This 2024 Economic Update for Niger is articulated in two chapters. The first chapter presents the economic and poverty trends observed in the country in 2023 and the outlook from 2024 to 2026. The second chapter focuses on access to primary and secondary education and provides recommendations to ensure adequate investment to enhance access to quality education. In September 2023, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) - a security and military pact with political and economic objectives. On January 28, 2024, in a joint communiqué, the three countries announced their immediate withdrawal from ECOWAS. According to the revised ECOWAS treaty, a notification period of one year is required to leave ECOWAS. The three countries remain members of WAEMU.