Year
2019
Population
50951450
Population, Rural
72.49
Population, Female
50.4
Working age population
57.71
Working age population, Male
14576862
Working age population, Female
14825964
Age dependency ratio
73.29
Employment in Agriculture
33.59
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1653.83
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.1
GDP at current market prices
100327.83
Inflation rate
5.2
Growth in broad money supply
6.85
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
63.86
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-5.24
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.29
Unemployment rate
5
Remittances (% of GDP)
2.82
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
Number of SMEs
121719
Number of SMEs, Female
22.90%
Number of micro enterprises
1438781
Number of micro enterprises, Female
34.00%
MSME Finance Gap
19326332625
SME Finance Gap
18240712351
SME Finance Gap, Female
1870175844
Microenterprises Finance Gap
1085620274
Microenterprises Finance Gap, Female
822779117
Fully credit constrained SMEs
17.50%
Fully credit constrained micro enterprises
10.60%
Informal MSMEs
29.50%
Broad money (current LCU)
3 897 552 194 8
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
190
Population ages 15 and above, female
15 636 439
Population ages 15 and above, male
15 171 530
Population ages 15 and above, total
30 807 969
Population, female (primary + secondary)
9477212
Population, male
25 272 193
Population, male (primary + secondary)
9460473
Population, youth (15-24)
10379922
Urban population
14 015 215
Unemployment rate, Youth
12.9