Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income
Niger: key statistics
Niger has 27.9m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $775. Below: 77 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Niamey
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- Low income
- Currency
- West African CFA franc XOF
- Languages
- Hausa
- ISO codes
- NENER
Population27.9m2025 · rank 54 of 217GDP$21.6bn2025 · rank 131 of 211GDP per capita$7752025 · rank 204 of 211Life expectancy61.4 yrs2024 · rank 207 of 217Internet users15.6%2024 · rank 183 of 188Fertility5.932024 · rank 5 of 217CO₂ per person0.12 t2024 · rank 190 of 203Inflation-4.5%2025 · rank 178 of 180
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Niger, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Sub-Saharan Africa.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 27.9m | 2025 | 54/217 | 15/48 | +40% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 3.22% | 2025 | 9/217 | 4/48 | −0.5 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 18.4% | 2025 | 213/217 | 47/48 | +2.1 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 5.93 | 2024 | 5/217 | 5/48 | −19% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 2.6% | 2025 | 205/217 | 40/48 | +0.2 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 46.2% | 2025 | 3/217 | 3/48 | −3.0 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 21.3 | 2024 | 183/216 | 39/48 | +41% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 41.4 | 2024 | 4/217 | 4/48 | −12% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 1,267,000 km² | 2024 | 21/216 | 4/48 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $21.6bn | 2025 | 131/211 | 21/46 | +124% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $775 | 2025 | 204/211 | 40/46 | +60% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $2,177 | 2025 | 191/199 | 38/46 | +86% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $750 | 2025 | 192/201 | 39/46 | +34% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 7.0% | 2025 | 19/210 | 6/46 | +2.6 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 3.6% | 2025 | 60/210 | 12/46 | +3.0 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 47.6% | 2025 | 1/198 | 1/45 | +15.2 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 18.7% | 2025 | 132/201 | 33/45 | −3.8 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 31.1% | 2025 | 198/201 | 44/45 | −7.4 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 22.0% | 2025 | 103/175 | 21/43 | −10.4 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 17.5% | 2024 | 108/163 | 20/39 | −7.5 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | -4.5% | 2025 | 178/180 | 44/44 | −3.9 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 2.6% | 2016 | 94/136 | 29/36 | −0.6 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 5.3% | 2016 | 109/136 | 34/36 | +0.6 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 581.93 | 2025 | 39/210 | 22/47 | −1.6% | — | |
| External debt | 27.5% | 2024 | 93/119 | 35/43 | +9.9 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 2.14% | 2025 | 54/156 | 10/45 | +0.8 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 15.8% | 2025 | 159/184 | 35/43 | +1.5 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 18.1% | 2025 | 171/184 | 40/43 | −12.3 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 33.9% | 2025 | 173/184 | 40/43 | −10.8 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -6.1% | 2024 | 141/185 | 29/42 | +5.9 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 1.2% | 2025 | 135/197 | 35/46 | −4.3 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 3.3% | 2024 | 74/178 | 20/41 | +1.3 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 85,000 | 2020 | 172/196 | 36/42 | +15% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 0.4% | 2025 | 185/187 | 47/47 | −0.2 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 0.5% | 2025 | 187/187 | 47/47 | −0.2 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 79.7% | 2025 | 9/187 | 5/47 | +6.4 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 72.8% | 2025 | 13/187 | 9/47 | +11.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $1.3bn | 2023 | 34/145 | 20/48 | +61% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 7.7% | 2023 | 33/139 | 15/47 | +0.2 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $49.0 | 2023 | 86/145 | 30/48 | +14% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 60.5% | 2021 | 9/151 | 9/44 | −8.3 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 79.7% | 2021 | 9/151 | 9/44 | −6.3 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 41.2% | 2021 | 30/145 | 25/45 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 32.9 | 2021 | 97/151 | 39/44 | +4.4% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 12.9% | 2024 | 42/167 | 29/44 | −0.8 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 19.6% | 2025 | 128/190 | 28/46 | +6.3 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 35.6% | 2022 | 140/141 | 40/41 | +5.1 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 25.7% | 2022 | 146/147 | 40/41 | +3.1 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 64.7% | 2024 | 190/191 | 40/41 | −4.0 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 19.9% | 2024 | 175/176 | 33/34 | +2.0 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 4.2% | 2019 | 168/172 | 31/34 | +2.9 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 40.8% | 2024 | 168/168 | 36/36 | −15.7 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 36.3 | 2017 | 25/173 | 21/40 | −8.4% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 4.1% | 2023 | 97/184 | 18/43 | +0.4 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 61.4 yrs | 2024 | 207/217 | 38/48 | +4.7% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 65.6 | 2024 | 3/196 | 3/48 | −5.1% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 110.7 | 2024 | 2/196 | 2/48 | −13% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 350 | 2023 | 21/194 | 20/48 | −33% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 4.0% | 2023 | 154/193 | 30/48 | −0.4 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $26.0 | 2023 | 188/193 | 43/48 | +5.7% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.04 | 2023 | 180/180 | 46/46 | −25% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 81% | 2024 | 143/193 | 24/48 | +1.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.2% | 2024 | 101/153 | 40/44 | −0.1 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 47.7% | 2022 | 5/154 | 3/46 | +7.8 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 53.4% | 2024 | 200/206 | 41/46 | +6.8 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 16.3% | 2024 | 197/203 | 40/46 | +4.3 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 15.6% | 2024 | 183/188 | 41/46 | +14.3 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 60.6 | 2024 | 193/210 | 40/48 | +41% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 0.1 | 2024 | 193/208 | 37/48 | −29% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 21.3% | 2024 | 210/215 | 43/48 | +5.6 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 6.0% | 2024 | 178/192 | 34/48 | +4.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 0.12 t | 2024 | 190/203 | 43/47 | +3.8% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 79.6% | 2021 | 18/212 | 16/48 | +2.4 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 6.2% | 2021 | 156/206 | 39/48 | +4.8 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 0.8% | 2024 | 199/214 | 48/48 | −0.1 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 14.0% | 2024 | 78/206 | 22/48 | +0.5 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 73.8% | 2022 | 24/177 | 3/47 | +34.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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