Year
2023
Population
14094683
Population, Rural
82.11
Population, Female
51.04
Working age population
58.66
Working age population, Male
4007571
Working age population, Female
4260811
Age dependency ratio
70.46
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
994.23
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
8.23
GDP at current market prices
14013.55
Inflation rate
14.32
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
71.02
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-11.43
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.14
Mobile phone ownership
47.84
Handset affordability
40.83
Mobile connectivity index
46.06
Network coverage
89.35
Mobile Data Affordability
31.28
Instant payments system availability
Yes
Instant payments system model
Cross-domain IPS
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Value of on-device card transactions
0.17
Volume of on-device card transactions
7,351,857
Value of mobile money transactions
16.29
Volume of mobile money transactions
2,263,051,143
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
8.3
Mobile money regulatory index
93.69
Financial Inclusion strategy index
100
Regulatory Sandbox
Yes
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups Inclusion,
Yes
Interoperability solutions
Yes
Policy enablement to offer mobile money services
81.25
KYC requirement
6060
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
233
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 536 925
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 192 412
Population ages 15 and above, total
8 729 337
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2480740
Population, male
6 901 261
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2516594
Population, youth (15-24)
2899287
Urban population
2 521 821