Year
2021
Population
63588334
Population, Rural
64.05
Population, Female
50.59
Working age population
53.27
Working age population, Male
16524931
Working age population, Female
17351728
Age dependency ratio
87.71
Employment in Agriculture
65.97
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1041.75
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.95
GDP at current market prices
67708
Inflation rate
3.69
Growth in broad money supply
9.3
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
38.14
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.49
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.07
Access to electricity
42.7
Access to electricity, Urban
77.3
Access to electricity, Rural
23.3
ID Ownership
60.25102
ID Ownership, Urban
56.90528
ID Ownership, Rural
62.0799
Mobile phone ownership
45.27
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.71
ATMs
2048
POS machines
58025
Handset affordability
39.66
Has access to the Internet
20%
Mobile connectivity index
44.79
Network coverage
64.7
Mobile Data Affordability
31.97
Account ownership
52%
Account ownership, Female
46%
Account ownership, Male
59%
Account ownership, Youth
50%
Account ownership, Rural
48%
Account ownership, Urban
61%
Ownership of debit/credit card
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
15%
Inactive account
2%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Inactive account, Rural
2%
Inactive account, Urban
1%
Borrowed any money
13%
Borrowed any money, Female
11%
Borrowed any money, Male
16%
Borrowed any money, Youth
11%
Borrowed any money, Rural
12%
Borrowed any money, Urban
16%
Saved any money
22%
Saved any money, Female
15%
Saved any money, Male
30%
Saved any money, Youth
25%
Saved any money, Rural
18%
Saved any money, Urban
29%
Registered Agents
838 759
Mobile money accounts
108 681 990
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
44.58
Mobile money account, Female
40.29
Mobile money account, Male
49.22
Mobile money account, Youth
42.1
Mobile money account, Rural
39.27
Mobile money account, Urban
54.14
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
10.77
Saved money using a mobile money account
19.22
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
12.51
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
26.49
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
22.41
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
15.48
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
25.96
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
50.22
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
44.36
Made or received a digital payment, Male
56.55
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
47.6
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
44.73
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
60.09
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
1.51
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
0.65
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
1.01
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
0.32
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
1.75
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
1.59
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
0.55
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
1.83
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
18.88
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
14.95
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
23.13
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
21.12
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
15.03
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
25.8
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.86
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
17.87
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
27.13
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
67.08
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
15.37
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
20.84
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
70.03
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
17
Value of on-device card transactions
32.21
Volume of on-device card transactions
224874099
Value of EFT transactions
4.6
Volume of EFT transactions
15 579 905
Value of mobile money transactions
49.55
Volume of mobile money transactions
3 158 481 536
Mobile money regulatory index
89.8
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
34 558 042 516 473
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
201
Population ages 15 and above, female
18 443 730
Population ages 15 and above, male
17 415 414
Population ages 15 and above, total
35 859 144
Population, female (primary + secondary)
11992688
Population, male
31 417 653
Population, male (primary + secondary)
12178457
Population, youth (15-24)
12655375
Urban population
22 862 550