Year
2017
Population
40127085
Population, Rural
76.8
Population, Female
50.6
Working age population
51.07
Working age population, Male
10029420
Working age population, Female
10463248
Age dependency ratio
95.81
Employment in Agriculture
70.71
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
872.19
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.8
GDP at current market prices
31396.91
Inflation rate
5.6
Growth in broad money supply
12.63
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
33.45
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-4.78
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.08
Unemployment rate
10.1
Remittances (% of GDP)
3.79
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
3.56
Access to electricity
32.4
Access to electricity, Urban
63.4
Access to electricity, Rural
23
ID Ownership
81.37904
ID Ownership, Urban
73.71681
ID Ownership, Rural
81.6079
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.93
Mobile phone ownership
36.88
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.31
ATMs
910
Handset affordability
26.54
Mobile connectivity index
38.15
Network coverage
50
Mobile Data Affordability
36.1
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
57.6
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
59%
Account ownership, Female
53%
Account ownership, Male
66%
Account ownership, Youth
57%
Ownership of debit/credit card
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
15%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Registered Agents
160 351
Mobile money accounts
23 362 532
Mobile money account
50.58
Mobile money account, Female
42.97
Mobile money account, Male
58.64
Mobile money account, Youth
50.72
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
51391.97
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
52.08
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
54.69
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
47.61
Made or received a digital payment, Male
62.19
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
53.66
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
7.56
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
5.05
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
10.22
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
8.04
Received government payments: into an account
7.35
Received government payments: to a card
0.34
Received government payments: in cash only
2.54
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
4.15
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
3.89
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
1.33
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
7.46
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
32.3
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
64.67
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
27.62
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
18.88
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
66.2
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of instant (real time) transactions
82.06
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
938167
Value of mobile money transactions
17.04
Volume of mobile money transactions
1206845135
Broad money (current LCU)
21 615 281 939 952
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
167
Population ages 15 and above, female
10 844 303
Population ages 15 and above, male
10 290 228
Population ages 15 and above, total
21 134 532
Population, female (primary + secondary)
8390055
Population, male
19 823 359
Population, male (primary + secondary)
8388694
Population, youth (15-24)
8837368
Urban population
9 307 879
Unemployment rate, Youth
15.6