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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 (see all)
US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role
Read: Fox News
2024-04-25
U.S. pulling troops from Chad, Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role
Read: The Washington Times
2024-04-25
US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role
Read: The Star
2024-04-25
US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role
Read: Independent
2024-04-25
The D Brief: Aid heads to Ukraine; Army's 100K goal; Niger pullout talks; Pentagon test recuses himself; And a bit more.
Read: Defense One
2024-04-25
Metrics
General information
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 | 0.53 % 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 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago