Year
2015
Population
26843246
Population, Rural
65.6
Population, Female
51.09
Working age population
52.46
Working age population, Male
6795371
Working age population, Female
7286096
Age dependency ratio
90.63
Labour force participation, Female
82.82
Labour force participation, Male
74.77
Employment in Agriculture
72.12
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
603.84
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.39
GDP at current market prices
16208.99
Inflation rate
2.39
Growth in broad money supply
26.65
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
108.46
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-36.82
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4
Unemployment rate
3.4
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.9
Gross enrolment ratio
80.83
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
84.83
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
76.85
Adult literacy rate
56.04
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
43.06
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
70.76
Access to electricity
24
Access to electricity, Urban
68
Access to electricity, Rural
0.9
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
31.02
ATMs per 100,000 adults
10.67
ATMs
1576
Handset affordability
14.67
Mobile connectivity index
22.7
Network coverage
26.69
Mobile Data Affordability
12.96
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
74.46
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
1532.43
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
1.42
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
18.2
Broad money (current LCU)
333 464 607 637
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
126
Population ages 15 and above, female
7 690 826
Population ages 15 and above, male
7 082 375
Population ages 15 and above, total
14 773 201
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5170031
Population, male
13 128 327
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5160525
Population, youth (15-24)
5358257
Urban population
9 234 077
Unemployment rate, Youth
7.4
Labour force participation
78.99