Year
2014
Population
2243001
Population, Rural
54.17
Population, Female
51.66
Working age population
59.92
Working age population, Male
646942
Working age population, Female
697046
Age dependency ratio
66.89
Labour force participation, Female
57.43
Labour force participation, Male
64.67
Employment in Agriculture
29.32
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
4846.89
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.09
GDP at current market prices
12433.58
Inflation rate
5.35
Growth in broad money supply
7.67
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
44.21
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-9.47
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.71
Unemployment rate
18.5
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.65
Adult financial literacy rate
27
Access to electricity
48.4
Access to electricity, Urban
73.8
Access to electricity, Rural
26.9
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
8.03
Mobile phone ownership
30.65
ATMs per 100,000 adults
57.03
ATMs
813
Handset affordability
45.99
Mobile connectivity index
42.28
Network coverage
59.71
Mobile Data Affordability
57.53
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
117.49
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
1.74
Account ownership
59%
Account ownership, Female
57%
Account ownership, Male
61%
Account ownership, Youth
42%
Ownership of debit/credit card
49%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
46%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
52%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
34%
Inactive account
6%
Inactive account, Female
7%
Inactive account, Male
5%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Mobile money account
10.36
Mobile money account, Female
8.4
Mobile money account, Male
12.53
Mobile money account, Youth
9.55
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
102.66
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.01
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
45
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
40.58
Made or received a digital payment, Male
49.89
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
34.3
Received government payments: into an account
12.52
Received government payments: to a card
3.09
Received government payments: in cash only
5.83
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
12.05
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.73
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
12.37
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
13.2
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
71.19
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
12.93
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
61.32
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
22.72
Broad money (current LCU)
74 366 071 774
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
125
Population ages 15 and above, female
747 264
Population ages 15 and above, male
678 338
Population ages 15 and above, total
1 425 602
Population, female (primary + secondary)
378507
Population, male
1 084 272
Population, male (primary + secondary)
369942
Population, youth (15-24)
489971
Urban population
1 027 878
Unemployment rate, Youth
39
Labour force participation
60.88