Year
2022
Population
1201670
Population, Rural
75.42
Population, Female
50.39
Working age population
61.3
Working age population, Male
368527
Working age population, Female
368153
Age dependency ratio
63.12
Employment in Agriculture
13.45
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
4012.94
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
0.48
GDP at current market prices
4790.83
Inflation rate
4.79
Growth in broad money supply
15.05
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
23.59
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.8
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.6
Access to electricity
82.3
Access to electricity, Urban
86.1
Access to electricity, Rural
81.6
Mobile phone ownership
35.13
ATMs per 100,000 adults
39.25
ATMs
308
POS machines
3,544
Handset affordability
44.85
Has access to the Internet
50%
Mobile connectivity index
50.28
Network coverage
81.51
Mobile Data Affordability
33.69
Account ownership
66%
Account ownership, Female
69%
Account ownership, Male
62%
Account ownership, Youth
47%
Ownership of debit/credit card
26%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
29%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
14%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
0%
Inactive account, Male
1%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Borrowed any money
33%
Borrowed any money, Female
35%
Borrowed any money, Male
30%
Borrowed any money, Youth
20%
Saved any money
33%
Saved any money, Female
32%
Saved any money, Male
35%
Saved any money, Youth
24%
Registered Agents
11,236
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
56.74
Mobile money account, Female
60.4
Mobile money account, Male
52.15
Mobile money account, Youth
37.79
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
27.52
Saved money using a mobile money account
25.51
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
24.49
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
26.79
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
20.39
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
14959.43
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
27.9
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
64.52
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
67.9
Made or received a digital payment, Male
60.27
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
43.19
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
19.38
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
10.88
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
15.51
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
14.3
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
17.03
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
12.21
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
40.63
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
41.9
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
39.03
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
21.28
Received government payments: into an account
16.84
Received government payments: to a card
0.16
Received government payments: in cash only
3.77
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
8.51
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
12.61
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.15
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
15.46
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
60.99
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
7.02
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
54.94
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
9.2
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
81.93
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
13.83
Value of on-device card transactions
1.67
Volume of on-device card transactions
26457000000
Value of all card transactions
1.67
Volume of all card transactions
26457000000
Value of EFT transactions
1.85
Volume of EFT transactions
2112302
Value of mobile money transactions
0.13
Volume of mobile money transactions
10800000
Broad money (current LCU)
22 033 781 200
Population ages 15 and above, female
398 013
Population ages 15 and above, male
386 750
Population ages 15 and above, total
784 761
Population, female (primary + secondary)
200634
Population, male
596 167
Population, male (primary + secondary)
202170
Population, youth (15-24)
234271
Urban population
295 322