Year
2021
Population
5193416
Population, Rural
47.43
Population, Female
50.22
Working age population
55.65
Working age population, Male
1431454
Working age population, Female
1458503
Age dependency ratio
79.71
Employment in Agriculture
39.93
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
629.82
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.99
GDP at current market prices
2863.65
Inflation rate
7.82
Growth in broad money supply
2.46
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
37.18
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-17.86
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-2.5
Access to electricity
29.8
Access to electricity, Urban
49.5
Access to electricity, Rural
8.1
ID Ownership
30.11952
ID Ownership, Urban
40.25344
ID Ownership, Rural
25.55534
Mobile phone ownership
36.4
ATMs per 100,000 adults
3.85
ATMs
118
Handset affordability
25.77
Has access to the Internet
27%
Mobile connectivity index
31.52
Network coverage
57.62
Mobile Data Affordability
6.26
Account ownership
52%
Account ownership, Female
44%
Account ownership, Male
59%
Account ownership, Youth
54%
Account ownership, Rural
46%
Account ownership, Urban
64%
Ownership of debit/credit card
9%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
7%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
9%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
9%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
9%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
4%
Inactive account, Male
5%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Inactive account, Rural
5%
Inactive account, Urban
3%
Borrowed any money
17%
Borrowed any money, Female
14%
Borrowed any money, Male
19%
Borrowed any money, Youth
15%
Borrowed any money, Rural
18%
Borrowed any money, Urban
12%
Saved any money
22%
Saved any money, Female
15%
Saved any money, Male
30%
Saved any money, Youth
27%
Saved any money, Rural
20%
Saved any money, Urban
26%
Mobile money prevalence
High
Mobile money account
36.3
Mobile money account, Female
32.43
Mobile money account, Male
40.31
Mobile money account, Youth
37.4
Mobile money account, Rural
28.47
Mobile money account, Urban
53.67
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
2.83
Saved money using a mobile money account
15.11
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
10.61
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
19.79
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
18.93
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
12.32
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
21.32
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
88651.49
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
12
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
46.08
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
39.15
Made or received a digital payment, Male
53.27
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
48.09
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
39.29
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
61.15
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
6.22
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
5.03
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
4.53
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
5.55
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
5.78
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
5.41
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
4.19
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
7.27
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
7.24
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
7.3
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
8.51
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
7.32
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
7.17
Received government payments: into an account
6.26
Received government payments: to a card
0
Received government payments: in cash only
1.12
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
4.42
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
3.82
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.33
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
17.13
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
30.4
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
60.36
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
25.34
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
14.97
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
64.74
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
22.32
Mobile money regulatory index
92.44
Digital ID
No
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
No
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Population ages 15 and above, female
1 556 507
Population ages 15 and above, male
1 506 959
Population ages 15 and above, total
3 063 467
Population, female (primary + secondary)
971560
Population, male
2 585 173
Population, male (primary + secondary)
993145
Population, youth (15-24)
1051702
Urban population
2 730 335