Year
2017
Population
56641209
Population, Rural
34.15
Population, Female
51.51
Working age population
65.68
Working age population, Male
18108848
Working age population, Female
19091155
Age dependency ratio
52.26
Employment in Agriculture
16.76
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
6233.19
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
1.16
GDP at current market prices
381317.06
Inflation rate
5.28
Growth in broad money supply
6.4
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
45.44
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.37
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.06
Unemployment rate
27
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.23
Gross enrolment ratio
102.36
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
101.72
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
103.01
Adult literacy rate
87.05
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
86.46
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
87.68
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
3.33
Access to electricity
84.4
Access to electricity, Urban
87.2
Access to electricity, Rural
79.1
ID Ownership
92.39156
ID Ownership, Urban
92.35035
ID Ownership, Rural
92.40046
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
8.44
Mobile phone ownership
60.56
ATMs per 100,000 adults
67.64
ATMs
27361
POS machines
382000
Handset affordability
57.2
Mobile connectivity index
65.57
Network coverage
90.76
Mobile Data Affordability
62.24
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
155.23
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
1.98
Account ownership
69%
Account ownership, Female
70%
Account ownership, Male
68%
Account ownership, Youth
63%
Ownership of debit/credit card
37%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
31%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
42%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
30%
Inactive account
5%
Inactive account, Female
6%
Inactive account, Male
5%
Inactive account, Youth
6%
Mobile money account
19.02
Mobile money account, Female
18.64
Mobile money account, Male
19.42
Mobile money account, Youth
16.92
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
60.11
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
61.14
Made or received a digital payment, Male
59.01
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
55.38
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
10.12
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
9.17
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
11.14
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
10.98
Received government payments: into an account
27.82
Received government payments: to a card
7.23
Received government payments: in cash only
5.94
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
19.59
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
6.5
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
31.7
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
55.81
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of on-device card transactions
183.75
Volume of on-device card transactions
4171000000
Value of all card transactions
190.16
Volume of all card transactions
4355000000
Broad money (current LCU)
3 358 956 867 667
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
146
Population ages 15 and above, female
21 223 551
Population ages 15 and above, male
19 226 147
Population ages 15 and above, total
40 449 698
Population, female (primary + secondary)
7391682
Population, male
27 465 269
Population, male (primary + secondary)
7643684
Population, youth (15-24)
9841717
Urban population
37 298 236
Unemployment rate, Youth
53.2