Year
2017
Population
17298054
Population, Rural
57.02
Population, Female
50.71
Working age population
53.46
Working age population, Male
4538571
Working age population, Female
4709202
Age dependency ratio
87.05
Employment in Agriculture
58.96
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1319.61
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.53
GDP at current market prices
25873.57
Inflation rate
6.58
Growth in broad money supply
23.84
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
69.2
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-1.68
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.04
Unemployment rate
12.2
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.36
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
3.62
Access to electricity
40.3
Access to electricity, Urban
75.2
Access to electricity, Rural
14
ID Ownership
89.01449
ID Ownership, Urban
89.53683
ID Ownership, Rural
88.86596
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.6
Mobile phone ownership
34.5
ATMs per 100,000 adults
11.18
ATMs
1066
Handset affordability
24.24
Mobile connectivity index
32.26
Network coverage
52.49
Mobile Data Affordability
24.51
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
79.74
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
46%
Account ownership, Female
40%
Account ownership, Male
52%
Account ownership, Youth
42%
Ownership of debit/credit card
20%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
14%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
26%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
13%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
6%
Inactive account, Youth
4%
Mobile money account
27.84
Mobile money account, Female
25.82
Mobile money account, Male
29.95
Mobile money account, Youth
28.9
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
1190.02
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.52
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
38.74
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
34.84
Made or received a digital payment, Male
42.8
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
36.37
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
9.29
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
7.82
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
10.81
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
5.93
Received government payments: into an account
9.83
Received government payments: to a card
1.29
Received government payments: in cash only
2.43
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
6.78
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
4.83
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
4.07
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
21.77
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
39.51
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
53.47
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
27.21
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
34.12
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
49.03
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of on-device card transactions
4.98
Volume of on-device card transactions
61919640
Value of EFT transactions
3.86
Volume of EFT transactions
5895397
Value of instant (real time) transactions
79.41
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
493964
Value of mobile money transactions
0.72
Volume of mobile money transactions
172429911
Broad money (current LCU)
54 084 937 883
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
181
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 887 529
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 651 085
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 538 614
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3388860
Population, male
8 525 934
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3358754
Population, youth (15-24)
3500658
Urban population
7 434 012
Unemployment rate, Youth
27.3