Year
2014
Population
15737793
Population, Rural
58.62
Population, Female
50.79
Working age population
52.53
Working age population, Male
4046809
Working age population, Female
4220751
Age dependency ratio
90.36
Labour force participation, Female
70.08
Labour force participation, Male
80.25
Employment in Agriculture
61.75
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1312.01
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.7
GDP at current market prices
27144.63
Inflation rate
7.8
Growth in broad money supply
12.96
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
27.96
Current account balance (% of GDP)
2.14
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-9.81
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.21
Adult financial literacy rate
40
Access to electricity
27.9
Access to electricity, Urban
61.5
Access to electricity, Rural
4.2
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.74
Mobile phone ownership
28.93
ATMs per 100,000 adults
10.12
ATMs
863
Handset affordability
22.97
Mobile connectivity index
23.12
Network coverage
34.22
Mobile Data Affordability
19
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
65.68
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
36%
Account ownership, Female
33%
Account ownership, Male
38%
Account ownership, Youth
29%
Ownership of debit/credit card
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
9%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
4%
Inactive account, Male
3%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Mobile money account
12.11
Mobile money account, Female
9.48
Mobile money account, Male
14.85
Mobile money account, Youth
13.24
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
141.11
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.07
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
28.86
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
27
Made or received a digital payment, Male
30.79
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
24.16
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
16.24
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
17.78
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
80.27
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
41.95
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
26.12
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
31.98
Value of on-device card transactions
4.66
Volume of on-device card transactions
46864008
Value of EFT transactions
3.25
Volume of EFT transactions
4955572
Value of instant (real time) transactions
102.21
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
319836
Value of mobile money transactions
0.24
Volume of mobile money transactions
35457948
Broad money (current LCU)
34 959 146 921
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
131
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 381 445
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 150 168
Population ages 15 and above, total
8 531 611
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3096357
Population, male
7 744 381
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3058460
Population, youth (15-24)
3200671
Urban population
6 512 613
Labour force participation
75.07