Health in Niger 341 indicators covering health for Niger. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 75-79, male 53,086 2025 up 63.2% 93rd Population ages 80 and above, female 41,938 2025 up 74.4% 113th Population ages 80 and above, male 27,407 2025 up 70.8% 110th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 2.4% 2024 up 300.0% 142nd Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 2.8% 2024 up 300.0% 142nd Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 2.6% 2024 up 333.3% 142nd Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 45.7% 2024 up 8.6% 4th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 50.8% 2024 up 7.6% 3rd Prevalence of stunting, height for age 48.3% 2024 up 8.1% 2nd Hospital beds 0.28 per 1,000 people 2020 down 36.4% 176th Tuberculosis death rate 12 per 100,000 people 2024 down 42.9% 54th Incidence of tuberculosis 86 per 100,000 people 2024 down 17.3% 68th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 87.3% 2024 down 1.9% 158th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 53.1% 2024 up 29.9% 152nd People practicing open defecation, urban 7.9% 2024 down 43.3% 13th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 46.4% 2024 up 20.7% 164th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 8.7% 2024 up 33.8% 165th People using at least basic drinking water services 53.4% 2024 up 14.6% 207th People practicing open defecation, rural 78.1% 2024 down 7.1% 2nd People using at least basic sanitation services 16.3% 2024 up 35.4% 207th Tuberculosis case detection rate 71.0% 2024 up 31.5% 121st People practicing open defecation 66.0% 2024 down 9.2% 2nd Current health expenditure 4.0% 2023 down 9.3% 154th Current health expenditure per capita 26.01 current US$ 2023 up 5.7% 188th Out-of-pocket expenditure 51.5% 2023 down 9.0% 32nd Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 13.39 current US$ 2023 down 3.8% 172nd Domestic general government health expenditure 24.0% 2023 down 20.0% 165th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 18.36 current international $ 2023 up 20.6% 182nd Domestic private health expenditure 61.4% 2023 up 5.6% 24th Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 76.49 current international $ 2023 up 50.8% 189th Domestic private health expenditure per capita 15.98 current US$ 2023 up 11.6% 174th People using safely managed sanitation services 9.1% 2024 up 29.5% 143rd Immunization, Hib3 86.0% 2024 up 4.9% 122nd Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 11.07 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 12.7% 2nd Reported cases of measles 2,362 Cases 2024 up 106.8% 28th Child mortality by income level of country 11.07 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 12.7% 2nd Number of infant deaths 71,909 2024 up 17.4% 7th Number of under-five deaths 118,445 2024 up 8.2% 6th Number of neonatal deaths 36,634 2024 up 17.7% 12th Child mortality vs. health spending 11.07 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 12.7% 2nd Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 81.0% 2024 up 1.2% 142nd Adolescent fertility rate 141.55 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 21.4% 4th Sex ratio at birth 1.04 male births per female births 2024 down 0.1% 152nd Domestic general government health expenditure 6.2% 2023 down 6.2% 152nd External health expenditure 14.6% 2023 up 23.1% 50th External health expenditure per capita 3.79 current US$ 2023 up 30.1% 102nd External health expenditure per capita, PPP 11.15 current international $ 2023 up 85.6% 99th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 47.1% 2023 up 6.3% 7th Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 45.9% 2023 up 7.7% 12th Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 55.9% 2023 up 2.9% 4th Stillbirth rate 21.4 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 1.4% 18th Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 36,000 2024 down 29.4% 42nd Life expectancy vs. health spending 61.18 years 2023 up 4.8% 226th Prevalence of undernourishment 12.9% 2023 down 11.0% 45th Immunization, measles second dose 77.0% 2024 up 2,466.7% 119th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 66.0% 2024 up 100.0% 87th Tuberculosis treatment success rate 88.0% 2023 up 11.4% 67th Prevalence of hypertension, female 42.6% 2019 down 2.5% 42nd Prevalence of hypertension, male 40.4% 2019 down 8.6% 64th Prevalence of hypertension 41.5% 2019 down 5.5% 61st ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →