Year
2015
Population
16248230
Population, Rural
58.09
Population, Female
50.76
Working age population
52.83
Working age population, Male
4205453
Working age population, Female
4377901
Age dependency ratio
89.3
Labour force participation, Female
70.1
Labour force participation, Male
79.98
Employment in Agriculture
60.7
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1307.91
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
60.8
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.92
GDP at current market prices
21245.15
Inflation rate
10.11
Growth in broad money supply
35.64
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
72.58
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.71
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-12.13
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
61.4
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.22
Access to electricity
31.1
Access to electricity, Urban
67.7
Access to electricity, Rural
4.7
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.73
Mobile phone ownership
30.36
ATMs per 100,000 adults
10.86
ATMs
962
Handset affordability
15.42
Mobile connectivity index
25.69
Network coverage
38.79
Mobile Data Affordability
21.47
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
72.78
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Financial inclusion rate
59.3
Financial exclusion rate
40.7
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
320.56
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.2
Value of on-device card transactions
3.25
Volume of on-device card transactions
51787421
Value of EFT transactions
1.98
Volume of EFT transactions
5171982
Value of instant (real time) transactions
80.41
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
374661
Value of mobile money transactions
0.19
Volume of mobile money transactions
62516656
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
15.7
Broad money (current LCU)
47 262 134 734
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
144
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 543 865
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 311 348
Population ages 15 and above, total
8 855 213
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3192687
Population, male
8 000 338
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3157369
Population, youth (15-24)
3296081
Urban population
6 809 146
Labour force participation
74.94