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Niger

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LANGUAGE INSIGHT

Official language

French (1.1%)

Actual languages

Hausa (53.1%), Songhai-zerma (21.2%), Berber (10.4%), Fulfulde (9.7%), Kanuri (4.4%), French (1.1%), other (0.1%)

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Niger

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

  • 12/150 localize by translating into French
  • 2/150 localize by translating into Arabic
  • 1/150 localizes by translating into both French and Arabic
  • Localization not available 3M
  • Localization not available ABB
  • Localization not available Accenture
  • Localization not available Adidas
  • Localization not available Adobe
  • Localization not available Airbnb
  • Localization not available Aldi
  • Localization not available Amazon
  • Localization not available American Airlines
  • Localization not available American Express
  • Localization available Apple
  • Localization not available Audi
  • Localization not available Autodesk
  • Localization not available Avis
  • Localization not available Bayer
  • Localization not available BMW
  • Localization not available Booking.com
  • Localization not available Bosch
  • Localization not available British Airways
  • Localization not available Bumble
  • Localization not available Burberry
  • Localization not available BYD
  • Localization available Canon
  • Localization not available Capgemini
  • Localization not available Cartier
  • Localization not available Caterpillar
  • Localization not available Chevrolet
  • Localization not available Cisco Systems
  • Localization not available Citibank
  • Localization not available Coca-Cola
  • Localization not available Costco
  • Localization available Dell
  • Localization not available Deloitte
  • Localization not available Delta
  • Localization available DHL
  • Localization not available Disney+
  • Localization not available Dyson
  • Localization not available eBay
  • Localization not available Eli Lilly
  • Localization not available Emirates
  • Localization not available Ernst & Young
  • Localization available Facebook
  • Localization not available FedEx
  • Localization not available Ford
  • Localization not available Four Seasons
  • Localization not available Fujifilm
  • Localization not available GE
  • Localization not available Gillette
  • Localization not available GoDaddy
  • Localization available Google
  • Localization not available Gucci
  • Localization not available Haier
  • Localization not available Heineken
  • Localization not available Hermès
  • Localization not available Hertz
  • Localization not available Hilton
  • Localization not available Hisense
  • Localization not available Hitachi
  • Localization not available Honda
  • Localization not available Hotels.com
  • Localization not available HP
  • Localization not available HP Enterprise
  • Localization not available HSBC
  • Localization not available Huawei
  • Localization not available Hyatt
  • Localization not available Hyundai
  • Localization not available IBM
  • Localization not available IKEA
  • Localization not available Intel
  • Localization available InterContinental Hotels
  • Localization not available J&J
  • Localization not available Jack Daniel's
  • Localization available Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • Localization not available John Deere
  • Localization not available Kellogg's
  • Localization not available Kia
  • Localization not available KPMG
  • Localization not available L'Oréal
  • Localization not available Land Rover
  • Localization not available LEGO
  • Localization not available Lenovo
  • Localization not available Lexus
  • Localization available LG
  • Localization not available Louis Vuitton
  • Localization not available Lululemon
  • Localization not available LUSH
  • Localization not available Marriott
  • Localization not available MasterCard
  • Localization not available McDonald's
  • Localization not available Mercedes-Benz
  • Localization not available Merck
  • Localization not available Microsoft
  • Localization not available Mitsubishi Electric
  • Localization not available Nestlé
  • Localization not available Netflix
  • Localization not available Nike
  • Localization not available Nikon
  • Localization not available Nintendo
  • Localization not available Nio
  • Localization not available Nissan
  • Localization not available NIVEA
  • Localization not available Oracle
  • Localization not available Pampers
  • Localization not available Panasonic
  • Localization available PayPal
  • Localization not available Pepsi
  • Localization not available Pfizer
  • Localization not available Philips
  • Localization not available Pitney Bowes
  • Localization not available Porsche
  • Localization not available Procter & Gamble
  • Localization not available PWC
  • Localization not available Revolut
  • Localization not available Rolex
  • Localization not available Royal Caribbean
  • Localization not available Salesforce
  • Localization available Samsung
  • Localization not available Sanofi
  • Localization not available SAP
  • Localization not available Sephora
  • Localization not available Shopify
  • Localization not available Siemens
  • Localization not available Sony
  • Localization not available Spotify
  • Localization not available Starbucks
  • Localization not available Steelcase
  • Localization not available Stripe
  • Localization not available Subaru
  • Localization not available Tesla
  • Localization available The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Localization not available Tiffany
  • Localization not available Tinder
  • Localization not available Toshiba
  • Localization not available Toyota
  • Localization not available TripAdvisor
  • Localization not available Uber
  • Localization not available United Airlines
  • Localization not available UPS
  • Localization not available Visa
  • Localization not available Volkswagen
  • Localization not available Volvo Cars
  • Localization not available Vrbo
  • Localization not available Walmart
  • Localization available Western Union
  • Localization available Wikipedia
  • Localization not available Wise
  • Localization not available WordPress
  • Localization not available Workday
  • Localization available Xerox
  • Localization not available Xiaomi (Mi)
  • Localization not available Zara
  • Localization not available Zoom
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Overview


Language

Official language
French (1.1%)

T-index
0.012%

T-Index ranks countries according to their potential for online sales.

Actual languages
Hausa (53.1%), Songhai-zerma (21.2%), Berber (10.4%), Fulfulde (9.7%), Kanuri (4.4%), other (0.1%).

Demography

Capital: Niamey
Currency: West African CFA franc
Population: 26,2 million
Population density: 19/km2

Economy

GDP: 13.97 billion USD (2022)
GDP per capita: 533 USD ‎(2022) ‎
Exports: $3.78 billion (2021)

Statistics

Internet users: 22.4% penetration, 5.98 million
Unemployment rate: 7.8% (2017)
Urbanisation: 17% (2022)
Literacy: 37% (2021)

Conventions

Numbering system
Arabic numerals with comma as decimal separator

Date format: dd – mm – yyyy
Time: 24h time system
Country code: 00227

Language data sources: Worldatlas/Britannica//EF/Wikipedia; Demography data sources: IMF/Worldometers; Conventions data source: Wikipedia; Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal; Statistics data sources: Datareportal/WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF/Culturalatlas/Commisceoglobal

Facts and data


Economy

Imports
$2.33 billion (2021). Rice ($275M), Cars ($113M), Rolled Tobacco ($69.3M), Palm Oil ($59.2M), and Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($57.8M), importing mostly from China ($441M), France ($193M), United States ($185M), Nigeria ($180M), and India ($175M).

Financial inclusion factors (over 15 years of  age)
• 9.5% have an account with a financial institution
• 2.1% have a credit card
• 8.7% have a mobile money account

Ease of doing business
Ease of conducting business is medium-low (rated 56.8 out of 100). Ranked 18th out of 48 Sub-Saharan African countries. Ranked 132nd out of 190 countries worldwide (2022, World Bank)

Exports
$3.78 billion (2021). Gold ($2.7B), Other Oily Seeds ($344M), Radioactive Chemicals ($297M), Refined Petroleum ($235M), and Uranium and Thorium Ore ($36.5M), exporting mostly to United Arab Emirates ($2.68B), China ($344M), France ($197M), Burkina Faso ($123M), and Mali ($110M).

Economic freedom
‘Mostly not free’ (rated 53.7 out of 100). Ranked 23rd out of 47 Sub-Saharan African countries. Ranked 126th out of 186 countries worldwide (2022, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal).

Global Innovation Index
Ranked 22nd out of 27 Sub-Saharan African countries, and 125th out of 132 worldwide.

The Global Innovation Index captures the innovation
ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.

Economy data sources: WTO/OEC/CIA/Esomar/Datareportal


Service Imports (2013)
Service Exports (2013)

Source: OEC

Historical Data Trade Imports

The following section uses historical trade data imports from partners of Niger.

Historical Data Trade Exports

The following section uses historical trade data exports from partners of Niger.

Source: OEC

The Top Export Opportunities for Niger by Relatedness

Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product by showing only products that Niger is not specialized in.

Niger's Most Complex Exports

The Product Complexity Index (PCI) measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Source: OEC

Niger's Most Specialized Products

Specialization is measured using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), an index that takes the ratio between Niger observed and expected exports in each product.

Source: OEC

Market Growth Imports (2013)

This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start importing that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.

Market Growth Exports (2013)

This score represents the likelihood that the given country will start exporting that product in the next few years. It forecasts the opening of a new specific market.

Source: OEC


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Media

Media language French

Information channels
Niger’s underdeveloped media sector reflects the country’s poverty and low levels of literacy, which constrain media development and limit public access to some platforms and outlets.
The threat from jihadists is a further challenge to the media sector and those who work in it. 
Radio is the most important medium, particularly popular among rural and often illiterate audiences. Over 200 stations are licensed. Local relays of foreign radio stations are popular.
Television viewing is restricted by limited access to mains electricity, though a number of privately owned channels compete with the state broadcaster.
There are a substantial number of print media titles but readership is largely limited to the educated, French-speaking urban population. BBC World Service broadcasts in Hausa, French and English in the capital (100.4 FM). There are also FM relays of Voice of America (VOA).

News agency

Agence Nigerien de Presse (ANP) – state news agency, all ANO’s output is in French

The press

L’Enqueteur – pro-opposition newspaper
Le Sahel – and its Sunday edition Sahel Dimanche are the leading state-run newspapers
Niger Express – news website
Journal du Niger – news website
Tamtam Info – pro-government news website
ActuNiger – a leading private news website
Niamey et les 2 Jours – pro-government news website
Niger Diaspora – website aimed at Niger people living abroad
Sahelien – regional website based in Bamako, launched in 2014 with backing from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) focuses on news in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali

Television

Tele-Sahel – state-run
Africable TV – pan-African Mali-based channel
Radio-Television Tenere (RTT TV) – also operates Radio Tenere, one of Niger’s most popular radio stations.

Radio

La Voix du Sahel – state-run, sole national station; broadcasts in French, Arabic, Hausa and vernacular languages
Radio Saraounia – private
Anfani FM – private
R&M (Radio et Musique) – private
Tenere FM – private

Media data source: BBC


Internet Data

Internet users
22.4% penetration, 5.98 million

Share of web traffic by device
82.78% mobile phones, 17.02% computers (laptops and desktops) and 0.19% tablet devices.

Median speed of fixed Internet connection
4.47 Mbps

Mobile connection as a percentage of total population: 54.7%

Percentage of mobile connections that are broadband (3G-5G): 46.5%

Most popular web search engines
Google (95.38%), Bing (3.91%), Yahoo! (0.32%), DuckduckGo (0.08%),  Baidu (0.07%), other (0.25%).

Most used social media
Facebook (89.19%), Twitter (7.75%), Pinterest (1.1%), YouTube (1.09%), Instagram (0.64%), LinkedIn (0.14%), VKontakte (0.05%), other (0.05%).

Internet data sources: Datareportal/Statcounter


Social statistics

Life expectancy
62 yrs (2021)

Gender
Youth, in particular, may be boisterous; sexual assault is not prevalent but most men tend to act in an outwardly sexist manner in the presence of women.

Corruption perceptions Index
Niger scored 32 out of 100, ranked 123 out of 180 countries worldwide.

Current health expenditure
6.2% of GDP

Current education expenditure
99.2% of total expenditure in public institutions.

CO2 emissions
0.1 metric tons per capita.

Religion
With regard to religion, the majority of the population is Muslim and strictly follow its rules such as regularly attending prayers and observing Ramadan.

Ethnicity
Previously, ethnicity was a major problem; however, today all ethnic groups live together in perfect harmony.

Class
Different social classes do exist and even affect marriage; girls and men from aristocratic families may not marry outside their caste. Classes often contribute to social barriers.

World Happiness Index
Niger ranked 104 out of 137 countries, with a score of 5.003.

Social statistics sources: WorldBank/UN/UNESCO/CEIC/IMF


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Languages research


Languages spoken in Niger

Legend

  • 1-Songhai-Zarma and Fulfulde

  • 2-Fulfulde, Hausa and Tamascheq

  • 3-Songhai-Zarma, Fulfulde and Tanascheq

  • 4-Arabisch

  • 5-Fulfulde

  • 6-Arabisch, Tamascheq and Fulfulde

  • 7-Tamascheq

  • 8-Kanuri

  • 9-Arabisch and Tubu

  • 10-Tubu

  • 11-Arabisch, Tubu and Kanuri

  • 12-Tasawaq, Arabisch and Tamascheq

  • 13-Tasawaq, Hausa, Fulfulde and Tamascheq

  • 14-Buduma, Kanuri and Arabisch

  • 15-Kanuri, Fulfulde and Arabisch

  • 16-Arabisch, Fulfulde and Tabu

  • 17-Fulfulde and Arabisch

  • 18-Fulfulde and Kanuri

  • 19-Fulfulde, Hausa and Kanuri

  • 20-Fulfulde and Hausa

  • 21-Fulfulde, Hausa and Songhai-Zarma

  • 22-Gourmanchéma

  • 23-Uninhabited


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