Year
2021
Population
27198628
Population, Rural
41.85
Population, Female
50.13
Working age population
54.87
Working age population, Male
7420000
Working age population, Female
7503302
Age dependency ratio
82.26
Employment in Agriculture
42.82
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1428.56
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
23
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.65
GDP at current market prices
45332.03
Inflation rate
2.26
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
32.79
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.96
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-2.99
Access to electricity
65.4
Access to electricity, Urban
94.7
Access to electricity, Rural
24.8
ID Ownership
82.76942
ID Ownership, Urban
82.36414
ID Ownership, Rural
83.22217
Mobile phone ownership
45.53
Handset affordability
42.05
Has access to the Internet
40%
Mobile connectivity index
48.8
Network coverage
72.61
Mobile Data Affordability
35.72
Account ownership
52%
Account ownership, Female
49%
Account ownership, Male
54%
Account ownership, Youth
49%
Account ownership, Rural
41%
Account ownership, Urban
61%
Ownership of debit/credit card
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
10%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
2%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
10%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
0%
Inactive account, Rural
1%
Inactive account, Urban
1%
Borrowed any money
11%
Borrowed any money, Female
8%
Borrowed any money, Male
15%
Borrowed any money, Youth
11%
Borrowed any money, Rural
9%
Borrowed any money, Urban
14.%
Saved any money
23%
Saved any money, Female
20%
Saved any money, Male
27%
Saved any money, Youth
26%
Saved any money, Rural
19%
Saved any money, Urban
28.%
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
42.43
Mobile money account, Female
38.75
Mobile money account, Male
46.26
Mobile money account, Youth
42.79
Mobile money account, Rural
33.24
Mobile money account, Urban
50.68
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
5.08
Saved money using a mobile money account
18.3
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
15.05
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
21.68
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
22.63
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
14.71
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
21.53
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
49.85
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
47.79
Made or received a digital payment, Male
52
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
48.28
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
39.69
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
58.96
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
8.02
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
7.18
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
6.49
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
7.89
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
8.3
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
3.97
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
10.06
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
3.71
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
18.2
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
72.64
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
16.12
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
19.5
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
64.02
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
25.66
Mobile money regulatory index
78.1
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
No
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
124
Population ages 15 and above, female
7 904 848
Population ages 15 and above, male
7 753 263
Population ages 15 and above, total
15 658 110
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5022417
Population, male
13 564 231
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5065154
Population, youth (15-24)
5334788
Urban population
15 815 458