# Niger — national dossier Niger — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography, resources and military in one sourced dossier: 42 indicators, each with… Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/NER Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Republic of Niger - Capital: Niamey - Region: Western Africa, Africa - Population: 19 m - Area: 1,267,000 km² - Languages: French - Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF) A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Economy | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | GDP | $22 B | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP per capita | $775 | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP growth | 7.0% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Inflation | -4.5% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Trade openness | 33.9% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | ## Society | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Population | 28 m | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Life expectancy | 61.4 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Urban population | 18.4% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Fertility rate | 5.9 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Literacy rate | 35.6% | 2022 | World Development Indicators | ## Governance | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 39.9 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Political stability | 35.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Government effectiveness | 36.4 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Regulatory quality | 42.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Rule of law | 40.7 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Control of corruption | 35.4 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | ## Health | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 4.0% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Physicians | 0.04 | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Under-5 mortality | 110.7 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | | Measles immunisation | 81.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | ## Education | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 35.6% | 2022 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Education spending | 4.1% | 2023 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Primary enrolment | 64.7% | 2024 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Secondary enrolment | 19.9% | 2024 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Tertiary enrolment | 4.2% | 2019 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | ## Technology | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Researchers (per million) | 27 | 2013 | R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Internet users | 15.6% | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | Mobile subscriptions | 61 | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | High-tech exports | 8.6% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Geography | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Land area | 1,266,700 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Forest area | 0.8% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Agricultural land | 36.8% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.1 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Renewable energy | 79.6% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | ## Resources | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 6.4% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Oil rents | 0.6% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Mineral rents | 0.8% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Forest rents | 4.9% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Electricity access | 21.3% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Military | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 2.2% | 2024 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Defense spending | $436 M | 2024 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Armed forces | 10,000 | 2020 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:NER::) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/NER.claims.json History: "From the green Sahara and the caravan sultanate of Aïr to a French colony forged in violence, an independent republic, and a Sahelian state of uranium, drought and coups." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/NER/chronicle.md (6 eras, 25 events). ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Citation template: Terralore, "Niger — national dossier", terralore.co/country/NER, retrieved .