Environment in Niger 1,797 indicators covering environment for Niger. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 11 1000 USD 2016 down 73.2% 55th T�rkiye — Plywood — Import Quantity 56 m3 2018 up 522.2% 37th T�rkiye — Plywood — Import Value 83 1000 USD 2018 up 1,560.0% 30th Economically active population in agriculture, female 1.66 million FAO, number 2012 up 40.9% 23rd Agricultural population 13.70 million FAO, number 2012 up 37.3% 13th Economically active population in agriculture, male 2.87 million FAO, number 2012 up 35.0% 13th Municipal waste generated 16,740 2019 up 31.4% 80th C�te d'Ivoire — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Quantity 79 m3 2017 up 36.2% 40th C�te d'Ivoire — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Value 20 1000 USD 2017 up 53.8% 62nd Ghana — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Quantity 26,010 m3 2016 up 329.4% 1st Ghana — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Value 4,480 1000 USD 2016 up 156.3% 6th United Arab Emirates — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 14 t 2018 up 600.0% 64th United Arab Emirates — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 45 1000 USD 2018 — 61st Australia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export 2 t 2010 up 100.0% 56th Australia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 14 1000 USD 2010 up 250.0% 52nd Lebanon — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 7 1000 USD 2017 down 30.0% 57th Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption 94.4% 2013 down 5.5% 51st Hazardous waste exported 352.07 2017 — 69th Nigeria — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1 1000 USD 2016 down 90.0% 58th Ghana — Veneer sheets — Import Quantity 8 m3 2016 down 86.7% 52nd Ghana — Veneer sheets — Import Value 4 1000 USD 2016 down 75.0% 64th Proportion of municipal waste recycled 5.0% 2005 unchanged 62nd Electronic waste collected 10,956 2019 up 25.6% 38th Electronic waste collected, per capita 0.4774 2019 down 2.4% 50th Norway — Newsprint — Import Quantity 28 t 2014 up 47.4% 53rd Norway — Newsprint — Import Value 40 1000 USD 2014 up 73.9% 44th Electronic waste recycled 10,956 2019 up 25.6% 34th Nigeria — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 28 1000 USD 2017 down 95.5% 42nd Electronic waste recycled, per capita 0.4774 2019 down 2.4% 47th Electronic waste generated 10,956 2019 up 25.6% 25th Electronic waste generated, per capita 0.4774 2019 down 2.4% 29th Hazardous waste imported 0 2005 — 51st Land area actually irrigated — Area 269.24 1000 ha 2024 up 69.5% 14th Tunisia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 22 1000 USD 2017 down 72.5% 48th Morocco — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 10 1000 USD 2018 down 50.0% 45th C�te d'Ivoire — Veneer sheets — Import Quantity 85 m3 2014 up 30.8% 24th C�te d'Ivoire — Veneer sheets — Import Value 23 1000 USD 2014 down 11.5% 34th Countries with procedures in law or policy for participation by 10 2025 unchanged 1st T�rkiye — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Quantity 21 m3 2018 up 250.0% 27th T�rkiye — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Value 7 1000 USD 2018 up 250.0% 36th Proportion of electronic waste recycled 100.0% 2019 unchanged 2nd Burkina Faso — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 2 1000 USD 2015 up 100.0% 35th Nigeria — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Quantity 1,283 m3 2016 down 22.2% 3rd Nigeria — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Value 518 1000 USD 2016 down 3.4% 2nd Non-agricultural population 2.95 million FAO, number 2012 up 70.4% 29th Terrestrial protected areas 89,568 sq. km 2010 unchanged 15th Senegal — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 105 1000 USD 2015 up 5,150.0% 14th Ghana — Plywood — Import Quantity 11,262 m3 2018 up 184.0% 1st Ghana — Plywood — Import Value 6,887 1000 USD 2018 up 237.6% 1st C�te d'Ivoire — Plywood — Import Quantity 11,561 m3 2018 up 504.3% 1st C�te d'Ivoire — Plywood — Import Value 3,530 1000 USD 2018 up 253.0% 3rd CO2 emissions from gas flaring 0 thousand metric tons 2009 — 7th Japan — Newsprint — Import Quantity 3 t 2012 down 82.4% 21st Japan — Newsprint — Import Value 1 1000 USD 2012 down 75.0% 23rd Share of deforestation that is exported 5.6% 2013 up 5,583.0% 67th Electronic waste recycling rate 100.0% 2019 unchanged 2nd Proportion of electronic waste collected 100.0% 2019 unchanged 2nd ← Previous Page 30 of 30