Year
2021
Population
8644829
Population, Rural
56.64
Population, Female
49.74
Working age population
56.66
Working age population, Male
2463576
Working age population, Female
2434211
Age dependency ratio
76.5
Employment in Agriculture
31.43
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
857.76
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
26.6
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.99
GDP at current market prices
8341.08
Inflation rate
4.54
Growth in broad money supply
11.14
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
25.73
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.24
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.66
Access to electricity
55.7
Access to electricity, Urban
96.3
Access to electricity, Rural
24.7
ID Ownership
40.31819
ID Ownership, Urban
59.44429
ID Ownership, Rural
31.87996
Mobile phone ownership
43.95
ATMs per 100,000 adults
6.43
ATMs
332
Handset affordability
21.12
Has access to the Internet
27%
Mobile connectivity index
35.88
Network coverage
81.02
Mobile Data Affordability
6.58
Account ownership
50%
Account ownership, Female
44%
Account ownership, Male
55%
Account ownership, Youth
42%
Account ownership, Rural
43%
Account ownership, Urban
64%
Ownership of debit/credit card
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
13%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Inactive account, Rural
3%
Inactive account, Urban
3%
Borrowed any money
8%
Borrowed any money, Female
8%
Borrowed any money, Male
9%
Borrowed any money, Youth
4%
Borrowed any money, Rural
7%
Borrowed any money, Urban
11%
Saved any money
18%
Saved any money, Female
17%
Saved any money, Male
20%
Saved any money, Youth
12%
Saved any money, Rural
14%
Saved any money, Urban
28%
Mobile money prevalence
High
Mobile money account
36.48
Mobile money account, Female
31.92
Mobile money account, Male
41.3
Mobile money account, Youth
31.7
Mobile money account, Rural
31.04
Mobile money account, Urban
48.84
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
1.69
Saved money using a mobile money account
9.26
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
7.98
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
10.61
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
8.06
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
6.79
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
14.87
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
34876.56
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
42.04
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
43.65
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
38.81
Made or received a digital payment, Male
48.77
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
38.68
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
37.18
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
58.37
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
2.36
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
2.05
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
1.36
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
2.78
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
1.63
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
1.52
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
3.26
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
12.06
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
11.13
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
13.05
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
11.29
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
6.23
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
25.32
Received government payments: into an account
7.11
Received government payments: to a card
0.27
Received government payments: in cash only
1.24
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
4.05
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
3.83
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.56
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
2.39
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
15.76
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
80.04
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
13.4
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
18.39
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
49.72
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
38.46
Mobile money regulatory index
73.45
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Broad money (current LCU)
2 260 511 673 631
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
120
Population ages 15 and above, female
2 575 998
Population ages 15 and above, male
2 589 424
Population ages 15 and above, total
5 165 422
Population, female (primary + secondary)
1539596
Population, male
4 345 278
Population, male (primary + secondary)
1571163
Population, youth (15-24)
1673022
Urban population
3 748 225