This page is the complete Zakat guide for Niger, and is paid, in practice, in XOF, at local prices, through local channels. It brings together the Nisab in your currency — XOF 361,868 on the silver standard and XOF 4,031,189 on the gold standard, indicatively — practical notes on paying Zakat in Niger, a step-by-step method, a worked example with real XOF figures, and answers to the questions payers in Niger ask most. Niger is one of 195 countries covered by ZakatSuite, in the Africa region, and every figure on this page is given in the currency a payer in Niger actually faces.
At the reference prices used for this guide — gold at USD 76.42 per gram and silver at USD 0.98 per gram, converted at 603 XOF per US dollar — the gold Nisab in Niger is XOF 4,031,189 (87.48g × XOF 46,081 per gram) and the silver Nisab is XOF 361,868 (612.36g × XOF 591 per gram). Read them as the shape of the answer rather than its final digit: the XOF rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. So the line that matters most in Niger is the silver one, XOF 361,868: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In practice, most payers hand their Zakat over through the same short list of routes: charity platforms and mobile giving apps, payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers and community collection points and food banks during Ramadan. Whichever route you choose, Zakat must actually reach people whom Quran 9:60 names as eligible, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Plenty of households here calculate at home first, often against a fixed Ramadan date, then spread the payment over two or three trusted channels. Before paying, ask how funds are distributed, keep the receipt beside your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. Because community life in Niger runs in French, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin on Monday 8 February 2027 in Niger, subject to the crescent's sighting which local announcements confirm. The last ten nights begin with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March with the 27th night opening the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Sehri and Iftar times across Niger are collected via the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and Fitrana must be paid before the Eid prayer.
Take a saver in Niger with XOF 2,026,461 in cash and savings , roughly 5.6 times the silver Nisab, and no debts due. Above the Nisab and held for a full lunar year, so 2.5% is due: XOF 50,662. Gold, business stock or foreign currency would be added in XOF first, with the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
The short answer for Niger: the gold Nisab is XOF 4,031,189 for 87.48 grams of gold with the silver Nisab at XOF 361,868 (612.36 grams of silver). The working behind them: per-gram values of XOF 46,081 for gold and a silver gram at XOF 591 in Niger at the 603 XOF reference rate. Both metals trade daily, so check the live calculator for the threshold of your actual due date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
For Niger, the money of the calculation is XOF (West African CFA franc). Balances in other currencies is converted into XOF at the rate of your Zakat due date then judged with everything else . The currency changes only the clothing of the numbers: the same calculation a payer runs in Uganda, settled here in West African CFA franc.
Work in XOF throughout: cash and savings, metals priced today, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, then compare the net figure with the Nisab — XOF 361,868 on the silver standard, or XOF 4,031,189 on the gold standard. Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount — XOF 50,662 on the XOF 2,026,461 example worked through above.
There is no single ZakatSuite rate for Niger: the duty is one sa' of local staple food (about 2–3 kg of wheat, rice, flour or dates) per household member. Scholars and councils in Niger announce the XOF rate each Ramadan, and community announcements there are commonly made in French. Pay it for each person in the household, children included, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. The Fitrana calculator multiplies Niger's announced rate by your household size so nobody is missed.
Niger belongs to the Africa region on this site, the languages of its Muslim community here are French. Its two-letter code is NE — and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/ne. The full set of 209 tools runs for Niger in XOF, with PDF reports for the record.