Year
2014
Population
45831863
Population, Rural
74.78
Population, Female
50.32
Working age population
55.58
Working age population, Male
12647271
Working age population, Female
12823949
Age dependency ratio
79.94
Labour force participation, Female
62.22
Labour force participation, Male
69.31
Employment in Agriculture
37.08
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1457.54
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.02
GDP at current market prices
68395.07
Inflation rate
6.88
Growth in broad money supply
26.1
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
39.24
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-9.34
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.28
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.11
Adult literacy rate
78.73
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
74.01
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
83.78
Adult financial literacy rate
38
Access to electricity
36
Access to electricity, Urban
68.4
Access to electricity, Rural
25.1
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
40.25
ATMs per 100,000 adults
9.83
ATMs
2613
POS machines
17511
Handset affordability
29.86
Mobile connectivity index
34.83
Network coverage
46.62
Mobile Data Affordability
32.21
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
72.02
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
75%
Account ownership, Female
71%
Account ownership, Male
79%
Account ownership, Youth
66%
Ownership of debit/credit card
35%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
34%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
37%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
29%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Registered Agents
123703
Mobile money accounts
25249200
Mobile money account
58.39
Mobile money account, Female
54.9
Mobile money account, Male
62.35
Mobile money account, Youth
51.56
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
34282.87
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
39.5
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
69.44
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
66.99
Made or received a digital payment, Male
72.23
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
61.29
Received government payments: into an account
10.54
Received government payments: to a card
0.31
Received government payments: in cash only
2.22
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
10.25
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
1.23
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
12.49
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
37.27
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
61.61
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
21.36
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
70.15
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
8.67
Value of on-device card transactions
6.91
Volume of on-device card transactions
89997685
Value of mobile money transactions
25.69
Volume of mobile money transactions
911000000
Broad money (current LCU)
2 539 697 667 354
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
141
Population ages 15 and above, female
13 469 339
Population ages 15 and above, male
13 113 472
Population ages 15 and above, total
26 582 811
Population, female (primary + secondary)
8638162
Population, male
22 770 037
Population, male (primary + secondary)
8637443
Population, youth (15-24)
9216786
Urban population
11 559 254
Labour force participation
65.71