Year
2021
Population
16876720
Population, Rural
51.4
Population, Female
50.84
Working age population
55.08
Working age population, Male
4510194
Working age population, Female
4785833
Age dependency ratio
81.55
Employment in Agriculture
22.24
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1443.38
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
9.9
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.54
GDP at current market prices
27515.79
Inflation rate
2.2
Growth in broad money supply
14.07
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
63.1
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-12.24
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.4
Access to electricity
68
Access to electricity, Urban
93.9
Access to electricity, Rural
43.4
ID Ownership
82.46926
ID Ownership, Urban
83.09897
ID Ownership, Rural
81.75495
Mobile phone ownership
43.89
ATMs per 100,000 adults
6.90
ATMs
678
Handset affordability
48.72
Has access to the Internet
51%
Mobile connectivity index
49.09
Network coverage
85.7
Mobile Data Affordability
46.7
Account ownership
56%
Account ownership, Female
50%
Account ownership, Male
62%
Account ownership, Youth
48%
Account ownership, Rural
48%
Account ownership, Urban
63%
Ownership of debit/credit card
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
10%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
9%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
7%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
18%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
3%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Inactive account, Rural
4%
Inactive account, Urban
1%
Borrowed any money
13%
Borrowed any money, Female
14%
Borrowed any money, Male
12%
Borrowed any money, Youth
10%
Borrowed any money, Rural
10%
Borrowed any money, Urban
15%
Saved any money
33%
Saved any money, Female
27%
Saved any money, Male
39%
Saved any money, Youth
28%
Saved any money, Rural
27%
Saved any money, Urban
38%
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
44.89
Mobile money account, Female
38.32
Mobile money account, Male
52.24
Mobile money account, Youth
41.52
Mobile money account, Rural
36.32
Mobile money account, Urban
52.47
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
4.46
Saved money using a mobile money account
29.14
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
23.73
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
35.19
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
26.13
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
24.52
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
33.23
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
101569.87
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
113.78
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
53.02
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
47.44
Made or received a digital payment, Male
59.27
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
44.5
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
43.08
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
61.82
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
9.41
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
2.85
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
7.82
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
6.09
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
9.76
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
9.07
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
6.99
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
8.56
Made a digital online merchant payment for an online purchase
4.13
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
19.49
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
14.57
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
24.98
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
16.71
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
16.05
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
22.52
Received government payments: into an account
7.02
Received government payments: to a card
0.12
Received government payments: in cash only
2.26
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
5.26
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
4.03
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
13.66
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
28.27
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
58.17
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
21.79
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
19.78
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
69.5
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
19.28
Mobile money regulatory index
73.45
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
7 375 209 689 074
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
114
Population ages 15 and above, female
5 098 589
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 730 323
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 828 910
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3105954
Population, male
8 297 057
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3177037
Population, youth (15-24)
3330076
Urban population
8 202 086