International Rankings of Niger 2023, 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	60	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	12000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	101	22 %	2021
Internet users - total	85	5.500 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	147	58000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	91	56	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	74	14.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	141	2.785 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	139	2.325 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	75	5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	150	1.816 billion US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	141	3.728 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	168	1.338 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	136	12.926 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	162	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	121	9.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	65	70.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	62	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	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	8	41.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	121	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	176	38.7 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	64	37.3 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	77	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
Imports	157	3.542 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	97	4.09 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	85	3.84 %	2021
Labor force	57	9.411 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	8	79.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	129	3.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	160	17.5 %	2012
Population below poverty line	38	40.8 %	2018
Public debt	112	45.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	140	29.964 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	159	1.39 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	173	1200 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	141	1.314 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	74	21.4 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	207	0.75 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	156	0.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	153	1.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	158	1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	95	499000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	154	1.875 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	90	224000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	66	224000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	6.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	153	1.325 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	71	1.057 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	157	324000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	137	313.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	31	94.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	22	5.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	190	1.540 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	56	150.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	150	13800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	86	8000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	92	5422 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	181	3799 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	96	15280 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	143	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	105	35.1	2018
Land use - arable land	85	12.3	2018
Land use - forest	175	1	2018
Land use - other	29	63.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	70	22.7	2018
Revenue from coal	30	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	16	4.41 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	107	34.050 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	67	2.350 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	91	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	95	190.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	6	4.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	178	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	74	4 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	25	1.267 million sq km	0
Area - total	26	1.267 million sq km	0
Area - water	128	30023 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	107	02022 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	15	200 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	73	474 meters	0
Irrigated land	71	2666 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	29	5834 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	105	35.1	2018
Land use - arable land	85	12.3	2018
Land use - forest	175	1	2018
Land use - other	29	63.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	84	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	70	22.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	36	1.7 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	129	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	162	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	95	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	1	46.86 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	5	31.3 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	126	11 %	2021
Current health expenditure	56	6.2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	1	80.3 %	2023
Death rate	37	9.66 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	143	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	35	95.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	21	36.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	9	31.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	30	4.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	48	3.8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	1	3.31 %	2023
Hospital bed density	67	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	6	60.46 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	6	70.46 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	6	65.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	197	62.1 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	202	58.91 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	196	60.48 years	0
Literacy - female	116	29 %	2018
Literacy - male	97	45.8 %	0
Literacy - total population	106	37.3 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	19	441 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	169	15.1 years	2020
Median age - male	158	14.5 years	0
Median age - total	159	14.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	84	18.5	2012
Net migration rate	103	0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	132	5.5 %	2016
Physicians density	157	0.04 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	56	25.397 million	2023
Population growth rate	3	3.66 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	68	81.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	6	86.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	6	75.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	27	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	14	7 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	16	6 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	28	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	103	1.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	124	13.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	119	7.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	1	6.73 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	6	4.72	2025
Urbanization - urban population	178	17.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	156	0.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	153	1.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	158	1	0
Transportation
Airports	95	30	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	79	201000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	142	2	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	99	3912 km	2010
Roadways - total	102	18949 km	2010
Waterways	92	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niger 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niger 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.