Year
2015
Population
46851488
Population, Rural
74.34
Population, Female
50.34
Working age population
55.93
Working age population, Male
13006164
Working age population, Female
13197252
Age dependency ratio
78.8
Labour force participation, Female
62.37
Labour force participation, Male
68.91
Employment in Agriculture
36.37
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1496.65
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
29.4
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.97
GDP at current market prices
70369.94
Inflation rate
6.58
Growth in broad money supply
17.87
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
44.68
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-6.3
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-8.29
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
29.4
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.24
Access to electricity
41.6
Access to electricity, Urban
78.1
Access to electricity, Rural
29
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
41.85
ATMs per 100,000 adults
9.93
ATMs
2718
POS machines
22230
Handset affordability
30.17
Mobile connectivity index
39.72
Network coverage
52.16
Mobile Data Affordability
46.46
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
78.77
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Registered Agents
143946
Mobile money accounts
28644700
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
40699.17
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
40.91
Value of on-device card transactions
6.1
Volume of on-device card transactions
108204529
Value of mobile money transactions
27.03
Volume of mobile money transactions
1114000000
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
8.8
Broad money (current LCU)
2 947 822 254 507
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
150
Population ages 15 and above, female
13 875 291
Population ages 15 and above, male
13 500 615
Population ages 15 and above, total
27 375 906
Population, female (primary + secondary)
8841820
Population, male
23 268 540
Population, male (primary + secondary)
8833873
Population, youth (15-24)
9390180
Urban population
12 021 155
Labour force participation
65.59