Year
2021
Population
19889742
Population, Rural
82.31
Population, Female
51.38
Working age population
54.15
Working age population, Male
5166578
Working age population, Female
5602946
Age dependency ratio
84.69
Employment in Agriculture
62.63
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
563.36
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.6
GDP at current market prices
12435.39
Inflation rate
9.3
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
30.88
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-16.74
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-9.55
Access to electricity
14.2
Access to electricity, Urban
54.2
Access to electricity, Rural
5.6
ID Ownership
85.14453
ID Ownership, Urban
80.69351
ID Ownership, Rural
87.21549
Mobile phone ownership
38.98
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.40
ATMs
498
POS machines
3,414
Handset affordability
38.91
Has access to the Internet
21%
Mobile connectivity index
35.43
Network coverage
67.8
Mobile Data Affordability
6.76
Account ownership
43%
Account ownership, Female
38%
Account ownership, Male
48%
Account ownership, Youth
35%
Account ownership, Rural
39%
Account ownership, Urban
51%
Ownership of debit/credit card
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
10%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
12%
Inactive account
2%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Inactive account, Rural
1%
Inactive account, Urban
10%
Borrowed any money
10%
Borrowed any money, Female
10%
Borrowed any money, Male
9%
Borrowed any money, Youth
10%
Borrowed any money, Rural
10%
Borrowed any money, Urban
21%
Saved any money
17%
Saved any money, Female
26%
Saved any money, Male
20%
Saved any money, Youth
18%
Saved any money, Rural
28%
Registered Agents
155816
Mobile money accounts
10700000
Mobile money prevalence
High
Mobile money account
34.35
Mobile money account, Female
30.29
Mobile money account, Male
38.83
Mobile money account, Youth
29.59
Mobile money account, Rural
31.86
Mobile money account, Urban
39.75
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
2.72
Saved money using a mobile money account
17.49
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
13.45
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
21.93
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
17.09
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
14.33
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
24.33
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
40.31
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
35.68
Made or received a digital payment, Male
45.42
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
33.9
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
37.27
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
46.9
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
7.57
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
7.32
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
5.75
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
9.06
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
8.57
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
6.56
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
8.97
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
10.01
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
8.86
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
11.28
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
8.48
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
6.23
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
18.23
Received government payments: into an account
3.61
Received government payments: to a card
0.53
Received government payments: in cash only
3.19
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
2.47
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.94
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
1.54
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
11.22
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
20.15
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
71.05
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
9.25
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
13.36
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
70.04
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
14.28
Value of on-device card transactions
0.13
Volume of on-device card transactions
2812980
Value of EFT transactions
4.24
Volume of EFT transactions
5,938,145
Value of mobile money transactions
6.10
Volume of mobile money transactions
759,258,428
Mobile money regulatory index
93.63
Digital ID
No
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
2 004 396 574 395
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
497
Population ages 15 and above, female
5 925 890
Population ages 15 and above, male
5 380 313
Population ages 15 and above, total
11 306 204
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3968234
Population, male
9 670 800
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3925214
Population, youth (15-24)
4225994
Urban population
3 519 490