Niger

Common to every route, so as not to repeat it in each entry. One instrument governs every ground: Decree No. 87-076/PCMS/MI/MAE/C of 18 June 1987 regulating the conditions of entry and stay of foreigners in Niger. The Ministry of Justice publishes it inside its thematic compilation of laws and regulations, 2020 edition, at page 1583, and it rests on Ordinance No. 81-40 of 29 October 1981. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs restates the entry procedure on its "Entrée au Niger" page. ENTRY. A foreigner must hold a national passport or the travel document that takes its place bearing a Niger visa, an international vaccination certificate, and a REPATRIATION GUARANTEE — one of three: a nominative circular or return ticket, non-transferable and non-negotiable, valid for one year; a receipt for a deposit lodged with the treasury of the country of origin for no less than the value of a return ticket; or an attestation from a bank approved by the state of origin guaranteeing repatriation. A traveller arriving in a vehicle in their own charge, by land or river, adds third-party liability insurance covering the whole stay, taken out with an international company approved by the Niger authorities. Nationals of states with which Niger has a reciprocal visa-waiver agreement need no visa — except those previously expelled, refused a residence authorisation, or stripped of one with a ban on residing in the country. STAY. Every foreigner over the age of fifteen must, within three months of entry, report to the police station nearest their residence and apply for a residence permit (permis de séjour). The common file: four 4×4 full-face photographs, bare-headed; written particulars of their own civil status and that of a spouse and children living with them; a valid identity document; extract No. 3 of the criminal record, no more than three months old; a medical certificate from a doctor residing in Niger; and proof of lawful entry. The permit is issued by the Director General of National Security for TWO years and is renewable; the renewal application is filed in the last quarter of the validity period, and the medical certificate is repeated on the second renewal request and every four years thereafter. Pending issue, the applicant is given a provisional receipt valid for no more than three months. The permit is withdrawn on expulsion; it may also be withdrawn if the foreigner has stayed outside Niger for more than six months without a recognised valid reason, if through their own doing they have been without work and means for more than three months, or if it emerges that the permit was issued on false information. A change of residence is declared to the police before the move and within eight days after it; leaving the country for up to six months means depositing the permit for safekeeping. Hotels and private individuals housing a foreigner fill in a police card for them the same day or the next. Missing the deadline to apply or renew carries a fine of 4,000 to 50,000 francs and up to fifteen days' detention. MONEY: there is NOT ONE amount in the sources, and this is not a gap in the sources but the design of the law. A chancery fee (droit de chancellerie) is charged for the visa, and the decree hands its rate to a JOINT ORDER of the ministers of finance and foreign affairs, while the Foreign Ministry adds that the amount is set by the mission itself. A special charge is levied for the issue and renewal of a residence permit, and article 22 hands its rates to LEGISLATION. Neither the order nor the legislation with the rates is published: Ordinance No. 2025-44 of 31 December 2025 — the finance law for 2026, posted by the Ministry of Finance — contains neither chancery fees nor residence charges, and the tax authority's domain `impots.gouv.ne` does not resolve. NOWHERE PUBLISHED: the division of foreigners into immigrants and non-immigrants (it comes from articles 9 and 10 of Ordinance No. 81-40, and the ordinance's text is on no responding government domain), the timelines to permanent residence and citizenship, income thresholds, whether family members may work, and a work permit as a separate document: employment and self-employment are built into the residence permit as conditions of its issue. The Interior Ministry's site `interieur.gouv.ne` is alive but silent about foreigners; its documents section holds ten files, not one of them about visas.

Document certification

consular legalisation

The country does not accept apostilles: documents go through consular legalisation in three steps — ministry of justice, foreign ministry, consulate.

Limit

no limit

Bread, 500 g

$ 0,59

Milk, 1 l

$ 2,41

Eggs, 12

$ 2,67

Chicken breast, 1 kg

$ 7,27

Cheese, 1 kg

$ 14,0

Rice, 1 kg

$ 1,30

Potatoes, 1 kg

$ 1,43

Apples, 1 kg

$ 3,77

Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 l

$ 2,93

Total

$ 36,3

The same set for every country, so the comparison is fair.

Rent, 1 bedroom

$ 805 a month

Rent, 3 bedrooms

$ 793 a month

Utility bills

$ 183 a month

Home internet

$ 82,6 a month

Monthly transport pass

$ 11,2 a month

Single transport ticket

$ 0,35

Petrol, litre

$ 0,99

Cold medicine

$ 3,30 for a week

Country averages. City prices, where collected, are shown above and are more precise.

Life expectancy

61,4 years2024

Homicides

4,4 per 100k2012 · data lags behind

Road deaths

24,9 per 100k2021

Unemployment

0,4 %2025

Unemployment, ages 15–24

0,5 %2025

Inequality (Gini)

32,92021 · data lags behind

Health spending per person

$ 26,0 a year

Air pollution, PM2.5

65,2 µg/m³2023

Access to clean water

53,4 %2024

Governance

Political stability

low · -1,8

Control of corruption

below average · -0,6

Rule of law

below average · -1

Government effectiveness

below average · -0,8

World Bank estimates on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale, higher is better.

Natural hazards

Earthquakes

0,1 out of 10

River floods

6,6 out of 10

Coastal floods

0 out of 10

Tropical cyclones

0 out of 10

Droughts

6,3 out of 10

Tsunamis

0 out of 10

Each value carries the year it refers to. “Data lags behind” means this country's figure was collected noticeably earlier than the rest. Natural hazards use one 0–10 scale and are meant to be compared against each other.

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