In 2019, the national economy is evolving in a gloomy international environment, characterized by slowing global growth, uncertainties about trade and the decline in the prices of exported products, particularly crude oil. At the national level, the persistence of insecurity in some localities in the Far North due to the terrorist sect Boko Haram, the socio-political crisis in the North-West and South-West regions and the fire at SONARA at the end of May 2019 have also had a negative impact on economic activities. The real GDP growth rate slowed to 3.7% in 2019 from 4.1% in 2018.
