Year
2017
Population
48948137
Population, Rural
73.44
Population, Female
50.36
Working age population
56.77
Working age population, Male
13785527
Working age population, Female
14002855
Age dependency ratio
76.15
Employment in Agriculture
35.08
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1550.2
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.81 81965.11 8.02 8.27 60.42 -7 -8.44
GDP at current market prices
81965.11
Inflation rate
8.02
Growth in broad money supply
8.27
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
60.42
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-7
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-8.44
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.39
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
4.56
Access to electricity
55.8
Access to electricity, Urban
83.6
Access to electricity, Rural
45.8
ID Ownership
94.25101
ID Ownership, Urban
96.91205
ID Ownership, Rural
93.98367
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
45.48
ATMs per 100,000 adults
9.72
ATMs
2825
POS machines
35466
Handset affordability
35.74
Mobile connectivity index
47.67
Network coverage
66.68
Mobile Data Affordability
50.8
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
85.25
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0.58
Account ownership
82%
Account ownership, Female
78%
Account ownership, Male
86%
Account ownership, Youth
76%
Ownership of debit/credit card
38%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
31%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
46%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
35%
Inactive account
2%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
1%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Registered Agents
182472
Mobile money accounts
37386800
Mobile money account
72.93
Mobile money account, Female
69.38
Mobile money account, Male
76.9
Mobile money account, Youth
69.96
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
53078.77
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
42.89
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
78.96
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
74.68
Made or received a digital payment, Male
83.74
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
75.31
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
23.51
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
17.83
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
29.86
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
24.3
Received government payments: into an account
14.72
Received government payments: to a card
0.54
Received government payments: in cash only
1.22
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
11.83
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
4.31
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.18
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
18.04
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
46.39
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
51.45
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
37.3
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
9.94
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
88.67
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of on-device card transactions
6.13
Volume of on-device card transactions
96297815
Value of mobile money transactions
34.93
Volume of mobile money transactions
1543000000
Broad money (current LCU)
3 338 385 085 696
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
172
Population ages 15 and above, female
14 745 248
Population ages 15 and above, male
14 328 049
Population ages 15 and above, total
29 073 297
Population, female (primary + secondary)
9199927
Population, male
24 296 132
Population, male (primary + secondary)
9190507
Population, youth (15-24)
9849974
Urban population
13 001 604