Relationship dossier
India
Niger
Relationship assessment
India and Niger maintain a modest, development-focused cooperative relationship.
India toward Niger
+15India has supported development cooperation with Niger, including a grant for the Mahatma Gandhi International Convention Centre in Niamey. During President Ram Nath Kovind’s 2019 visit, India also concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with Niger.
Niger toward India
+15Niger’s government concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with India during President Ram Nath Kovind’s 2019 visit and received Indian development assistance for the convention centre in Niamey.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a cooperative development and capacity-building dimension, including bilateral agreements and Indian assistance for a public facility in Niamey. The scale and durability of these arrangements are unclear, and no major bilateral dispute is identified in this assessment.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Niger have pursued modest bilateral cooperation, particularly in development and capacity-building. During Indian President Ram Nath Kovind’s 2019 visit to Niger, the governments concluded cooperation agreements, and India provided a grant for a convention centre in Niamey. The relationship appears cooperative, though the breadth and continuity of bilateral programs are unclear.
Key developments
During President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Niger, the governments concluded bilateral cooperation agreements; India also provided a grant for the Mahatma Gandhi International Convention Centre in Niamey.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of ongoing Indian development and capacity-building programs in Niger are limited.
- The scale of Niger’s continuing government engagement with India is unclear.