Year
2014
Population
36336539
Population, Rural
78.5
Population, Female
50.68
Working age population
49.55
Working age population, Male
8789486
Working age population, Female
9213720
Age dependency ratio
101.83
Labour force participation, Female
66.38
Labour force participation, Male
75.52
Employment in Agriculture
70.46
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
847.35
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
8.41
GDP at current market prices
38052.98
Inflation rate
3.1
Growth in broad money supply
16.2
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
23.87
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-5.69
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.64
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.72
Adult financial literacy rate
34
Access to electricity
20.4
Access to electricity, Urban
51.4
Access to electricity, Rural
11.9
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.76
Mobile phone ownership
31.54
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.59
ATMs
851
Handset affordability
26.14
Mobile connectivity index
31.36
Network coverage
40.6
Mobile Data Affordability
29.04
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
50.62
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
44%
Account ownership, Female
37%
Account ownership, Male
52%
Account ownership, Youth
35%
Ownership of debit/credit card
18%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
15%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
21%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
13%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Registered Agents
79 002
Mobile money accounts
18 800 416
Mobile money account
35.1
Mobile money account, Female
29.04
Mobile money account, Male
41.23
Mobile money account, Youth
26.71
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
26737.94
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
29.06
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
40.47
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
32.95
Made or received a digital payment, Male
48.08
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
29.93
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
4.63
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
14.56
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
84.84
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
21.32
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
47.79
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
30.64
Value of instant (real time) transactions
90.41
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
707725
Value of mobile money transactions
8.66
Volume of mobile money transactions
496268636
Broad money (current LCU)
15 445 084 831 977
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
142
Population ages 15 and above, female
9 545 882
Population ages 15 and above, male
9 014 585
Population ages 15 and above, total
18 560 467
Population, female (primary + secondary)
7729654
Population, male
17 920 438
Population, male (primary + secondary)
7706869
Population, youth (15-24)
7864329
Urban population
7 813 809
Labour force participation
70.86