Niger
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 27.9M (2025). World rank 54 of 216; in Africa, 18 of 54. Area: 1,267,000 km². World rank 23 of 249; in Africa, 6 of 59. GDP per person: $775 (2025). World rank 203 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 46 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 19.9M → 27.9M, GDP $9.7B → $21.6B, and GDP per person $486 → $775. Worse than all its neighbours (Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Niger
- Local name
- Niger
- Capital
- Niamey
- Region
- Africa
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Abdourahamane Tiani
- Head of government
- Ali Lamine Zeine
- Independence
- August 3, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 19.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 27,917,831 2025
- Area
- 1,267,000 km²
- GDP
- $21.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $775 2025
- Life expectancy
- 61.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Time zones
- UTC+1
- Calling code
- +227
- Emergency numbers
- 17, 18
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B, C, E, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Nigeria
- Agricultural land
- 36.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès, 2,022 m
- Lowest point
- Niger River, 200 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 474
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 33°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 22°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 151 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 22 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +3.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 18.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -7.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 46.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 51.2% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 62.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 60.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 5.9 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 41.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 95.5% and folk religions 4.1% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 40.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 33.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 34.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 42.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 36.8 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $2,177 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $750 2025
- Inflation
- -4.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 36 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 47.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 18.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 31.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 0.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 0.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 72.8% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 15.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 18.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -6.1% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 3.3% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 11.8% 1980
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 32.9 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 60.5% 2021
Education
- Adult literacy
- 35.6% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 64.7% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 19.9% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 4.2% 2019
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.1% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $26 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 51.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.4 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.3 2020
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 81% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 65.6 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 111 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 350 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 18% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 7.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 53.4% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 16.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 6% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.4 2012
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 25.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 34.6 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 65.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 0.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 21% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 138 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 11% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 15.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 61 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .ne
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 21.3% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 64 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 79.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 6.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 96.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 5,775 2023
- Airports
- 26 2025
Science and innovation
- Researchers per million people
- 27 2013
- Scientific articles per year
- 90 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 8.6% 2024