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Niger

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currency: West African CFA franc
capital city: Niamey
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,266,700 km²
population: 26,207,977 people
political leader: Mahamadou Issoufou (President)

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Summary

Niger is a country. The capital city is Niamey, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,266,700 km², a population of 26,207,977 people and uses the currency West African CFA franc. The President is Mahamadou Issoufou.

Location on a map: [16°0′N, 8°0′E]

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Environment

Niger is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 465,950.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.01 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 2.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Access to electricity: 19.50 % of population
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: 6.75 births per woman
Forest area: 10,672 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 24.06 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 43.24 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 10.50
Methane emissions: 30.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 9.97 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 12,914,594 people
Male population: 13,293,383 people
Renewable energy consumption: 79.60 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 1,187,981.38 km²
Rural population: 21,780,401 people
Urban land area: 1,313.95 km²
Urban population: 4,427,576 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Niger by population

Cities in Niger

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Evolution of historical forest area in Niger

Distribution of sites in Niger by inscription year

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Niger

Relationship between methane emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Niger

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Niger

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Niger

Evolution of historical land area in Niger

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Evolution of historical methane emissions in Niger

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Geographical distribution of sites in Niger by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Niger

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Evolution of historical population in Niger

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Niger

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Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Niger

Relationship between population and date in Niger

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Niger

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Niger

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Niger

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Niger

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Niger

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Niger

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Niger

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Niger

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Niger

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Sites in Niger

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Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Niger

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Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Niger

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Niger

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Niger

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Niger

Proportion of transboundary sites in Niger

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Niger by mean width

Wildfires in Niger

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Niger

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 10,000 people
Democracy score: 3.76
Democracy type: Authoritarian
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 372,000 people
Individuals using the internet: 16.94 % of population
Military expenditure: 1.66 % of GDP
Net migration: 1,000 people
Press freedom: 2.67
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 25.90 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Niger

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Niger

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Niger

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Niger

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Niger

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Niger

Evolution of historical net migration in Niger

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Niger

Political parties in Niger

Distribution of politicians from Niger by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Niger

Politicians from Niger

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Business

Expense: 10.16 % of GDP
Gdp: 15,433,852,712.30 current US$
Inflation: 4.23 annual %
Self-employed workers: 94.01 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 11.76 % of GDP
Unemployment: 0.55 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 93.34 % of total employment

Shops in Niger

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Companies from Niger

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Distribution of companies founded in Niger by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Niger

Evolution of historical central government debt in Niger

Evolution of historical expense in Niger

Evolution of historical GDP in Niger

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Niger

Evolution of historical inflation in Niger

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Niger

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Evolution of historical tax revenue in Niger

Evolution of historical unemployment in Niger

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Niger

Exchanges in Niger

Proportion of shops per country in Niger

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Health

Birth rate: 45.03 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 7.83 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 34.34 current US$
Health expenditure: 5.81 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.06 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 0.27 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 62
Suicide mortality rate: 5.30 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Niger

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate over time in Niger

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Niger

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Relationship between birth rate and median age in Niger

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Niger

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Evolution of historical death rate in Niger

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Niger

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Niger

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Niger

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Niger

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Niger

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Niger

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Niger

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Niger

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Niger

Diseases in Niger

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Niger

Proportion of diseases in Niger by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Niger by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Niger

Evolution of historical deaths in Niger

Relationship between cases and deaths in Niger

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Niger by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Niger

Athletes from Niger

Proportion of competitions per city in Niger

Competitions in Niger

Proportion of competitions per country in Niger

Distribution of competitions in Niger by start date

Proportion of medals won by Niger in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Niger

Distribution of artists from Niger by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Niger

Geographical distribution of museums in Niger by visitors

Museums in Niger

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Niger by total students

Distribution of universities in Niger per foundation year

Universities in Niger

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In literature

There are 21 books written about Niger in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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