Year
2016
Population
47894670
Population, Rural
73.9
Population, Female
50.35
Working age population
56.33
Working age population, Male
13388838
Working age population, Female
13591685
Age dependency ratio
77.52
Labour force participation, Female
62.51
Labour force participation, Male
68.47
Employment in Agriculture
35.69
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1525.74
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.21
GDP at current market prices
74816.51
Inflation rate
6.3
Growth in broad money supply
-2.01
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
53.25
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-5.39
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.2
Unemployment rate
2.8
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.33
Access to electricity
53.1
Access to electricity, Urban
84.3
Access to electricity, Rural
42.1
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
43.22
ATMs per 100,000 adults
9.42
ATMs
2656
POS machines
30133
Handset affordability
35.04
Mobile connectivity index
45.36
Network coverage
59.64
Mobile Data Affordability
49.17
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
79.47
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Financial inclusion rate
82.6
Financial inclusion rate, Female
81.4
Financial inclusion rate, Male
83.8
Financial inclusion rate, Rural
78
Financial inclusion rate, Urban
90.5
Financial exclusion rate
17.4
Banked
42.2
Other formal (non-bank)
32.7
Informal only
7.2
Broad money (current LCU)
3 062 504 636 415
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
160
Population ages 15 and above, female
14 300 807
Population ages 15 and above, male
13 906 471
Population ages 15 and above, total
28 207 277
Population, female (primary + secondary)
9029106
Population, male
23 780 053
Population, male (primary + secondary)
9018809
Population, youth (15-24)
9602836
Urban population
12 502 904
Unemployment rate, Youth
7.4
Labour force participation
65.44