West Africa
Niger
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Niger's #2 import source (world lens). Niger is the EU's #96 goods supplier.
Niger on the world stage
Total imports
$1.5bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$1.0bn
124 partners
#1 import source
China
20.7%
#1 export dest.
Singapore
30.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Niger and the EU
EU imports from
€1.5bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€191m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #96 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.12
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
688
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (NIGELEC)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARSE (Autorite de Regulation du Secteur de l'Energie)
Niger imports roughly 65% of its electricity from Nigeria via a single 132 kV line, making it acutely vulnerable to Nigerian grid instability. Domestic generation is minimal and electrification is below 20%.
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
24
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
uranium sector; no open monitoring located
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
15.4
→ 21.2 by 2050
Fertility
5.94
above replacement
Working-age
50.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.1
→ 5.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 27M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +94% (52.5M)