Niger Niger

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Niger, is a country located at Western Africa, it has an area of 1,267,000 Km2 and it may be considered a large country.

Niger, with a population of 25,252,722 people, it is ranked at 56º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 20 people per km2.

It's capital is Niamey and its currency is West African CFA francs

Niger is holding the 133 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 6,473 millions of euros (7,661 millions of dollars), ( 51.21% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €256 euros per inhabitant$303 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Niger, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.4 points in 2021, leaving it in 189th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Niger are business, you must know it's in the 132th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Niger, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Niamey: Monthly Temp.
Niamey: Monthly Rainfall
Niger Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€14,570M
Annual GDP [+]2022$15,342M
GDP per capita [+]2022€577
GDP per capita [+]2022$608
Debt (M.€.) [+]20216,473
Debt ($M) [+]20217,661
Debt (%GDP) [+]202151.21%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€256
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$303
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-745
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-882
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-5.89%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20213,059.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]20213,620.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020462.6
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020528.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.95%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017256.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017289.4
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20179.65%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022242.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022255.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20227.21%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202124.20%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€121
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$143
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€19
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$22
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€9
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$10
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€10
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$10
Corruption Index [+]202232
Fragile States Index [+]201896.2
RTI Raking [+]202285º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018122º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$48.2
Business
Doing Business [+]2020132º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202110.8%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2018157,000
Exports [+]2023€1,015.0M
Exports [+]2023$1,097.5M
Exports % GDP [+]20226.71%
Imports [+]2023€2,115.3M
Imports [+]2023$2,287.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202224.01%
Trade balance [+]2023€-1,100.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-1,189.8M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2022-17.31%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202120
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023138º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017197.8
% Immigrant [+]20201.43%
% Emigrant [+]20201.64%
Birth Rate [+]202145.29‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017433.8
Crude death rate [+]20218.14‰
Fertility Rate [+]20216.82
% risk of poverty [+]201840.8%
Population [+]202125,252,722
Immigrant stock [+]2020348,056
Emigrant stock [+]2020399,707
HDI [+]20210.400
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023135º
Life expectancy [+]202161.58
Suicides [+]2015822
Suicide rate [+]20154.09
Number of homicides [+]2012788
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20124.39
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20220.10
Annual crude oil production [+]20236
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021150.0
Consumption GWh [+]20221,594
Generation GWh [+]2022786
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/07/2024315
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/07/20249,515
Fully vaccinated [+]07/30/20235,483,001
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/07/202412.47
Doses administered [+]07/30/20237,372,208