Year
2016
Population
56422274
Population, Rural
34.66
Population, Female
51.41
Working age population
66.06
Working age population, Male
18188852
Working age population, Female
19085903
Age dependency ratio
51.37
Labour force participation, Female
47.79
Labour force participation, Male
62.04
Employment in Agriculture
16.02
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
6185.75
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
0.66
GDP at current market prices
323493.14
Inflation rate
6.59
Growth in broad money supply
4.57
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
44.15
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.68
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.55
Unemployment rate
26.5
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.23
Gross enrolment ratio
104.77
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
103.85
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
105.7
Access to electricity
83.9
Access to electricity, Urban
87.1
Access to electricity, Rural
77.9
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
8.05
Mobile phone ownership
57.22
ATMs per 100,000 adults
67.88
ATMs
27436
POS machines
403000
Handset affordability
56.09
Mobile connectivity index
63.28
Network coverage
87.66
Mobile Data Affordability
61.23
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
146.62
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
2.05
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
88.34
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.03
Value of on-device card transactions
158.21
Volume of on-device card transactions
4144000000
Value of all card transactions
163.21
Volume of all card transactions
4293000000
Broad money (current LCU)
3 156 156 860 453
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
139
Population ages 15 and above, female
21 144 698
Population ages 15 and above, male
19 272 916
Population ages 15 and above, total
40 417 614
Population, female (primary + secondary)
7358226
Population, male
27 418 165
Population, male (primary + secondary)
7623493
Population, youth (15-24)
10256635
Urban population
36 866 878
Unemployment rate, Youth
53.4
Labour force participation
54.7