International Rankings of Niger 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Niger, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Niger, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	172	8650	0
Internet users - percent of population	213	5.25 %	2018
Internet users - total	136	1.111 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	133	116352	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	202	40.64	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	93	8.922 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	147	2.171 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	149	1.757 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	75	5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	85	54.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	104	56.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	35	91.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	99	65.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	135	12.926 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	158	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	120	9.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	63	70.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	61	34.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	11	38.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	8	41.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	120	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	169	38.7 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	76	26.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	19	3.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	33	6 %	2017
Labor force	69	6.500 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	8	79.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	125	3.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	155	17.5 %	2012
Population below poverty line	37	40.8	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	140	28.544 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	193	1225 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	112	21.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	152	2.534 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	72	9000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	56	150.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	152	1.065 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	6	95	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	36	5	2017
Electricity - imports	74	779.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	166	184000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	160	494.700 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	127	14000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	90	5422 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	174	3799 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	94	15280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	140	2.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	59	22.99 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	5	70.8 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	102	35.1	2018
Land use - arable land	83	12.3	2018
Land use - forest	173	1	2018
Land use - other	27	63.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	68	22.7	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	15	4.41 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	103	34.050 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	76	1.536 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	122	36.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	116	178.900 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	6	4.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	179	16.8	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	73	1.866 million tons	1993
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	84	74626 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	74	4 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	24	1.267 million sq km	0
Area - total	25	1.267 million sq km	0
Area - water	124	30023 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	94	02022 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	13	200 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	72	474 meters	0
Irrigated land	92	1000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	27	5834 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	102	35.1	2018
Land use - arable land	83	12.3	2018
Land use - forest	173	1	2018
Land use - other	27	63.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	68	22.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	102	34.050 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	31	19.99 %	6285
Age structure - 25-54 years	207	23.57 %	4464
Age structure - 55-64 years	200	3.17 %	4774
Birth rate	1	47.28 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	126	11 %	1718
Current Health Expenditure	38	7.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	32	10.09 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	118	5.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	28	18.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	1	109.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	1	104.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	35	95.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	19	40.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	8	34.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	36	4.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	43	3.5 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	40	1100	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	57	31000	2020
Hospital bed density	65	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	4	63.06 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	5	73.02 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	4	68.12 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	190	61.26 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	192	58.19 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	191	59.7 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	17	509	2017
Median age - female	165	15.1 years	2020
Median age - male	153	14.5 years	0
Median age - total	154	14.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	69	20.4	2012
Net migration rate	98	0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	131	5.5 %	2016
Physicians density	152	0.04 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	55	23.606 million	2021
Population growth rate	3	3.65 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	83	76.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	6	87.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	6	76.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	23	23.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	16	6 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	7 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	16	6 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	27	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	1	6.91 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	71	17.5	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	64	16.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	70	16.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	6	4.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	179	16.8	2021
Transportation
Airports	94	30	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	15	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	77	20	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	97	3912 km	2010
Roadways - total	94	18949 km	2010
Waterways	80	300 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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