Niger has the highest-grade uranium ores in Africa and is the seventh-largest uranium producer in the world, but according to the World Bank, 81.4% of its citizens are not even connected to the electricity grid. 40% live below the poverty line, one-third of children are underweight, and the illiteracy rate is 63%. Only half of the inhabitants have access to clean drinking water, and only 16% are connected to a sanitation system.