Year
2014
Population
16477966
Population, Rural
83.87
Population, Female
51.5
Working age population
50.38
Working age population, Male
3982991
Working age population, Female
4318043
Age dependency ratio
98.5
Labour force participation, Female
72.4
Labour force participation, Male
82.32
Employment in Agriculture
65.46
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
544.26
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.2
GDP at current market prices
8267.81
Inflation rate
23.78
Growth in broad money supply
15.65
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
18.08
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-13.83
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.52
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.64
Gross enrolment ratio
99
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
99.35
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
98.64
Adult literacy rate
65.15
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
55.13
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
75.98
Adult financial literacy rate
35
Access to electricity
11.9
Access to electricity, Urban
46.1
Access to electricity, Rural
5.3
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
22.93
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.07
ATMs
449
Handset affordability
8.16
Mobile connectivity index
18.31
Network coverage
28.4
Mobile Data Affordability
7.96
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
34.58
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Financial inclusion rate
49
Financial inclusion rate, Female
46
Financial inclusion rate, Male
51
Financial inclusion rate, Rural
44
Financial inclusion rate, Urban
69
Financial exclusion rate
51
Banked
27
Other formal (non-bank)
7
Informal only
15
Account ownership
18%
Account ownership, Female
14%
Account ownership, Male
22%
Account ownership, Youth
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
9%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
8%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
3%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Mobile money account
3.84
Mobile money account, Female
2.53
Mobile money account, Male
5.25
Mobile money account, Youth
2.36
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
1.28
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
11.44
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
7.58
Made or received a digital payment, Male
15.53
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
8.38
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
3.83
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
5.21
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
89.19
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
12.55
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
15.13
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
63.05
Broad money (current LCU)
616 153 239 960
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
206
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 647 993
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 208 585
Population ages 15 and above, total
8 856 578
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3317246
Population, male
7 992 387
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3225298
Population, youth (15-24)
3233925
Urban population
2 658 225
Labour force participation
77.24