Country
Niger
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Niamey
- ISO code
- NE · NER
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 27.9M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,860 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 61.4 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.1 t CO₂
Population
- Population 27.9M 2025 54th of 214
- Population density 21 people/km² 2024 179th of 212
- Population growth 3.22 % per year 2025 9th of 214
- Natural increase 33.0 per 1,000 people 2023 3rd of 228
- Net migration -0.3 per 1,000 people 2025 103rd of 214
- Fertility rate 5.94 births per woman 2024 5th of 214
- Urban population 18.4 % 2025 210th of 214
- Median age 15.2 years 2023 227th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.6 % 2025 202nd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 195th of 214
- Children under 15 46.2 % 2025 3rd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 61.4 years 2024 204th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 62.4 years 2024 206th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 60.5 years 2024 199th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 1.9 years 2024 209th of 214
- Infant mortality 65.6 per 1,000 births 2024 3rd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 110.7 per 1,000 births 2024 2nd of 195
- Maternal mortality 350 per 100,000 births 2023 21st of 193
- Health spending per person 26 USD 2023 185th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 76 $ (PPP) 2023 187th of 191
- Physicians 0.04 per 1,000 people 2023 179th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.3 per 1,000 people 2020 147th of 150
- Measles immunization 81 % 2024 139th of 191
- Undernourishment 12.9 % 2024 41st of 165
- Tobacco use 7.4 % 2024 151st of 165
- Calorie supply 2,654 kcal per day 2023 133rd of 175
- Meat supply 7.7 kg per person per year 2023 168th of 175
Economy
- GDP 21.6B USD 2025 127th of 185
- GDP per capita 775 USD 2025 179th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,860 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 176th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 1,008 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 161st of 165
- GDP growth 7.0 % 2025 17th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.6 % 2025 53rd of 185
- Inflation -4.5 % 2025 168th of 169
- Unemployment 0.4 % 2025 179th of 181
- Youth unemployment 0.5 % 2025 181st of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 15.7 % 2022 83rd of 150
- Trade 24 % of GDP 2024 169th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 32.9 2021 97th of 151
- Extreme poverty 60.5 % 2021 9th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 48.0 % of GDP 2024 1st of 187
- Women in the labour force 72.8 % 2025 13th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.419 2023 187th of 192
- Literacy rate 35.6 % 2022 121st of 122
- Education spending 3.7 % of GDP 2022 95th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 22 % 2023 144th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 4 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 46 % 2023 135th of 135
- Women in parliament 19.6 % 2025 125th of 183
- Homicide rate 4.4 per 100,000 people 2012 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 3.2 Mt CO₂ 2024 146th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.1 t CO₂ 2024 189th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.12 t CO₂ 2024 207th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 158th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.5 t CO₂e 2024 162nd of 201
- Forest area 0.8 % of land 2024 196th of 208
- Water stress 11 % 2022 88th of 176
- Arable land 14.0 % of land 2024 78th of 205
- Renewable energy 79.6 % of final energy 2021 17th of 210
- Renewable electricity 3.2 % of electricity 2024 172nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 17.9 % of electricity 2024 39th of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 3.2 % of electricity 2024 98th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 671 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 21st of 193
- Electricity generation per person 35 kWh 2024 185th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 65.2 µg/m³ 2023 5th of 199
Niger on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldHausa · main languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldWest African CFA franc (XOF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B, C, D, E, F · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map1 volcanoSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)