Year
2015
Population
16938942
Population, Rural
83.69
Population, Female
51.48
Working age population
50.75
Working age population, Male
4123800
Working age population, Female
4471911
Age dependency ratio
97.06
Labour force participation, Female
72.35
Labour force participation, Male
81.98
Employment in Agriculture
64.95
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
544.28
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.3
GDP at current market prices
8903.49
Inflation rate
21.87
Growth in broad money supply
27.26
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
17.88
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-12.37
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.94
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.65
Gross enrolment ratio
98.77
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
98.93
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
98.61
Adult literacy rate
62.14
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
55.2
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
69.75
Access to electricity
10.8
Access to electricity, Urban
48.7
Access to electricity, Rural
3.4
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
30.33
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.24
ATMs
479
Handset affordability
7.56
Mobile connectivity index
20.47
Network coverage
32.4
Mobile Data Affordability
10.88
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
39.22
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Registered Agents
23435
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
2.33
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
9.1
Broad money (current LCU)
788 777 679 352
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
251
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 800 784
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 347 321
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 148 105
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3422745
Population, male
8 219 165
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3337112
Population, youth (15-24)
3345103
Urban population
2 763 250
Labour force participation
77.05