Year
2021
Population
37076584
Population, Rural
35.94
Population, Female
49.66
Working age population
65.72
Working age population, Male
12268345
Working age population, Female
12099331
Age dependency ratio
52.15
Employment in Agriculture
31.23
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
3293.7
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
8.02
GDP at current market prices
141817.8
Inflation rate
1.4
Growth in broad money supply
4.41
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
45.87
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.29
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.22
Access to electricity
100
Access to electricity, Urban
100
Access to electricity, Rural
100
ID Ownership
93.83758
Mobile phone ownership
67.48
ATMs per 100,000 adults
29.28
ATMs
7940
Handset affordability
50.97
Has access to the Internet
67%
Mobile connectivity index
59.3
Network coverage
89.18
Mobile Data Affordability
45.49
Account ownership
44%
Account ownership, Female
33%
Account ownership, Male
56%
Account ownership, Youth
36%
Ownership of debit/credit card
32%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
22%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
42%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
24%
Inactive account
8%
Inactive account, Female
6%
Inactive account, Male
10%
Inactive account, Youth
4%
Borrowed any money
5%
Borrowed any money, Female
4% 6% 1%
Borrowed any money, Male
6%
Borrowed any money, Youth
1%
Saved any money
8%
Saved any money, Female
6%
Saved any money, Male
9%
Saved any money, Youth
5%
Mobile money prevalence
Very low
Mobile money account
6.27
Mobile money account, Female
4.21
Mobile money account, Male
8.32
Mobile money account, Youth
7.07
Saved money using a mobile money account
0.54
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
0.45
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
0.63
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
1
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
179.51
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.09
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
30.3
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
21.32
Made or received a digital payment, Male
39.22
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
28.69
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
9.17
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
7.27
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
4.25
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
1.04
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
7.44
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
6.49
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
7.28
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
4.79
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
9.75
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
5.49
Received government payments: into an account
12.37
Received government payments: to a card
0.55
Received government payments: in cash only
3.75
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
9.41
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
3.19
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
38.38
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
29.02
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
40.8
Mobile money regulatory index
74.54
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
Yes
Broad money (current LCU)
1 560 769 188 254
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
113
Population ages 15 and above, female
13 552 484
Population ages 15 and above, male
13 568 100
Population ages 15 and above, total
27 120 583
Population, female (primary + secondary)
4731074
Population, male
18 665 663
Population, male (primary + secondary)
4944283
Population, youth (15-24)
5900772
Urban population
23 753 114