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Key facts

  • Currency: West African CFA franc
  • Capital city: Niamey
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 1,266,700 km²
  • Population: 26,207,977
  • Political Leader: Mahamadou Issoufou (President)

Latest news

Niger cosies up to 'new friends' China and Russia just days after sending US military packing

Read: SCMP

2024-03-29

Niger Regime Chief Talks 'Security Cooperation' With Putin

Read: The Moscow Times

2024-03-26

Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants

Read: ABC News

2024-03-22

Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants

Read: The Star

2024-03-22

Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants

Read: Independent

2024-03-22

Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants

Read: The Washington Times

2024-03-22

US fears Russia's influence in Africa after Niger junta cancels security pact

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-22

Metrics

Business

Expense 10.16 % of GDP
GDP 15,342,300,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.23 annual %
Self-employed 94.01 % of total employment
Tax revenue 11.76 % of GDP
Unemployment 0.57 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 93.34 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 465,950.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.01 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 2,197.95 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 41.62 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 57.63 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.75 % of total
Net energy imports -5.81 % of energy use
Fertility rate 6.82 births per woman
Forest area 10,672 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 24.06 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 431.53 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 10.50 years
Methane emissions 28,579.40 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 13,245.90 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 12,914,594
Male Population 13,293,383
Renewable energy consumption 81.91 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 1,187,980.00 km²
Rural population 21,780,401
Urban land area 1,313.95 km²
Urban population 4,427,576
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 45.29 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.14 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 35.01 current US$
Health expenditure 6.20 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.39 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 62 years
Suicide mortality rate 5.30 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 18.60 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 372,000
Individuals using the Internet 22.39 % of population
Net migration 1,000
Press freedom 2.67


Politics

Armed forces personnel 10,000
Democracy score 3.76
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.66 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 25.90 %


Visualizations

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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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