🇳🇪 Niger Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇳🇪 Niger NE / NER #21

Nomad Score 34.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic under a military junta

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 31/100

Press Freedom (2025) 57.1/100 #83

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.227

HDI 0.419

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 9th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 25th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 32th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 29th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 21th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 30th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2012) 4.4/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 25.5/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic under a military junta

Title	Name
President of Niger	Abdourahamane Tchiani
Vice President of Niger	Salifou Modi

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 31 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 57.1 / 100

Global Rank #83 / 180

Rank Change -3 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #78 49.7

Economic #79 43.1

Legal #80 63.6

Social #75 64.0

Safety #110 64.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.227

Liberal 0.177

Participatory 0.189

Deliberative 0.253

Egalitarian 0.214

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	57.1	83	49.7	43.1	63.6	64.0	64.9
2024	59.7	80	54.4	44.6	67.7	67.5	64.4
2023	66.8	61	62.7	41.6	69.5	74.0	86.4
2022	67.8	59	62.3	46.7	71.8	76.5	81.7
2021	71.6	59	-	-	-	-	86.1
2020	71.8	57	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.7	66	-	-	-	-	50.6
2018	72.6	63	-	-	-	-	86.1
2017	72.8	61	-	-	-	-	89.0
2016	75.4	52	-	-	-	-	82.1
2015	76.2	47	-	-	-	-	75.2
2014	76.4	48	-	-	-	-	-
2013	76.9	43	-	-	-	-	-
2012	2.5	29	-	-	-	-	-
2010	28.5	106	-	-	-	-	-
2009	48.5	139	-	-	-	-	-
2008	37.0	130	-	-	-	-	-
2007	25.5	87	-	-	-	-	-
2006	24.5	95	-	-	-	-	-
2005	13.0	57	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index