Year
2014
Population
18169842
Population, Rural
73.07
Population, Female
50.31
Working age population
51.72
Working age population, Male
4622481
Working age population, Female
4775262
Age dependency ratio
93.34
Labour force participation, Female
58.25
Labour force participation, Male
75.54
Employment in Agriculture
77.3
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
626.63
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
39.6
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.33
GDP at current market prices
13943.02
Inflation rate
-0.26
Growth in broad money supply
8.98
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
17.44
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-7.16
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-1.81
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
39.6
Unemployment rate
6.5
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.84
Gross enrolment ratio
59.82
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
61.38
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
58.21
Adult literacy rate
34.6
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
26.22
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
44.38
Adult financial literacy rate
33
Access to electricity
19.2
Access to electricity, Urban
58.4
Access to electricity, Rural
4.7
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.71
Mobile phone ownership
28.66
Handset affordability
14.72
Has access to the Internet
20.91
Mobile connectivity index
30.6
Network coverage
17.72
Mobile Data Affordability
71.05
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
0
Account ownership
14.%
Account ownership, Female
13%
Account ownership, Male
16%
Account ownership, Youth
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
3%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
0%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Mobile money account
3.08
Mobile money account, Female
3.06
Mobile money account, Male
3.1
Mobile money account, Youth
2.67
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
8.49
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
7.55
Made or received a digital payment, Male
9.44
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
6.8
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
0.99
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
1.57
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
95.35
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
28.64
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
9.8
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
57.01
Broad money (current LCU)
2 085 265 360 394
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
107
Population ages 15 and above, female
5 058 596
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 818 242
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 876 838
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3419070
Population, male
9 028 931
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3514316
Population, youth (15-24)
3539259
Urban population
4 893 865
Unemployment rate, Youth
8.7
Labour force participation
66.69