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IndicatorNERNigerSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.65rank #85
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile35.4rank #139
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #94
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #104
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #62
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile36.4rank #159
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.65rank #85
Military spending% GDP2.2%rank #44
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.19rank #105
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile35.8rank #187
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile42.8rank #158
Rule of Law0-100 percentile40.7rank #160
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.58rank #74
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.23rank #117
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.18rank #107
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile39.9rank #151
Women in parliament% seats19.6%rank #116
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.71rank #88
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment73%rank #3
Agriculture value added% GDP47.6%rank #1
Annual working hours per workerhours2,069.5rank #53
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker13,674.2rank #158
Current account balance% GDP-6.1%rank #130
Employment-to-population ratio%79.7%rank #7
External debt stocks% GNI27.5%rank #23
FDI net inflows% GDP1.8%rank #117
GDPcurrent US$21.65Brank #127
GDP growth%7%rank #17
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$775.4rank #180
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $1,860.5rank #177
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $1,590.2rank #185
Government expenditure% GDP10.2%rank #42
Gross capital formation% GDP22%rank #77
Gross savings% GDP17.5%rank #102
High-technology exports% manuf. exports8.6%rank #65
Human capital indexindex1.2rank #145
Industry value added% GDP18.7%rank #118
Inflation%-4.5%rank #2
Labour force participation rate%80%rank #9
Personal remittances received% GDP3.3%rank #63
Researchers in R&Dper million26.9rank #75
Tax revenue% GDP11.8%rank #33
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.26rank #114
Trade openness% GDP33.9%rank #128
Unemployment% labor force0.39%rank #3
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%0.42%rank #3
Vulnerable employment% employment83.7%rank #178
Youth unemployment% ages 15-240.46%rank #1
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-240.49%rank #1
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop53.4%rank #166
Basic sanitation access% pop16.3%rank #172
Child mortalityper 10011.1rank #155
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,654rank #134
DTP3 immunization coverage%86%rank #14
Health spending% GDP4%rank #153
Infant mortalityper 1k births65.6rank #147
Life expectancyyears61.4rank #207
Maternal mortalityper 100k350rank #98
Measles immunization% children81%rank #19
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%81%rank #19
Physiciansper 1k0.04rank #58
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m365.2rank #196
Road traffic deathsper 100k25.5rank #101
Smoking prevalence% adults7.4%rank #10
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.5rank #48
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k86rank #89
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births110.7rank #195
Undernourishment% pop12.9%rank #44
Education
Adult literacy%35.6%rank #44
Education spending% GDP4.1%rank #50
Expected years of schoolingyears8.3rank #185
Mean years of schoolingyears1.4rank #191
Primary completion rate% relevant age40.8%rank #111
Primary enrollment% gross64.7%rank #134
Secondary enrollment% gross19.9%rank #109
Tertiary enrollment% gross4.2%rank #131
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00041.4rank #4
Fertility ratebirths/woman5.9rank #5
Median age of populationyears15.2rank #216
Net migration rateper 1,0000.04rank #93
Populationpeople27.92Mrank #54
Population growth%3.2%rank #9
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years66.5rank #202
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands52,513.9rank #38
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age98.2rank #2
Urban population%18.4%rank #202
Climate
CO₂ emissionst3.17Mrank #146
CO₂ per capitat0.12rank #200
Electricity access% pop21.3%rank #76
Electricity from coal% generation17.9%rank #43
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation3.2%rank #92
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita67.7rank #146
Forest area% land0.82%rank #198
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.7rank #29
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh673.7rank #170
Renewable electricity%3.2%rank #162
Renewable energy share%79.6%rank #16
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e45.6rank #98
Society
Asylum seekerspeople21,662rank #134
Extreme poverty% pop60.5%rank #44
Female labor participation%72.8%rank #13
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.11rank #145
Gender Development Indexratio0.86rank #101
Gender Inequality Index0-10.59rank #141
Gini indexindex32.9rank #26
Homicide rateper 100k4.4rank #82
Human Development Index0-10.42rank #155
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.27rank #141
Internally displaced personspeople459,585rank #18
Internet users% pop15.6%rank #176
Life satisfaction0-104.9rank #100
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.41rank #126
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.05rank #164
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.25rank #134
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.67rank #174
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.92rank #195
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people385,986rank #24
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people85,591rank #148
Youth NEET rate%16.4%rank #81
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year724rank #25
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths1,271rank #36
Hazard & exposure0-107.5rank #64
Human hazard & exposure0-109.4rank #71
INFORM risk score0-107.5rank #59
Lack of coping capacity0-107.7rank #67
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-108.1rank #68
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107.3rank #52
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.6rank #23
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1,117rank #37
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107.5rank #70
Vulnerability0-107.4rank #59
Vulnerable groups0-107.2rank #64
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