Year
2014
Population
1966855
Population, Rural
12.35
Population, Female
48.96
Working age population
59.32
Working age population, Male
604117
Working age population, Female
562645
Age dependency ratio
68.57
Labour force participation, Female
41.81
Labour force participation, Male
58.55
Employment in Agriculture
32.61
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
7039.68
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.31
GDP at current market prices
18203.88
Inflation rate
4.51
Growth in broad money supply
2.75
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
25.34
Current account balance (% of GDP)
7.56
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
2.55
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.16
Adult financial literacy rate
35
Access to electricity
87.1
Access to electricity, Urban
96.6
Access to electricity, Rural
19.8
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.98
Mobile phone ownership
46.18
Handset affordability
44.68
Mobile connectivity index
38.17
Network coverage
30.44
Mobile Data Affordability
46.69
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
155.68
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0.58
Account ownership
33%
Account ownership, Female
31%
Account ownership, Male
35%
Account ownership, Youth
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
18%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
20%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
9%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
3%
Inactive account, Youth
5%
Mobile money accounts
647978
Mobile money account
6.65
Mobile money account, Female
6.14
Mobile money account, Male
7.19
Mobile money account, Youth
7.82
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
23.36
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
22.65
Made or received a digital payment, Male
24.1
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
14.73
Received government payments: into an account
8.62
Received government payments: to a card
4.07
Received government payments: in cash only
11.86
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
8.02
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.48
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
5.02
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
8.07
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
88.52
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
44.46
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
20.93
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
33.13
Volume of mobile money transactions
6159127
Broad money (current LCU)
2 109 581 000 000
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
109
Population ages 15 and above, female
603 174
Population ages 15 and above, male
641 138
Population ages 15 and above, total
1 244 311
Population, female (primary + secondary)
312155
Population, male
1 003 790
Population, male (primary + secondary)
314808
Population, youth (15-24)
374321
Urban population
1 723 968
Labour force participation
50.49