Year
2018
Population
7861281
Population, Rural
57.95
Population, Female
49.92
Working age population
56.29
Working age population, Male
2215101
Working age population, Female
2209883
Age dependency ratio
77.66
Employment in Agriculture
46.19
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
617.53
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
26.1
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.46
GDP at current market prices
4084.97
Inflation rate
16.02
Growth in broad money supply
14.75
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
38.91
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-20.3
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.19
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
26.1
Unemployment rate
3.2
Remittances (% of GDP)
1.52
Adult literacy rate
43.21
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
34.85
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
51.65
Access to electricity
26.1
Access to electricity, Urban
53.2
Access to electricity, Rural
6.4
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
37.7
Handset affordability
14.34
Mobile connectivity index
29.22
Network coverage
39.56
Mobile Data Affordability
14.47
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
83.07
Registered Agents
10280
Mobile money regulatory index
81.84
Broad money (current LCU)
7 464 855
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
204
Population ages 15 and above, female
2 347 046
Population ages 15 and above, male
2 324 628
Population ages 15 and above, total
4 671 674
Population, female (primary + secondary)
1435504
Population, male
3 936 943
Population, male (primary + secondary)
1467870
Population, youth (15-24)
1601437
Urban population
3 306 062
Unemployment rate, Youth
3.6