Year
2021
Population
32833031
Population, Rural
42.02
Population, Female
50.12
Working age population
59.27
Working age population, Male
9665543
Working age population, Female
9794056
Age dependency ratio
68.72
Employment in Agriculture
40.34
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2009.36
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.08
GDP at current market prices
79599.01
Inflation rate
9.95
Growth in broad money supply
12
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
43.19
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.19
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-12.1
Access to electricity
86.3
Access to electricity, Urban
95.2
Access to electricity, Rural
74
ID Ownership
86.74922
ID Ownership, Urban
86.70971
ID Ownership, Rural
86.80855
Mobile phone ownership
53.17
ATMs per 100,000 adults
11.06
ATMs
2278
POS machines
12,643
Handset affordability
44.12
Has access to the Internet
43%
Mobile connectivity index
51.66
Network coverage
84.94
Mobile Data Affordability
50.28
Account ownership
68%
Account ownership, Female
63%
Account ownership, Male
74%
Account ownership, Youth
65%
Account ownership, Rural
57%
Account ownership, Urban
76%
Ownership of debit/credit card
18%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
25%
Inactive account
2%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
1%
Inactive account, Youth
0%
Inactive account, Rural
2%
Inactive account, Urban
2%
Borrowed any money
17%
Borrowed any money, Female
13%
Borrowed any money, Male
21%
Borrowed any money, Youth
17%
Borrowed any money, Rural
12%
Borrowed any money, Urban
20%
Saved any money
46%
Saved any money, Female
37%
Saved any money, Male
55%
Saved any money, Youth
46%
Saved any money, Rural
32%
Saved any money, Urban
55%
Registered Agents
579,672
Mobile money accounts
48,308,975
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
59.69
Mobile money account, Female
55
Mobile money account, Male
64.62
Mobile money account, Youth
61.59
Mobile money account, Rural
47.86
Mobile money account, Urban
67.62
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
11.97
Saved money using a mobile money account
36.73
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
29.48
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
44.36
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
42.36
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
25.63
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
44.16
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
194649.56
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
180.56
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
65.57
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
59.43
Made or received a digital payment, Male
72.03
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
64.67
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
53.92
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
73.37
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
12.95
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
1.21
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
12.86
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
8.31
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
17.66
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
18.33
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
7.84
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
16.23
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
10.11
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
8.03
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
12.3
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
10.57
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
6.13
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
12.77
Received government payments: into an account
8.63
Received government payments: to a card
1.26
Received government payments: in cash only
0.98
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
6.49
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
2.04
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
3.94
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
20.49
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
77.38
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
19.02
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
13.73
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
82.17
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
14.96
Value of on-device card transactions
7408571571
Volume of on-device card transactions
64658507
Value of mobile money transactions
158302.6
Volume of mobile money transactions
4,246,799,232
Mobile money regulatory index
97.88
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
Yes
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
146 517 119 335
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
336
Population ages 15 and above, female
10 416 873
Population ages 15 and above, male
10 184 253
Population ages 15 and above, total
20 601 125
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5575414
Population, male
16 375 536
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5695549
Population, youth (15-24)
6212674
Urban population
19 038 233