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Niger travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Niger: travel advice level, plug type A/B/C/E/F, 220V, emergency 17, currency XOF.

📷 Niamey · Roland Huziaker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to whole country Updated 2026-10-23

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information about attacks near the Presidential Palace and Niamey’s Diori International Airport ('Safety and security' page.)

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalNiamey
CurrencyXOF
LanguagesHausa
Calling code+227
Emergency numbers17 · 18
Plug typesType A, Type B, Type C, Type E, Type F
Voltage220 V
Driving sideRight
Population21M
Type AType BType CType EType F

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📷 Photos

Dan Lundberg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Roland Hunziker https://www.flickr.com/photos/rolandh/ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Vincent van Zeijst · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
L. Roserot de Melin · Public domain · Commons
Dan Lundberg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Dan Lundberg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Dan Lundberg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Tappinen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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