Year
2023
Population
2773168
Population, Rural
35.53
Population, Female
50.23
Working age population
54.97
Working age population, Male
751407
Working age population, Female
773133
Age dependency ratio
81.9
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
707.56
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.61
GDP at current market prices
2229.78
Inflation rate
17.22
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
44.06
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-14.02
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.24
Mobile phone ownership
38.13
Handset affordability
10.18
Mobile connectivity index
36.25
Network coverage
66.84
Mobile Data Affordability
13.11
Instant payments system availability
Yes
Instant payments system model
Bank IPS
Mobile money prevalence
Low
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
11
Mobile money regulatory index
68.42
Financial Inclusion strategy index
75
Regulatory Sandbox
No
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups Inclusion,
Yes
Interoperability solutions
Yes
Policy enablement to offer mobile money services
63.13
KYC requirement
0
Broad money (current LCU)
70 808 699 767
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
256
Population ages 15 and above, female
808 996
Population ages 15 and above, male
783 146
Population ages 15 and above, total
1 592 144
Population, female (primary + secondary)
531544
Population, male
1 380 095
Population, male (primary + secondary)
542337
Population, youth (15-24)
569975
Urban population
1 787 917