Getting credit, legal rights index in Niger
Niger: Getting credit, legal rights index was 6 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Getting credit, legal rights index in Niger, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit, legal rights index in Niger is 6, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Niger peaked at 6 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
Niger ranks 15th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 15 Benin 6 compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 6 compare
- 15 Cameroon 6 compare
- 15 Central African Republic 6 compare
- 15 Chad 6 compare
- 15 Comoros, Union of the 6 compare
- 15 Congo, Republic of 6 compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 6 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 6 compare
- 15 Gabon 6 compare
- 15 Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6 compare
- 15 Lesotho, Kingdom of 6 compare
- 15 Mali 6 compare
- 15 Mauritius 6 compare
- 15 Senegal 6 compare
- 15 Eswatini, Kingdom of 6 compare
- 15 Togo 6 compare
More private sector data for Niger
- Merchandise trade 21.3% (2025)
- Food imports 37.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 68.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0878 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 25.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Niger?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Niger was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Niger rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Niger ranks 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.