Year
2021
Population
45853778
Population, Rural
74.45
Population, Female
50.49
Working age population
53.13
Working age population, Male
11955166
Working age population, Female
12407494
Age dependency ratio
88.21
Employment in Agriculture
66.67
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
920.55
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.49
GDP at current market prices
43045.07
Inflation rate
2.21
Growth in broad money supply
3.81
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
42.9
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-9.51
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.35
Access to electricity
45.2
Access to electricity, Urban
72.3
Access to electricity, Rural
35.9
ID Ownership
72.50916
ID Ownership, Urban
73.25512
ID Ownership, Rural
72.04018
Mobile phone ownership
42.68
ATMs per 100,000 adults
3.78
ATMs
950
Handset affordability
37.87
Has access to the Internet
41%
Mobile connectivity index
42.51
Network coverage
71.08
Mobile Data Affordability
29.57
Account ownership
29.57
Account ownership, Female
65%
Account ownership, Male
67%
Account ownership, Youth
63%
Account ownership, Rural
61%
Account ownership, Urban
73%
Ownership of debit/credit card
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
20%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
22%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Inactive account, Rural
3%
Inactive account, Urban
2%
Borrowed any money
29%
Borrowed any money, Female
29%
Borrowed any money, Male
29%
Borrowed any money, Youth
24%
Borrowed any money, Rural
30%
Borrowed any money, Urban
28%
Saved any money
39%
Saved any money, Female
35%
Saved any money, Male
42%
Saved any money, Youth
39%
Saved any money, Rural
35%
Saved any money, Urban
44%
Registered Agents
475 755
Mobile money accounts
32 762 369
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
53.8
Mobile money account, Female
53.15
Mobile money account, Male
54.53
Mobile money account, Youth
51.68
Mobile money account, Rural
50.29
Mobile money account, Urban
59.37
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
15.85
Saved money using a mobile money account
31.82
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
29.23
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
34.76
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
32.87
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
28.91
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
36.44
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
170731.74
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
93.67
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
62.58
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
61.96
Made or received a digital payment, Male
63.28
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
59.71
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
58.19
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
69.56
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
8.34
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
2.32
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
7.59
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
6.08
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
9.29
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
9.52
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
7.65
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
7.49
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
25.15
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
22.43
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
28.25
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
22.96
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
21.75
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
30.55
Received government payments: into an account
8.07
Received government payments: to a card
0.09
Received government payments: in cash only
0.93
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
4.42
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
5.48
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.1
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
14.09
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
34.67
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
63.63
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
30.3
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
15.85
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
73.78
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
15.19
Value of all card transactions
2403.10
Volume of all card transactions
9220617
Value of instant (real time) transactions
143.97
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
1359602
Value of mobile money transactions
38.9
Volume of mobile money transactions
4290780097
Mobile money regulatory index
84.1
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
Yes
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
33 352 147 168 618
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
186
Population ages 15 and above, female
12 864 857
Population ages 15 and above, male
12 266 849
Population ages 15 and above, total
25 131 707
Population, female (primary + secondary)
9223948
Population, male
22 700 638
Population, male (primary + secondary)
9272149
Population, youth (15-24)
10125899
Urban population
11 717 016