Niger (NE) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A vast Sahel state of uranium, gold and a very young population, now living with a security and sanctions shock. Niamey's formal economy is small. The countryside is the real labour market and it is under stress.
Region: Africa. Population: 27M (rank #55). GDP per capita: $822 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: 0%. Inflation: 0%. Currency: XOF.