Year
2017
Population
14751101
Population, Rural
67.76
Population, Female
52.95
Working age population
54.61
Working age population, Male
3654101
Working age population, Female
4402152
Age dependency ratio
83.1
Employment in Agriculture
64.57
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1421.24
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
34.2
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.7
GDP at current market prices
22041
Inflation rate
0.9
Growth in broad money supply
29.66
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
41.29
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-1.23
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-12.15
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
34.2
Remittances (% of GDP)
9.84
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
3.95
Access to electricity
44
Access to electricity, Urban
85.5
Access to electricity, Rural
24.2
ID Ownership
86.24807
ID Ownership, Urban
90.49135
ID Ownership, Rural
84.60173
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
1.86
Mobile phone ownership
39.48
ATMs per 100,000 adults
6.60
ATMs
563
Handset affordability
22.53
Mobile connectivity index
36.96
Network coverage
62.95
Mobile Data Affordability
23.6
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
98.99
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
1.13
Account ownership
55%
Account ownership, Female
52%
Account ownership, Male
59%
Account ownership, Youth
48%
Ownership of debit/credit card
22%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
28%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
13%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
1%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Mobile money accounts
10800000
Mobile money account
48.58
Mobile money account, Female
46.2
Mobile money account, Male
51.17
Mobile money account, Youth
43.01
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
88448.12
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
81.76
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
52.5
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
48.64
Made or received a digital payment, Male
56.72
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
45.81
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
7.45
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
5.3
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
9.78
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
6.94
Received government payments: into an account
7.37
Received government payments: to a card
0.04
Received government payments: in cash only
2.38
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
5.6
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
2.25
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
9.42
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
25.68
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
71.79
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
21.82
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
16.99
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
66.68
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Volume of mobile money transactions
755000000
Broad money (current LCU)
7 817 278 646
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
106
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 681 856
Population ages 15 and above, male
3 851 318
Population ages 15 and above, total
8 533 173
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2861780
Population, male
6 940 631
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2759740
Population, youth (15-24)
3006442
Urban population
4 755 312