Broad money in Niger
Niger: Broad money was 17.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Broad money in Niger, 1962–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Niger recorded 17.3% for broad money in 2025.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Niger peaked at 20.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 1962.
That places Niger 162nd out of 166 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad money in Niger, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 3.8% | — |
| 1963 | 4.1% | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 4.0% | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 4.1% | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 4.2% | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 4.8% | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 5.0% | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 5.7% | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 5.3% | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 6.4% | +18.9% |
| 1972 | 6.9% | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 7.3% | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 8.2% | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 9.9% | +20.7% |
| 1976 | 11.5% | +15.8% |
| 1977 | 11.9% | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 13.5% | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 14.4% | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 14.7% | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 15.9% | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 12.5% | -21.5% |
| 1983 | 12.0% | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 15.8% | +31.5% |
| 1985 | 16.7% | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 18.4% | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 17.1% | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 19.4% | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 20.1% | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 14.0% | -30.2% |
| 1991 | 13.2% | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 13.5% | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 14.0% | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 12.0% | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 11.6% | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 10.2% | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 7.4% | -27.6% |
| 1998 | 5.1% | -30.1% |
| 1999 | 5.9% | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 6.6% | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | +31.9% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 9.3% | +41.8% |
| 2004 | 10.1% | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 12.4% | +32.4% |
| 2008 | 11.5% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 16.9% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 19.8% | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 19.4% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 19.7% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 15.8% | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 20.1% | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 19.2% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 17.9% | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 16.5% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 17.3% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.5% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 8 |
| 1970s | 9.5% | 5.3% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.3% | 12.0% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.7% | 5.1% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.6% | 6.6% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 14.2% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 16.5% | 20.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 159 South Sudan 21.0% compare
- 160 Uzbekistan 20.5% compare
- 161 Sao Tome and Principe 20.2% compare
- 163 Chad 16.0% compare
- 164 Angola 13.8% compare
- 165 Equatorial Guinea 13.7% compare
More financial sector data for Niger
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 73,112 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 94.3 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 9.5% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 2.04 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 736.20 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 9.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 5.9% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 9.6% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 581.93 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Niger?
- Broad money in Niger was 17.3% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 1962.
- How does Niger rank for broad money?
- Niger ranks 162nd out of 166 countries with data for 2025.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.