Year
2022
Population
123379924
Population, Rural
77.34
Population, Female
49.76
Working age population
57.23
Working age population, Male
35300696
Working age population, Female
35314489
Age dependency ratio
74.72
Employment in Agriculture
62.79
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
857.35
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.36
GDP at current market prices
120358.31
Inflation rate
33.99
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
24.89
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.95
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.16
Access to electricity
55
Access to electricity, Urban
94
Access to electricity, Rural
43
Mobile phone ownership
33.07
ATMs per 100,000 adults
9.27
ATMs
6902
POS machines
11,760
Handset affordability
28.7
Has access to the Internet
13%
Mobile connectivity index
33.11
Network coverage
55.5
Mobile Data Affordability
38.76
Volume of transactions
2063534
Value of transactions
371052431
Account ownership
46%
Account ownership, Female
39%
Account ownership, Male
55%
Account ownership, Youth
47%
Ownership of debit/credit card
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
12%
Inactive account
13%
Inactive account, Female
11%
Inactive account, Male
15%
Inactive account, Youth
15%
Borrowed any money
5%
Borrowed any money, Female
5%
Borrowed any money, Male
5%
Borrowed any money, Youth
3%
Saved any money
23%
Saved any money, Female
17%
Saved any money, Male
29%
Saved any money, Youth
23%
Registered Agents
156,876
Mobile money accounts
43300000
Mobile money prevalence
Low
Mobile money account
4.64
Mobile money account, Female
4.21
Mobile money account, Male
5.09
Mobile money account, Youth
6.79
Mobile money account, Rural
2.26
Mobile money account, Urban
5.52
Saved money using a mobile money account
1.53
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
0.92
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
2.19
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
3.16
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
0.36
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
1.97
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
651.13
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.4
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
19.72
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
15.41
Made or received a digital payment, Male
24.28
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
18.51
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
12.68
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
22.34
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
2.43
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
0.95
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
1.14
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
3.02
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
3.04
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
0.65
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
2.58
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
3.2
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
1.98
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
4.5
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
5.19
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
1.83
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
3.71
Received government payments: into an account
4.03
Received government payments: to a card
0.12
Received government payments: in cash only
3.81
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
3.91
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.48
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
5.21
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
5.84
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
91.46
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
1.58
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
9.05
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
46.23
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
37.62
Value of on-device card transactions
4.83
Volume of on-device card transactions
173407384
Value of mobile money transactions
0.45
Volume of mobile money transactions
48502862
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
659
Population ages 15 and above, female
37 435 421
Population ages 15 and above, male
37 055 070
Population ages 15 and above, total
74 490 491
Population, female (primary + secondary)
21842564
Population, male
61 980 175
Population, male (primary + secondary)
22587249
Population, youth (15-24)
25877266
Urban population
27 959 125