Year
2022
Population
2305825
Population, Rural
70.06
Population, Female
50.67
Working age population
61.82
Working age population, Male
709277
Working age population, Female
716286
Age dependency ratio
61.75
Employment in Agriculture
29.39
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
952.25
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
1.29
GDP at current market prices
2206.38
Inflation rate
8.3
Growth in broad money supply
3.04
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
41.42
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-8.42
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-7.33
Access to electricity
50
Access to electricity, Urban
83.6
Access to electricity, Rural
37.7
Mobile phone ownership
36.96
ATMs per 100,000 adults
13.66
ATMs
208
Handset affordability
35.67
Has access to the Internet
46%
Mobile connectivity index
46.24
Network coverage
85.06
Mobile Data Affordability
21.97
Account ownership
64%
Account ownership, Female
62%
Account ownership, Male
65%
Account ownership, Youth
62%
Ownership of debit/credit card
25%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
26%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
17%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
4%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Borrowed any money
19%
Borrowed any money, Female
20%
Borrowed any money, Male
18%
Borrowed any money, Youth
20%
Saved any money
31%
Saved any money, Female
30%
Saved any money, Male
32%
Saved any money, Youth
31%
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
45.88
Mobile money account, Female
44.52
Mobile money account, Male
47.4
Mobile money account, Youth
48.82
Mobile money account, Rural
41.91
Mobile money account, Urban
52.65
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
9.92
Saved money using a mobile money account
24.55
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
25.04
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
24.01
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
28.04
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
20.83
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
30.91
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
56261.75
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
57.42
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
58.58
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
58.15
Made or received a digital payment, Male
59.06
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
58.86
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
53.15
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
67.84
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
17.51
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
6.14
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
15.92
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
13.8
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
18.29
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
16.26
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
12.24
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
22.19
Made a digital online merchant payment for an online purchase
5.87
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
22.44
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
21.32
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
23.7
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
24.2
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
19.79
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
26.98
Received government payments: into an account
10.15
Received government payments: to a card
0.65
Received government payments: in cash only
9.79
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
6.98
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
6.01
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
28.92
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
46.63
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
36.16
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
35.14
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
12.53
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
79.58
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
11.54
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
188
Population ages 15 and above, female
776 843
Population ages 15 and above, male
745 459
Population ages 15 and above, total
1 522 301
Population, female (primary + secondary)
370857
Population, male
1 137 496
Population, male (primary + secondary)
367855
Population, youth (15-24)
447374
Urban population
690 433