Year
2015
Population
7473229
Population, Rural
59.9
Population, Female
49.81
Working age population
55.67
Working age population, Male
2087134
Working age population, Female
2073373
Age dependency ratio
79.62
Labour force participation, Female
76.09
Labour force participation, Male
79.59
Employment in Agriculture
36.54
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
770.14
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
54.7
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.74
GDP at current market prices
5755.46
Inflation rate
2.59
Growth in broad money supply
19.92
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
15.42
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-8.16
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.68
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
54.7
Unemployment rate
2.2
Remittances (% of GDP)
8.7
Adult literacy rate
63.75
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
51.24
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
77.26
Access to electricity
44.7
Access to electricity, Urban
82
Access to electricity, Rural
19.8
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.72
Mobile phone ownership
36.49
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.21
ATMs
228
Handset affordability
8.21
Mobile connectivity index
23.12
Network coverage
33.8
Mobile Data Affordability
7.99
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
66.3
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0.85
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
2236.26
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
3.02
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
8.6
Broad money (current LCU)
1 277 468 951 906
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
111
Population ages 15 and above, female
2 187 722
Population ages 15 and above, male
2 188 247
Population ages 15 and above, total
4 375 971
Population, female (primary + secondary)
1332824
Population, male
3 750 461
Population, male (primary + secondary)
1358456
Population, youth (15-24)
1434772
Urban population
2 996 765
Unemployment rate, Youth
3.9
Labour force participation
77.82