Year
2021
Population
19473125
Population, Rural
54.81
Population, Female
50.66
Working age population
55
Working age population, Male
5267503
Working age population, Female
5442463
Age dependency ratio
81.82
Employment in Agriculture
57.79
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1277.61
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.23
GDP at current market prices
22096.42
Inflation rate
22.08
Growth in broad money supply
4.2
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
95.75
Current account balance (% of GDP)
11.9
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-8.13
Access to electricity
46.7
Access to electricity, Urban
85.7
Access to electricity, Rural
14.5
ID Ownership
93.8954
ID Ownership, Urban
93.76392
ID Ownership, Rural
94.00902
Mobile phone ownership
39.3
ATMs per 100,000 adults
8.52
ATMs
941
POS machines
29238
Handset affordability
44.91
Has access to the Internet
23%
Mobile connectivity index
43.53
Network coverage
70.4
Mobile Data Affordability
35.49
Account ownership
49%
Account ownership, Female
45%
Account ownership, Male
52%
Account ownership, Youth
45%
Account ownership, Rural
36%
Account ownership, Urban
63%
Ownership of debit/credit card
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
9%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
4%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
18%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Inactive account, Rural
1%
Inactive account, Urban
2%
Borrowed any money
15%
Borrowed any money, Female
12%
Borrowed any money, Male
18%
Borrowed any money, Youth
11%
Borrowed any money, Rural
9%
Borrowed any money, Urban
22%
Saved any money
29%
Saved any money, Female
25%
Saved any money, Male
33%
Saved any money, Youth
25%
Saved any money, Rural
23%
Saved any money, Urban
36%
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
41.63
Mobile money account, Female
39.28
Mobile money account, Male
44.26
Mobile money account, Youth
37.47
Mobile money account, Rural
30.64
Mobile money account, Urban
54.58
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
9.81
Saved money using a mobile money account
25.67
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
21.4
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
30.45
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
23.88
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
20.38
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
31.9
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
75495.76
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
38.21
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
46.45
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
44.02
Made or received a digital payment, Male
49.17
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
41.88
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
34.59
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
60.41
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
8.09
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
2.07
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
6.96
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
6.35
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
7.63
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
5.77
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
5.08
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
9.16
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
18.41
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
15.34
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
21.85
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
14.79
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
7.54
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
31.21
Received government payments: into an account
6.99
Received government payments: to a card
0.13
Received government payments: in cash only
6.3
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
4.84
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
3.66
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.47
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
13.04
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
22.95
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
72.1
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
13.42
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
12.61
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
71.19
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
16.83
Value of on-device card transactions
7.11
Volume of on-device card transactions
82397587
Value of EFT transactions
5.93
Volume of EFT transactions
8570230
Value of instant (real time) transactions
89.35
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
895051
Value of mobile money transactions
10.17
Volume of mobile money transactions
834068499
Mobile money regulatory index
78.35
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
Yes
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
107 625 784 155
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
300
Population ages 15 and above, female
5 650 963
Population ages 15 and above, male
5 397 626
Population ages 15 and above, total
11 048 591
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3763705
Population, male
9 609 004
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3744098
Population, youth (15-24)
3975623
Urban population
8 800 295