Year
2023
Population
67438106
Population, Rural
62.59
Population, Female
50.57
Working age population
53.79
Working age population, Male
17725750
Working age population, Female
18546705
Age dependency ratio
85.92
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1080.79
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.25
GDP at current market prices
89617.56
Inflation rate
3.84
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
37.81
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-5.14
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.53
Mobile phone ownership
47.53
Handset affordability
39.06
Mobile connectivity index
43.86
Network coverage
66.78
Mobile Data Affordability
28.85
Instant payments system availability
Yes
Instant payments system model
Mobile money IPS
Registered Agents
1 240 052
Mobile money accounts
141 028 450
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Value of EFT transactions
5.77
Volume of EFT transactions
19 054 529
Value of mobile money transactions
61.88
Volume of mobile money transactions
5 061 198 600
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
8.8
Mobile money regulatory index
92.47
Financial Inclusion strategy index
100
Regulatory Sandbox
Yes
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups Inclusion,
No
Interoperability solutions
Yes
Policy enablement to offer mobile money services
81.25
KYC requirement
60
Broad money (current LCU)
44 002 566 848 787
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
217
Population ages 15 and above, female
19 714 854
Population ages 15 and above, male
18 643 942
Population ages 15 and above, total
38 358 796
Population, female (primary + secondary)
12665499
Population, male
33 337 209
Population, male (primary + secondary)
12879719
Population, youth (15-24)
13590813
Urban population
25 227 921