World Number Plates

Number Plates of Niger

Continent: Africa

Capital: Niamey

Population: 11.7 million

Country ISO code: NE

Country OVAL code: RN
(Republic of Niger)

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1980

Number of vehicles:
cars 27,254 (1988), trucks and buses 25,248 (1988)

Road information:
total: 10,100 km; paved: 798 km; unpaved: 9,302 km (1999 est.)

Located in Western Africa, Niger is surrounded by Libya, Algeria, Mali, Burkina, Benin, Nigeria and Chad.

Car registrations in Niger look similar to their UK counterparts in shape and colour. They are also oblong, yellow with black lettering. However the format of the makeup of the letters and digits is different to the UK number plates. Foreign residents in Niger have to display green number plates on their vehicles. These green number plates have the same format as the normal vehicle registrations, but with white lettering.