT [2024]
Bank assets (% of GDP)	14.7 %WB GFDD [2019]
Private credit (% of GDP)	9.27 %WB GFDD [2019]
Stock market capitalization (% of GDP)	No authoritative open source found
Financial account ownership	20.9 %WB Findex [2024]
Mobile-money account	4.62 %WB Findex [2024]
Borrowed from a bank	9.76 %WB Findex [2024]
Poverty headcount ($2.15/day)	No authoritative open source found
Poverty headcount ($6.85/day)	No authoritative open source found