International Rankings of Niger 2022, 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	59	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	168	12000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	81	10 %	2019
Internet users - total	121	2.331 million	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	189	N/A	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	110	59	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	71	14.239 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	144	2.171 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	145	1.757 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	71	5 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	133	12.926 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	151	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	115	9.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	61	70.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	59	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	7	41.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	115	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	164	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	32	6 %	2017
Labor force	68	6.500 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	79.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	121	3.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	146	17.5 %	2012
Population below poverty line	35	40.8	2018
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	134	28.970 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	148	1200 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	107	21.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	67	17.5	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	64	16.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	65	16.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	90	499000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	149	1.875 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	85	224000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	63	224000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	67	6.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	148	1.325 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	67	1.057 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	151	324000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	133	313.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	28	94.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	20	5.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	182	1.540 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	55	150.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	147	13800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	81	8000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	88	5422 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	170	3799 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	92	15280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	138	2.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	58	22.99 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	5	70.8 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	99	35.1	2018
Land use - arable land	81	12.3	2018
Land use - forest	164	1	2018
Land use - other	26	63.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	65	22.7	2018
Revenue from coal	26	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	14	4.41 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	101	34.050 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	75	1.536 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	120	36.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	114	178.900 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	6	4.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	171	17.1	2023
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	72	4 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	23	1.267 million sq km	0
Area - total	24	1.267 million sq km	0
Area - water	121	30023 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	93	02022 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	13	200 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	70	474 meters	0
Irrigated land	69	2666 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	27	5834 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	99	35.1	2018
Land use - arable land	81	12.3	2018
Land use - forest	164	1	2018
Land use - other	26	63.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	65	22.7	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	29	19.99	6285
Age structure - 25-54 years	195	23.57	4464
Age structure - 55-64 years	190	3.17	4774
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	143	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	125	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	157	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	92	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	1	47.08 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	4	31.3 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	121	11 %	2021
Current health expenditure	55	5.7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	32	9.87 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	18	20.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	1	105.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	1	100.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	34	95.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	20	36.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	9	31.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	28	4.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	46	3.8 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	66	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	6	61.75 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	6	71.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	6	66.81 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	182	61.68 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	183	58.55 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	182	60.09 years	0
Literacy - female	113	26.7 %	2018
Literacy - male	101	43.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	110	35.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	16	509 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	158	15.1 years	2020
Median age - male	151	14.5 years	0
Median age - total	147	14.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	83	18.5	2012
Net migration rate	96	0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	126	5.5 %	2016
Physicians density	152	0.04 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	54	24.485 million	2022
Population growth rate	2	3.66 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	67	81.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	5	86.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	5	75.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	26	18.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	6 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	13	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	26	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	99	1.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	121	13.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	113	7.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	1	6.82 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	6	4.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	171	17.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	67	17.5	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	64	16.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	65	16.6	0
Transportation
Airports	94	30	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	35	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	66	10	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	15	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	77	20	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	133	1	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	3	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	96	3912 km	2010
Roadways - total	91	18949 km	2010
Waterways	88	300 km	2012

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Niger on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niger 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niger 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.