Year
2023
Population
126527060
Population, Rural
76.84
Population, Female
49.78
Working age population
57.55
Working age population, Male
36394028
Working age population, Female
36417404
Age dependency ratio
73.77
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
890.35
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.06
GDP at current market prices
173265.55
Inflation rate
29.17
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
19.16
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.03
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.29
Mobile phone ownership
33.66
POS machines
12,016
Handset affordability
32.5
Mobile connectivity index
36.36
Network coverage
62.56
Mobile Data Affordability
46.93
Instant payments system availability
Yes
Instant payments system model
Cross-domain IPS
Registered Agents
233,036
Mobile money accounts
68700000
Mobile money prevalence
Medium
Value of on-device card transactions
9.17
Volume of on-device card transactions
362986753
Value of mobile money transactions
6.72
Volume of mobile money transactions
298826380
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
5.5
Mobile money regulatory index
86.56
Financial Inclusion strategy index
100
Regulatory Sandbox
No
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups Inclusion,
Yes
Interoperability solutions
Yes
Policy enablement to offer mobile money services
71.25
KYC requirement
60
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
858
Population ages 15 and above, female
38 611 352
Population ages 15 and above, male
38 195 485
Population ages 15 and above, total
76 806 837
Population, female (primary + secondary)
22200389
Population, male
63 545 705
Population, male (primary + secondary)
22963572
Population, youth (15-24)
26423967
Urban population
29 299 871