Niger Frontera

Panorama económico e industrial

Niger is a landlocked, low-income West African nation whose economy rests primarily on subsistence agriculture, uranium mining, and petroleum exports. Agriculture employs approximately 87% of the labour force, while uranium has historically been the country's primary hard-currency earner. A 2023 military coup disrupted relations with Western partners and led to the suspension of some foreign aid and development financing, creating near-term fiscal pressure. The country remains one of the world's least-developed economies, with a nominal GDP of approximately $19.7 billion in 2024 and a GDP per capita of around $693. Long-term growth prospects are linked to oil pipeline revenues, uranium demand, and agricultural productivity, though security conditions across the Sahel remain a significant constraint.

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Macro

PIB nominal, USD	$19.73B
Crecimiento del PIB real, anual	6.6%
Inflación anual	7.8%
Población personas	27.0M
PIB per cápita USD	$693
Capitalización bursátil total cotizado, USD	—
Cap. bursátil / PIB	—
Desempleo	0.4%
Bolsa	Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), Regional exchange serving Niger as a WAEMU member state; Niger has no independent national stock exchange (BRVM)

Año de los datos: 2024. Fuentes: IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026), World Bank World Development Indicators (2024), Macrotrends / World Bank GDP data (2024), Wikipedia – Economy of Niger, FocusEconomics – Niger Country Profile, Trading Economics – Niger Unemployment Rate (ILO), BRVM – Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (brvm.org), Addleshaw Goddard – Doing Business in Africa: Niger, Worldometer – Niger GDP (IMF April 2026), AMF-UMOA Decision No. 237-2024 – SGI Niger authorisation. Individual figures may cover different reference periods — for example a fiscal year, or an estimate for the current year — and the overview above states these where known.

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Bolsa local y acceso

Bolsa	Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), Regional exchange serving Niger as a WAEMU member state; Niger has no independent national stock exchange
Código	BRVM
Sitio web	www.brvm.org
Moneda	XOF

Acceso a brókers locales

Niger participates in the regional BRVM exchange as a UEMOA/WAEMU member state. There are no domestically headquartered companies with a meaningful BRVM listing. Investors seeking equity exposure to West Africa's CFA-zone frontier markets may access the BRVM through brokers authorised as Sociétés de Gestion et d'Intermédiation (SGI); SGI Niger received AMF-UMOA authorisation in 2024. Direct retail access from outside the WAEMU zone is limited and typically requires engaging a licensed SGI in-country or a pan-African brokerage with BRVM access.

Brókers globales con acceso a mercados extranjeros

• Interactive Brokers — Direct access to 90+ markets worldwide, including many emerging exchanges.
• Saxo Bank — Multi-market access across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
• Charles Schwab (Global) — Foreign ordinary shares on select markets; US-listed ADRs and ETFs.
• Fidelity International Trading — International stock trading on a number of developed and emerging markets.

Listado solo a efectos informativos, no constituye recomendación. Los mercados disponibles, las comisiones y los requisitos de incorporación varían según el bróker y el país de residencia.

Reubicación y residencia

Acceso para inversores extranjeros

Niger requires a visa for most nationalities. Following the July 2023 military coup, several Western governments issued travel advisories recommending against travel to Niger. The country has no special investor or retiree residency category. ECOWAS free-movement protocols technically apply to ECOWAS citizens but practical implementation has been affected by regional political tensions.