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Niger vs Nigeria

114 shared metrics.

NigerLeads in 44

vs114 shared

NigeriaLeads in 70

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Niger

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Niger.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Niger remains near the top of global fertility tables, with around six births per woman in recent estimates.

World Bank

Nigeria

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Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Nigeria.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Nigeria is projected to overtake the U.S. in population around 2050.

UN DESA

Analysis

Nigeria leads in 70 of 114 shared metrics, while Niger leads in 44.

Niger's Water Stress (%) is 12.1x that of Nigeria (73.81% vs 5.6%).

Niger's Education Spending (% GDP) is 11.8x that of Nigeria (4.1% of GDP vs 0.32% of GDP).

Niger's Solar Electricity Share is 9.2x that of Nigeria (3.2% vs 0.31%).

Niger's Milk Consumption per Person is 6.5x that of Nigeria (58.92 kg/person/yr vs 7.9 kg/person/yr).

Niger's Women in Parliament (%) is 5.6x that of Nigeria (25.9% vs 3.9%).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Niger leads

Niger

73.81%

Nigeria

5.6%

Education Spending (% GDP)Niger leads

Niger

4.1% of GDP

Nigeria

0.32% of GDP

Solar Electricity ShareNiger leads

Niger

3.2%

Nigeria

0.31%

Milk Consumption per PersonNiger leads

Niger

58.92 kg/person/yr

Nigeria

7.9 kg/person/yr

Women in Parliament (%)Niger leads

Niger

25.9%

Nigeria

3.9%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Niger leads

Niger

Nigeria

Niger

0.13 L/adult/yr

Nigeria

3.8 L/adult/yr

97% lower

Comparison of Niger and Nigeria across 114 metrics
				Winner
Water Stress (%)	73.81%	5.6%	1208% higher	Niger
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	0.32% of GDP	1177% higher	Niger
Solar Electricity Share	3.2%	0.31%	919% higher	Niger
Milk Consumption per Person	58.92 kg/person/yr	7.9 kg/person/yr	645% higher	Niger
Women in Parliament (%)	25.9%	3.9%	562% higher	Niger
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	0.43% of GDP	519% higher	Niger
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	5.0 days/yr	500% higher	Niger
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	450% higher	Niger
Military Spending	2.2% of GDP	0.56% of GDP	304% higher	Niger
High-Tech Exports (%)	8.6%	2.7%	218% higher	Niger
GDP Growth Rate	10.3%	4.1%	154% higher	Niger
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.5% of adults	3.2% of adults	134% higher	Niger
Smoking Rate	7.7%	3.3%	133% higher	Niger
Government Debt (% GDP)	45.2% of GDP	19.6% of GDP	131% higher	Niger
Air Passengers	5.8K	5.27M	100% lower	Nigeria
Broadband Access (%)	0.11 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	100% lower	Nigeria
Scientific Publications	73.56	9.4K	99% lower	Nigeria
Total CO2 Emissions	3.2 Mt CO2e	131.91 Mt CO2e	98% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Generation	0.80 TWh	40.13 TWh	98% lower	Nigeria
Alcohol Consumption	0.13 L/adult/yr	3.8 L/adult/yr	97% lower	Nigeria
Forest Coverage (%)	0.82%	23.21%	96% lower	Nigeria
Armed Forces Personnel	10.0K	223.0K	96% lower	Nigeria
Forest Area	10.4K km²	211.4K km²	95% lower	Nigeria
Beer Consumption	0.03 L/person/yr	0.52 L/person/yr	94% lower	Nigeria
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	27 medals	93% lower	Nigeria
Population Density	20.65 /km²	250.21 /km²	92% lower	Nigeria
GDP (Nominal)	$19,876,128,485.79	$252,261,880,141.15	92% lower	Nigeria
Youth Unemployment Rate	0.46% of youth labor force	5.3% of youth labor force	91% lower	Nigeria
Electric Generating Capacity	377.0K kW	4.09M kW	91% lower	Nigeria
Population	27.32M	244.34M	89% lower	Nigeria
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.04 per 1k	0.38 per 1k	89% lower	Nigeria
Spirits Consumption	0.05 L/person/yr	0.41 L/person/yr	88% lower	Nigeria
Nurses & Midwives	0.20 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	88% lower	Nigeria
Unemployment Rate	0.35%	3.0%	88% lower	Nigeria
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.9% of firms	22.39% of firms	87% lower	Nigeria
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.9 per 100k	13.57 per 100k	86% lower	Nigeria
Credit Card Ownership	0.47% of adults	3.2% of adults	86% lower	Nigeria
Mobile Money Accounts	5.7% of adults	32.79% of adults	83% lower	Nigeria
Firms Making Informal Payments	5.4% of firms	29.44% of firms	82% lower	Nigeria
CO2 Per Capita	0.12 t/person/yr	0.58 t/person/yr	80% lower	Nigeria
Water Withdrawal	2.6 B m³	12.47 B m³	79% lower	Nigeria
Meat Consumption per Person	12.75 kg/person/yr	7.2 kg/person/yr	78% higher	Niger
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$2,049.93	$9,086.88	77% lower	Nigeria
Digital Payments Used	12.26% of adults	54.48% of adults	77% lower	Nigeria
Border Neighbors	7.0	4.0	75% higher	Niger
Inflation Rate	9.1%	33.2%	73% lower	Nigeria
Seafood Consumption per Person	1.9 kg/person/yr	6.7 kg/person/yr	72% lower	Nigeria
Health Spending Per Capita	$26.51	$90.92	71% lower	Nigeria
Urban Population (%)	18.05%	62.98%	71% lower	Nigeria
Teen Birth Rate	145.32 per 1k	86.43 per 1k	68% higher	Niger
Electricity Access (%)	20.1%	61.2%	67% lower	Nigeria
Sanitation Access (%)	16.34%	47.9%	66% lower	Nigeria
Vehicles per 1,000 People	21.1 per 1k people	60.03 per 1k people	65% lower	Nigeria
GNI Per Capita	$680	$1,700	60% lower	Nigeria
Electoral Democracy Index	0.23	0.51	55% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	62.42 kWh/person	135.6 kWh/person	54% lower	Nigeria
Agricultural Land (%)	36.79%	76.2%	52% lower	Nigeria
Obesity Rate	5.3%	10.84%	51% lower	Nigeria
Energy Use (Per Capita)	162.05 kg oil eq/person	333.06 kg oil eq/person	51% lower	Nigeria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	85.12 µg/m³	56.53 µg/m³	51% higher	Niger
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% higher	Niger
Adult Literacy Rate	35.61%	70.41%	49% lower	Nigeria
Airports	26	51	49% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	673.68 gCO2/kWh	455.71 gCO2/kWh	48% higher	Niger
Road Traffic Death Rate	24.9 per 100k	17.2 per 100k	45% higher	Niger
Liberal Democracy Index	0.18	0.31	43% lower	Nigeria
Fertility Rate	6.5 children/woman	4.6 children/woman	43% higher	Niger
Women in Senior Management	21.62% of managers	37.86% of managers	43% lower	Nigeria
Capital Elevation	207 m	360 m	42% lower	Nigeria
Internet Users (%)	23%	39%	41% lower	Nigeria
Land Area	1.27M km²	910.8K km²	39% higher	Niger
Birth Rate	46.29 per 1k	33.56 per 1k	38% higher	Niger
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Nigeria
Irrigated Land	2.9K km²	2.2K km²	32% higher	Niger
Protected Land (%)	18.2%	13.9%	31% higher	Niger
Land Border Length	5.8K km	4.5K km	30% higher	Niger
Political Corruption Index	0.59	0.83	29% lower	Nigeria
Can Raise Emergency Money	94.64% of adults	75.04% of adults	26% higher	Niger
Human Development Index	0.42	0.56	25% lower	Nigeria
Dependency Ratio	96.83% of working-age pop.	78.77% of working-age pop.	23% higher	Niger
Corruption Perceptions Index	31 pts	26 pts	19% higher	Niger
Average Weekly Work Hours	39.72 hrs/week	33.5 hrs/week	19% higher	Niger
Hypertension Prevalence	42.3% of adults	36.1% of adults	17% higher	Niger
Highest Elevation	2.0K m	2.4K m	16% lower	Nigeria
Elderly Population (%)	2.6%	3.0%	15% lower	Nigeria
Median Age	15.3 years	17.8 years	14% lower	Nigeria
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	43.7%	50.7%	14% lower	Nigeria
Youth Population (%)	46.6%	41.01%	14% higher	Niger
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	154.26 kg/person/yr	14% lower	Nigeria
Infant Mortality	67.4 per 1k births	60.1 per 1k births	12% higher	Niger
Life Expectancy	61.2 years	54.5 years	12% higher	Niger
Freedom of Expression Index	0.76	0.85	11% lower	Nigeria
Suicide Rate	4.5 per 100k	5.0 per 100k	10% lower	Nigeria
Child Mortality	114.8 per 1k births	104.9 per 1k births	9% higher	Niger
Firms Hit by Power Outages	75.11% of firms	82.49% of firms	9% lower	Nigeria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	66 per 100 people	71 per 100 people	7% lower	Nigeria
Informal Employment Share	98.49% of employed people	93.14% of employed people	6% higher	Niger
Inequality (Gini)	32.9	33.9	3% lower	Nigeria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.71	0.73	3% lower	Nigeria
Life Evaluation Score	4.9 pts	4.8 pts	3% higher	Niger
Firms with Female Top Manager	14.64% of firms	14.27% of firms	3% higher	Niger
Death Rate	9.2 per 1k	9.4 per 1k	2% lower	Nigeria
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.4% of GDP	4.3% of GDP	2% higher	Niger
Insufficient Physical Activity	17.84% of adults	18.16% of adults	2% lower	Nigeria
Renewable Energy (%)	79.6%	80.3%	1% lower	Nigeria
Coastline Length	0 km	853 km	ranked lower	Nigeria
Coal Electricity Share	17.89%	0%	ranked higher	Niger
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Niger
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.00 per 1M people	ranked lower	Nigeria
Lowest Elevation	200 m	0 m	ranked higher	Niger
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Niger
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	ranked lower	Nigeria
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	ranked lower	Nigeria
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.00 per 1M people	ranked lower	Nigeria

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Analysis

Nigeria leads in 70 of 114 shared metrics, while Niger leads in 44.

Niger's Water Stress (%) is 12.1x that of Nigeria (73.81% vs 5.6%).

Niger's Education Spending (% GDP) is 11.8x that of Nigeria (4.1% of GDP vs 0.32% of GDP).

Niger's Solar Electricity Share is 9.2x that of Nigeria (3.2% vs 0.31%).

Niger's Milk Consumption per Person is 6.5x that of Nigeria (58.92 kg/person/yr vs 7.9 kg/person/yr).

Niger's Women in Parliament (%) is 5.6x that of Nigeria (25.9% vs 3.9%).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Niger leads

Niger

73.81%

Nigeria

5.6%

Education Spending (% GDP)Niger leads

Niger

4.1% of GDP

Nigeria

0.32% of GDP

Solar Electricity ShareNiger leads

Niger

3.2%

Nigeria

0.31%

Milk Consumption per PersonNiger leads

Niger

58.92 kg/person/yr

Nigeria

7.9 kg/person/yr

Women in Parliament (%)Niger leads

Niger

25.9%

Nigeria

3.9%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Niger leads

Niger

2.6% of GDP

Nigeria

0.43% of GDP

Water Stress (%)

73.81%

5.6%

Education Spending (% GDP)

4.1% of GDP

0.32% of GDP

Solar Electricity Share

3.2%

0.31%

Milk Consumption per Person

58.92 kg/person/yr

7.9 kg/person/yr

Women in Parliament (%)

25.9%

3.9%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.6% of GDP

0.43% of GDP

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

30 days/yr

5.0 days/yr

0.01 per 100k people

0.00 per 100k people

Military Spending

2.2% of GDP

0.56% of GDP

High-Tech Exports (%)

8.6%

2.7%

GDP Growth Rate

10.3%

4.1%

Tobacco Use Prevalence

7.5% of adults

3.2% of adults

Smoking Rate

7.7%

3.3%

Government Debt (% GDP)

45.2% of GDP

19.6% of GDP

Air Passengers

5.8K

5.27M

Broadband Access (%)

0.11 per 100 people

202 per 100 people

Scientific Publications

73.56

9.4K

Total CO2 Emissions

3.2 Mt CO2e

131.91 Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

0.80 TWh

40.13 TWh

Alcohol Consumption

0.13 L/adult/yr

3.8 L/adult/yr

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Stress (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Solar Electricity Share

Milk Consumption per Person

Women in Parliament (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Military Spending

High-Tech Exports (%)

GDP Growth Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Smoking Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Air Passengers

Broadband Access (%)

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Alcohol Consumption

Forest Coverage (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Area

Beer Consumption

All-Time Olympic Medals

Population Density

GDP (Nominal)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Population

Doctors (per 1,000)

Spirits Consumption

Nurses & Midwives

Unemployment Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Credit Card Ownership

Mobile Money Accounts

Firms Making Informal Payments

CO2 Per Capita

Water Withdrawal

Meat Consumption per Person

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Digital Payments Used

Border Neighbors

Inflation Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Health Spending Per Capita

Urban Population (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

GNI Per Capita

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Agricultural Land (%)

Obesity Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Adult Literacy Rate

Airports

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Fertility Rate

Women in Senior Management

Capital Elevation

Internet Users (%)

Land Area

Birth Rate