Year
2017
Population
15157793
Population, Rural
53.26
Population, Female
50.9
Working age population
54.05
Working age population, Male
3956626
Working age population, Female
4236861
Age dependency ratio
85
Employment in Agriculture
28.1
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1339.57
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.41
GDP at current market prices
20996.59
Inflation rate
1.14
Growth in broad money supply
10.33
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
62.2
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-7.28
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-2.97
Unemployment rate
4.1
Remittances (% of GDP)
10.23
Adult literacy rate
51.9
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
39.8
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
64.81
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
4.58
Access to electricity
61.7
Access to electricity, Urban
91.7
Access to electricity, Rural
35.4
ID Ownership
72.56786
ID Ownership, Urban
78.2035
ID Ownership, Rural
70.18192
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
1.88
Mobile phone ownership
37.89
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.81
ATMs
504
Handset affordability
39.27
Mobile connectivity index
44.38
Network coverage
67.08
Mobile Data Affordability
44.92
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
102.2
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0.71
Account ownership
42%
Account ownership, Female
38%
Account ownership, Male
47%
Account ownership, Youth
34%
Ownership of debit/credit card
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
14%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
4%
Inactive account
2%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Mobile money account
31.8
Mobile money account, Female
29.05
Mobile money account, Male
34.89
Mobile money account, Youth
26.7
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
17345.36
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
10.35
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
39.52
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
35.65
Made or received a digital payment, Male
43.88
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
32.09
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
9.01
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
6.7
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
11.61
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
8.48
Received government payments: into an account
6.96
Received government payments: to a card
0.64
Received government payments: in cash only
2.47
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
4.68
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
2.63
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.17
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
8.61
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
26.93
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
58.25
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
21.03
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
37.7
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
51.58
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Broad money (current LCU)
4 607 696 325 114
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
107
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 512 220
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 159 898
Population ages 15 and above, total
8 672 119
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2795152
Population, male
7 443 229
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2856912
Population, youth (15-24)
2957189
Urban population
7 084 752
Unemployment rate, Youth
5.8