What are payroll taxes in Niger?

The National Social Security Fund provides pensions, family allowances, sickness and maternity benefits, and workers’ compensation for employees in the private sector. These programs are financed by a 1.6% contribution from employees, and 2.4% contribution of payroll from employers. Retirement is set at ages 58–60. Civil servants participate in a national provident fund and also receive family allowances from the national government budget. These programs apply only to the minority of citizens who are formally employed, and subsistence farmers are excluded.