Niger's flag    Niger


Official language: French
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital City: Niamey
Area: 1267000km2
Subregional membership(s): West Africa, Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Least developed countires, Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Land-locked LDCs, Mineral-rich countries, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , UEMAO, Sahel Countries, Franc Zone


28238972.5K
2024

Mid-year population
14.9B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
117.3
2022

Under five mortality rate
64.8
2021

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)3.863.873.783.793.743.713.703.733.733.75
Population - Urban (%)16.2016.3016.40
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)60.160.761.261.661.960.560.460.861.763.1
Total fertility rate (per woman)7.27.17.17.07.06.96.86.86.76.6
Population - Urban (number)3,232,5833,367,6383,511,4453,664,6923,828,1584,002,6384,188,8764,387,6294,599,7364,826,099
Median age (years)14.414.414.414.414.414.414.514.514.514.6
Population - Male (number)10,203,11010,606,66011,021,79611,448,92711,889,76112,342,37012,809,13513,293,38313,797,28914,322,408
Population - Urban (%)16.2516.2916.3516.4316.5216.6316.7516.8917.0517.23
Population - Total (number)20,128,12420,921,74321,737,92222,577,05823,443,39324,333,63925,252,72226,207,97727,202,84328,238,973
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)61.161.662.262.562.961.561.662.162.964.2
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)62.162.663.263.363.962.562.863.464.365.4
Population - Female (%)49.3149.3049.3049.2949.2849.2849.2849.2849.28
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)4.094.184.274.364.464.554.644.724.804.88
Population - Female (number)9,925,01410,315,08310,716,12611,128,13111,553,63211,991,26912,443,58712,914,59413,405,55413,916,565
Population - Male (%)50.1450.1750.2050.2350.2550.28
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
123.2122.0120.9119.9118.8117.5115.9113.8
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
129.7128.7127.5126.4125.4124.3122.7120.5
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)11.00
124.0122.9122.0121.3120.7120.1118.8
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)35.8032.0037.5031.3033.4033.2034.60
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)6.526.746.957.177.397.607.878.12
116.1115.1114.4113.8113.1112.4111.2
126.5125.5124.3123.2122.2121.0119.3117.3
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)9.50
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)83.50
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)85.0076.0082.0077.00
120.2119.1118.4117.7117.0116.3115.2
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)77.4379.1579.4471.7770.4272.9467.65
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)23.0926.3127.15
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)35.5639.3140.36
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)1.7
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)13.7317.06
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)36.636.336.3
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)1,344,2011,430,5011,506,9351,415,3991,442,2611,549,1731,490,055
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)0.10.10.10.2
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)1.3
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)56.4058.3460.2055.09
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)66.6968.6369.8962.73
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.70.80.8
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)1.72.01.9
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)0.30.30.30.3
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)0.50.60.50.40.60.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)1.21.41.4
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)19.1335.0538.10
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)5.145.76
Primary completion rate - Female (%)36.9038.5040.1026.0956.8154.20
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)4.04.14.13.73.7
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)0.9
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.90.90.90.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)4.34.44.54.03.9
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)1.51.71.7
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)11.0426.6529.70
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)20.0923.1223.79
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)15.114.915.314.7
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)
Primary completion rate - Total (%)38.6039.8040.9033.6061.7357.56
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)71.6073.4374.1466.9766.1769.2964.76
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)4.314.364.846.035.025.73
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)3.554.02
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)0.20.20.20.2
Primary completion rate - Male (%)30.3031.9033.4020.1066.5060.81
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)2.082.442.382.493.192.76
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)51.0754.7355.80
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)65.5667.5368.6762.0161.7865.5161.76
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)16.9919.8220.30
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)2.132.45
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)1.021.020.72
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)26.5643.4647.1648.21
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.70.80.8
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)19.4422.97
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.90.90.90.90.90.90.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)4.74.84.84.34.1
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)27.2943.5946.30
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)3.223.423.634.304.124.27
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)61.6363.5765.1258.97
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)16.6320.07
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)2,444,9792,611,3522,768,3052,599,3902,666,7482,895,6532,806,023
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)1,100,7781,180,8511,261,3701,183,9911,224,4871,346,4801,315,968
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)28.026.729.7
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)324,553,309344,888,733393,204,104489,398,561564,200,541594,441,902687,567,048683,540,485
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)4,2894,5114,726
Industry (%)22.08
Changes in inventories (US dollars)-24209876.853,053,83424,631,74363,140,28937,903,80322,417,154-145890937.423,437,249
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)1,380,684,6771,266,928,5961,486,988,8751,575,023,6551,450,611,0051,413,658,3461,533,845,4101,828,519,234
Industry (%)24.1122.4222.2521.0021.8221.28
Services (%)41.2240.3839.9338.9538.9638.19
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)8,112,218,6118,797,476,5479,726,033,62510,913,876,17610,849,477,97211,957,454,28113,331,456,47313,332,830,513
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)737,909,405777,149,234846,464,820947,697,332946,902,6861,015,728,2701,139,424,6471,148,943,935
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)1,856,377,3191,864,369,7801,963,737,7512,039,253,7752,089,266,6312,187,308,2342,419,866,5522,482,488,841
Services (%)39.26
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)3,136,843,8553,666,946,3554,006,154,0514,823,954,8654,768,094,1315,274,590,3325,441,145,8875,743,148,952
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)446,819,609482,540,146532,480,383603,069,754612,403,674641,892,098719,811,797731,563,461
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)7.27.68.1
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)8,112,218,6118,725,294,6519,378,916,8529,934,238,69010,416,080,56311,191,790,41211,381,801,10412,366,196,514
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)22,90723,87125,13727,59229,74531,19432,929
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)9,676,541,05210,232,061,72310,743,803,97411,518,517,49012,202,878,10012,636,108,21312,811,386,89114,338,070,810
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)1,343,093,7891,494,869,4001,586,305,9141,738,813,4561,736,412,4461,832,672,8192,049,185,6662,081,841,861
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)3,155,231,1252,808,824,2122,885,206,4993,625,151,8913,973,484,0743,893,397,7254,256,527,6744,793,328,510
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period-0.581.652.802.97-2.492.88-3.414.04
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year-1.201.454.291.57-2.323.07-2.633.11
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)-0.581.652.802.97-2.492.88-3.414.04
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)108.90106.27108.39
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100104.20105.92108.88112.12109.32112.47108.64113.03
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)2.20-2.422.002.75-2.522.760.44
Energy
African Union Commission, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)531552575
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)252.0257.0
Conventional crude oil - Production, metric tons (thousands)0.70.80.90.80.90.9
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)527521552575599
Conventional crude oil - Transformation, metric tons (thousands)0.80.70.90.80.80.9
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)45555
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Conventional crude oil - Transformation (terajoules)32,35330,82939,08934,36431,71135,988
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)9721,0041,038
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)551.8447.3
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)6.046.1
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.30.30.30.3
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)1,1951,2451,302
Conventional crude oil - Production (terajoules)31,32234,50638,24434,79938,00035,988
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)531526557580604
Conventional crude oil - Total energy supply (terajoules)32,35130,82739,08834,36231,71235,988
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)472.00483.00495.00
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)00000
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)183.0184.0
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)0.00.00.20.3
Conventional crude oil - Change in stocks (terajoules)-10293,679-844.2436.86,287
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)000
Coal - Consumption, Tonnes (thousands)1.01.01.0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)527521542
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Coal - Consumption, Tonnes (thousands)0.00.00.00.0
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)450,000461,000473,000
Tourism
World Bank, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), World Tourism Organization
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)2.834.20
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)3.314.90
Overnight stays (thousands)171.0177.0
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)6.07
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)80.084.091.0114.0130.0
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)140.0
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)2.73.03.23.6
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
4.561.15
65.1641.86
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.550.770.53
10.0022.0024.0024.0024.0024.00
1.100.79
34432
2.484.3210.22
6.171.29
0.890.63
0.040.04
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)44.5135.7140.3951.6958.52
55.3726.96
239
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)44.7935.9440.64
0.000.000.0010.0015.00
7.721.88
2.484.3210.225.25
12.983.81
22.39
0.930.33
76.5957.55
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)8,959,0007,471,8028,778,884
3.651.28
5.381.56
0.140.040.040.050.050.05
00
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.550.770.530.250.24
27,1887,7078,65011,00012,00012,000
80.0089.0092.0092.0092.0092.00
7,6718,179
00
, 2018=10057,221,7104,095,32979,731,10064,225,5208,662,73090,938,94098,242,490
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)2,9502,5272,9383,3693,3963,5574,124
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)1,3821,2671,4871,5161,4751,4141,507
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
United Nations Statistics Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)591.21592.61580.66555.45585.91
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)591.45
Deposit rate (%) (%)3.50
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)6.28.38.67.99.313.214.7
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-386.3-273.9-267.4-214.0-269.3-454.6-375.9-338.2
Net ODA - current USD (millions)868.0951.41,207
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)29.8732.8336.4936.9139.8044.9852.9541.97
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-6.75-4.46-4.12-3.00-3.56-5.34-5.89
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)43.6246.0256.18
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)21.9323.5226.2923.8026.7034.7232.82
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Capital Account, Capital transfers,General government - Net (National Currency)156,000204,025200,967303,264320,939372,235446,150
Current Account, Goods and Services, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-963764.79-768467.23-874017.48-1065649.94-1176722.06-1268758.76-1408410
Current Account, Primary income, Other primary income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-10332.3-7073.4-7626.92-9203-9806-10385.1-11978
Financial account, Reserve assets, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-73150.467,390-37400.8-88370.8296,7407,681158,685
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)205.3228.3
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Portfolio investment, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-4697.41-6298.95-15525.13-20417.2-27937.4-20251.22-21729
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)
Current Account, Primary income, Compensation of employees, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)9,5927,47310,77912,24913,9213,8309,460
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-89738.93-97093.42-108609.26-110101.17-117128.1-113177.51-128763
Current Account, Secondary income, General government, Current international cooperation, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)94,56182,856132,642142,909219,352191,677197,806
Workers remittances (Net) - current USD (millions)
Capital Account, Total, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)173,913229,635236,953346,578369,790405,983489,314
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-15.35-11.42-11.39-12.65-12.21-13.45-15.76
Current Account, Secondary income, General government, Miscellaneous current transfers of general government, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)00
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)72.372.479.6
Current Account, Secondary income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)175,575164,903239,504270,091368,425343,381375,680
Financial account, Reserve assets, Monetary gold, Gold bullion, National Currency - Net (National Currency)000
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Trade balance - current USD (millions)-888.3-683.8-745.9
Current Account, Secondary income, Adjustment for change in pension entitlements, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)00
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)
Financial account, Reserve assets, Monetary gold, National Currency - Net (National Currency)000
Current Account, Goods and Services, Services, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-438358.85-362988.71-439851.5-466153.15-473566.86-491226.54-515128
Services Balance - current USD (millions)-741.2-612.1-755.6
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)529.5301.3338.7466.0717.1360.7754.6
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-1,485.6-1,180.9-1,271.2
Current Account, Primary income, Other primary income, Rent, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-0.3000
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)0.30.40.4
Capital Account, Capital transfers - Net (National Currency)175,048229,951234,081344,054370,500404,643489,216
Current Account, Primary income, Other primary income, Subsidies, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)00
Net errors and omissions, Domestic Currency - Net (National Currency)-5179.79-4096.62-4925.28-4213.53-4491.34-4530.72-7491
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)-153.0-163.1-181.2
Total, Domestic Currency - Net (National Currency)-3908476.93-4562369.68-4759442.04-6095936.1-6828924.69-6942878.3-7829953.9
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Direct investment, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-71340.62-78256.57-79480.83-75620.3-76838.3-80789.23-87113
Current Account, Primary income, Investment income, Other investment, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-13700.9-12537.9-13603.3-14063.67-12352.4-12137.06-19921
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)34.140.229.138.632.015.057.6
Current Account, Goods and Services,Goods , Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-525405.94-405478.52-434165.98-599496.79-703155.2-777532.22-893282
Current Account, Secondary income, General government, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)94,52582,828132,077142,443219,159191,542196,294
Current Account, Total, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-878668.54-700258.3-739970.86-902613.61-921310.06-1045110.8-1164011
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Current Account, Goods and Services, Goods , General merchandise on a balance of payments basis, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-550171.94-429981.52-460330.04-624909.5-725532.2-819061.52-935059
Financial account, Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (balance from financial account), National Currency - Net (National Currency)-709935.03-474719.72-507943.5-560249.64-556011.7-643658.89-682188
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)5,1655,280
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (balance from current and capital account), Domestic Currency - Net (National Currency)-704755.24-470623.1-503018.22-556036.11-551520.36-639128.17-674697
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)296.9278.1411.5
Current Account, Primary income, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-90479-96693.8-105457.34-107054.97-113013.4-119732.66-131281
Current Account, Primary income, Other primary income, Taxes on products and production, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)-10332-7073.4-7626.92-9203-9806-10385.1-11978
Current Account, Secondary income, General government, Miscellaneous current transfers of general government, Of which: Current transfers to NPISHs, Net, National Currency - Net (National Currency)00
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)0.100.10
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)2.12.11.92.02.2
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)0.100.10
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)0.90
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)0.900.890.880.870.860.85
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)17.3217.3217.3217.3218.2018.2018.20
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)17.3217.32