Year
2018
Population
49953304
Population, Rural
72.97
Population, Female
50.38
Working age population
57.23
Working age population, Male
14176335
Working age population, Female
14409591
Age dependency ratio
74.75
Employment in Agriculture
34.28
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1604.8
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
5.6
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
92210.75
GDP at current market prices
4.7
Inflation rate
12.04
Growth in broad money supply
62.18
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
-5.41
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-6.69
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.95
Adult literacy rate
81.53
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
78.19
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
84.99
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
4.68
Access to electricity
61.2
Access to electricity, Urban
87.2
Access to electricity, Rural
51.6
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
47.59
ATMs per 100,000 adults
9.46
ATMs
2833
POS machines
44874
Handset affordability
41.4
Mobile connectivity index
51.87
Network coverage
77.86
Mobile Data Affordability
62.36
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
96.32
Registered Agents
205745
Mobile money accounts
47694300
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
58114.4
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
42.66
Value of on-device card transactions
6.27
Volume of on-device card transactions
100534342
Value of mobile money transactions
38.93
Volume of mobile money transactions
1740000000
Mobile money regulatory index
84.1
Broad money (current LCU)
3 676 329 175 321
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
181
Population ages 15 and above, female
15 187 845
Population ages 15 and above, male
14 745 750
Population ages 15 and above, total
29 933 595
Population, female (primary + secondary)
9347621
Population, male
24 784 782
Population, male (primary + secondary)
9332825
Population, youth (15-24)
10104148
Urban population
13 502 378