Year
2015
Population
55876504
Population, Rural
35.17
Population, Female
51.4
Working age population
66.29
Working age population, Male
18064982
Working age population, Female
18976914
Age dependency ratio
50.85
Labour force participation, Female
47.8
Labour force participation, Male
61.9
Employment in Agriculture
15.44
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
6204.93
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
1.32
GDP at current market prices
346663.12
Inflation rate
4.51
Growth in broad money supply
10.16
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
35.81
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-4.34
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.66
Unemployment rate
25.2
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.24
Gross enrolment ratio
107.13
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
109.56
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
104.66
Adult literacy rate
94.37
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
93.41
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
95.4
Access to electricity
85.3
Access to electricity, Urban
87
Access to electricity, Rural
82.1
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
7.46
Mobile phone ownership
53.67
ATMs per 100,000 adults
67.23
ATMs
26942
POS machines
394000
Handset affordability
55.02
Mobile connectivity index
59.08
Network coverage
80.9
Mobile Data Affordability
57.72
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
158.88
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
2.55
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
200.9
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.05
Value of on-device card transactions
128.88
Volume of on-device card transactions
3583000000
Value of all card transactions
132.29
Volume of all card transactions
3710000000
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
9
Broad money (current LCU)
2 975 276 448 350
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
130
Population ages 15 and above, female
20 963 993
Population ages 15 and above, male
19 113 232
Population ages 15 and above, total
40 077 225
Population, female (primary + secondary)
7343598
Population, male
27 155 417
Population, male (primary + secondary)
7612671
Population, youth (15-24)
10583440
Urban population
36 223 620
Unemployment rate, Youth
50.1
Labour force participation
54.65