Year
2014
Population
13855753
Population, Rural
67.5
Population, Female
53.03
Working age population
53.8
Working age population, Male
3369175
Working age population, Female
4085144
Age dependency ratio
85.88
Labour force participation, Female
78.01
Labour force participation, Male
88.81
Employment in Agriculture
67.24
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1412.2
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.38
GDP at current market prices
19496
Inflation rate
-0.2
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
37.39
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-11.97
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-0.88
Unemployment rate
4.8
Remittances (% of GDP)
9.77
Adult literacy rate
88.69
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
88.28
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
89.19
Adult financial literacy rate
41
Access to electricity
32.3
Access to electricity, Urban
83.4
Access to electricity, Rural
7.7
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
2.42
Mobile phone ownership
39.66
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.99
ATMs
472
Handset affordability
16.71
Mobile connectivity index
28.92
Network coverage
36.84
Mobile Data Affordability
18.85
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
86.84
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0.99
Financial inclusion rate
77
Financial inclusion rate, Female
76
Financial inclusion rate, Male
77
Financial inclusion rate, Youth
74
Financial inclusion rate, Rural
72
Financial inclusion rate, Urban
89
Financial exclusion rate
23
Banked
30
Other formal (non-bank)
39
Informal only
8
Account ownership
32%
Account ownership, Female
29%
Account ownership, Male
36%
Account ownership, Youth
24%
Ownership of debit/credit card
14%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
6%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
1%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Mobile money accounts
6060630
Mobile money account
21.6
Mobile money account, Female
19.1
Mobile money account, Male
24.21
Mobile money account, Youth
20.01
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
22671.75
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
18.64
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
30.01
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
26.35
Made or received a digital payment, Male
33.83
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
22.59
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
9.18
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
10.57
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
83.38
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
36.38
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
36.09
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
26.83
Volume of mobile money transactions
179000000
Broad money (current LCU)
4 377 131 273
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
109
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 329 259
Population ages 15 and above, male
3 544 638
Population ages 15 and above, total
7 873 897
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2675789
Population, male
6 508 226
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2561281
Population, youth (15-24)
2735616
Urban population
4 503 674
Unemployment rate, Youth
6.8
Labour force participation
83.15