Year
2017
Population
17881167
Population, Rural
83.29
Population, Female
51.44
Working age population
51.69
Working age population, Male
4433095
Working age population, Female
4809917
Age dependency ratio
93.46
Employment in Agriculture
63.95
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
549.63
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.2
GDP at current market prices
8943.34
Inflation rate
11.55
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
22.88
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-17.42
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-5.47
Unemployment rate
5
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.88
Gross enrolment ratio
97.86
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
97.32
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
98.4
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
2.9
Access to electricity
12.7
Access to electricity, Urban
57.5
Access to electricity, Rural
3.7
ID Ownership
16.03746
ID Ownership, Urban
24.29196
ID Ownership, Rural
15.1788
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
33.93
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.00
ATMs
489
Handset affordability
10.37
Mobile connectivity index
26.41
Network coverage
46.37
Mobile Data Affordability
17.67
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
43.99
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
34%
Account ownership, Female
30%
Account ownership, Male
38%
Account ownership, Youth
31%
Ownership of debit/credit card
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
10%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Registered Agents
30327
Mobile money account
20.3
Mobile money account, Female
17.99
Mobile money account, Male
22.83
Mobile money account, Youth
20.58
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
13121.68
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
7.98
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
27.61
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
24.68
Made or received a digital payment, Male
30.82
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
26.96
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
6.84
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
4.44
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
9.45
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
8.3
Received government payments: into an account
4.44
Received government payments: to a card
0.7
Received government payments: in cash only
3.82
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
2.36
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
1.74
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.9
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
12.96
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
15.49
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
71.15
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
5.15
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
28.46
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
48.45
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Broad money (current LCU)
1 077 264 981 483
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
340
Population ages 15 and above, female
5 135 263
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 652 547
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 787 809
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3625731
Population, male
8 683 181
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3552723
Population, youth (15-24)
3595956
Urban population
2 988 658
Unemployment rate, Youth
7.2