Year
2021
Population
8420641
Population, Rural
56.63
Population, Female
49.9
Working age population
57.47
Working age population, Male
2425327
Working age population, Female
2413999
Age dependency ratio
74
Employment in Agriculture
44.08
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
619.27
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.1
GDP at current market prices
4147.91
Inflation rate
11.85
Growth in broad money supply
18.76
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
48.26
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-8.7
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.44
Access to electricity
27.5
Access to electricity, Urban
57
Access to electricity, Rural
4.9
ID Ownership
61.496
ID Ownership, Urban
70.20045
ID Ownership, Rural
55.80246
Mobile phone ownership
39.59
Handset affordability
21.12
Has access to the Internet
22%
Mobile connectivity index
34.52
Network coverage
60.5
Mobile Data Affordability
7.06
Account ownership
29%
Account ownership, Female
25%
Account ownership, Male
33%
Account ownership, Youth
25%
Account ownership, Rural
22%
Account ownership, Urban
39%
Ownership of debit/credit card
2%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
3%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
1%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
3%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Inactive account, Rural
2%
Inactive account, Urban
1%
Borrowed any money
6%
Borrowed any money, Female
6%
Borrowed any money, Male
5%
Borrowed any money, Youth
5%
Borrowed any money, Rural
6%
Borrowed any money, Urban
5%
Saved any money
11%
Saved any money, Female
6%
Saved any money, Male
16%
Saved any money, Youth
10%
Saved any money, Rural
9%
Saved any money, Urban
15%
Mobile money prevalence
High
Mobile money account
19.04
Mobile money account, Female
16.77
Mobile money account, Male
21.54
Mobile money account, Youth
17.38
Mobile money account, Rural
16.01
Mobile money account, Urban
23.68
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
1.4
Saved money using a mobile money account
7.68
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
3.86
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
11.89
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
7.71
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
6.28
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
9.82
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
27.01
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
22.99
Made or received a digital payment, Male
31.43
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
23.33
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
20.6
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
36.8
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
2.88
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
2.88
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
1.38
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
4.54
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
3.43
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
2.66
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
3.22
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
3.9
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
2.07
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
5.92
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
4.68
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
1.63
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
7.38
Received government payments: into an account
2.12
Received government payments: to a card
0
Received government payments: in cash only
3.25
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
1.82
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.43
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.17
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
3.89
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
9.39
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
84.49
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
6.07
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
11.17
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
64.12
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
27.25
Mobile money regulatory index
81.84
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
Yes
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
14 391 059
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
297
Population ages 15 and above, female
2 561 181
Population ages 15 and above, male
2 542 585
Population ages 15 and above, total
5 103 764
Population, female (primary + secondary)
1509928
Population, male
4 218 841
Population, male (primary + secondary)
1541828
Population, youth (15-24)
1729745
Urban population
3 652 200