Year
2016
Population
17405624
Population, Rural
83.49
Population, Female
51.46
Working age population
51.19
Working age population, Male
4273710
Working age population, Female
4635828
Age dependency ratio
95.36
Labour force participation, Female
72.3
Labour force participation, Male
81.57
Employment in Agriculture
64.5
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
542.93
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
65.7
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.7
GDP at current market prices
7350.92
Inflation rate
21.72
Growth in broad money supply
12.86
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
22.23
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-13.79
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.59
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
65.7
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.72
Gross enrolment ratio
97.06
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
97.18
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
96.93
Access to electricity
11
Access to electricity, Urban
42
Access to electricity, Rural
4.9
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
32.41
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.98
ATMs
471
Handset affordability
9.09
Mobile connectivity index
24.39
Network coverage
39.28
Mobile Data Affordability
9.44
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
41.72
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Registered Agents
24426
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
9230.37
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
5.35
Broad money (current LCU)
918 127 177 114
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
305
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 962 609
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 494 978
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 457 588
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3525973
Population, male
8 449 079
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3446611
Population, youth (15-24)
3465343
Urban population
2 872 972
Labour force participation
76.83