Niger: Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Niger's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) fell 13.53 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.07% to -4.45%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.9 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 37.26 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 25.48 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Niger had the 168th highest value of the 169 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Niger in the 2025 ranking

• Burkina Faso — 165th of 169: -0.59%
• Fiji — 166th of 169: -1.38%
• Chad — 167th of 169: -3.91%
• Sri Lanka — 169th of 169: -4.76%

What this measures

Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 62 values

Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 20.16% (2025)
• Benin — 1.1% (2025)
• Botswana — 2.66% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — -0.59% (2025)
• Burundi — 34.13% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 2.34% (2025)
• Cameroon — 3.4% (2025)
• Central African Republic — 1% (2025)
• Chad — -3.91% (2025)
• Comoros — 3.25% (2025)

More financial sector data for Niger

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 9.53% (2025)
• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 125.03 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$581.93 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$581.93 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — -1.6% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 2.04 trillion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 736.2 billion (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 9.57% (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 2.18 trillion (2025)
• Broad money (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Niger's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)?

-4.45% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1964?

It is down 5.46 percentage points from 1% in 1964. The highest value was 36.04% in 1994 and the lowest -7.8% in 1991.

How does Niger rank?

168th highest of 169 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) unusual for Niger?

In 2025, Niger's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) fell 13.53 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.07% to -4.45%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.9 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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