Year
2017
Population
7677565
Population, Rural
58.36
Population, Female
49.93
Working age population
55.87
Working age population, Male
2146176
Working age population, Female
2143112
Age dependency ratio
78.99
Employment in Agriculture
49.16
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
611.08
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.77
GDP at current market prices
3712.86
Inflation rate
18.28
Growth in broad money supply
8.62
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
40.6
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-20.3
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-9.38
Remittances (% of GDP)
1.3
Gross enrolment ratio
83.43
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
83.19
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
83.68
Access to electricity
23.4
Access to electricity, Urban
48.7
Access to electricity, Rural
5.4
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
36.93
Handset affordability
14.99
Mobile connectivity index
23.79
Network coverage
30.2
Mobile Data Affordability
3.88
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
88.47
Account ownership
20%
Account ownership, Female
15%
Account ownership, Male
25%
Account ownership, Youth
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card
3%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
2%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
4%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
2%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Registered Agents
6077
Mobile money account
11.02
Mobile money account, Female
8.73
Mobile money account, Male
13.58
Mobile money account, Youth
10.99
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
15.61
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
12.34
Made or received a digital payment, Male
19.27
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
16.47
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
3.31
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
2.26
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
4.47
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
3.92
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.41
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
2.91
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
8.36
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
80.13
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
5.83
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
22.1
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
28.88
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Broad money (current LCU)
6 522 308
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
176
Population ages 15 and above, female
2 277 068
Population ages 15 and above, male
2 253 111
Population ages 15 and above, total
4 530 179
Population, female (primary + secondary)
1406904
Population, male
3 844 264
Population, male (primary + secondary)
1439254
Population, youth (15-24)
1555539
Urban population
3 196 631