Year
2014
Population
179379016
Population, Rural
53.02
Population, Female
49.58
Working age population
52.59
Working age population, Male
47479623
Working age population, Female
46854768
Age dependency ratio
90.15
Labour force participation, Female
50.31
Labour force participation, Male
59.83
Employment in Agriculture
38.08
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2677.49
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.31
GDP at current market prices
568498.79
Inflation rate
8.06
Growth in broad money supply
19.93
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
8.76
Current account balance (% of GDP)
0.16
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-0.91
Unemployment rate
4.6
Remittances (% of GDP)
3.84
Gross enrolment ratio
70.29
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
71.81
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
68.71
Adult financial literacy rate
26
Access to electricity
54.2
Access to electricity, Urban
84.7
Access to electricity, Rural
27.1
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
37.78
ATMs per 100,000 adults
15.97
ATMs
15935
Handset affordability
46.92
Mobile connectivity index
36.8
Network coverage
41.64
Mobile Data Affordability
23.85
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
78.77
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Financial inclusion rate
60
Financial exclusion rate
40
Banked
36
Other formal (non-bank)
12
Informal only
12
Account ownership
44%
Account ownership, Female
34%
Account ownership, Male
54%
Account ownership, Youth
36%
Ownership of debit/credit card
36%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
25%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
46%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
29%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
4%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
4%
Registered Agents
19774
Mobile money accounts
7029338
Mobile money account
2.29
Mobile money account, Female
2.07
Mobile money account, Male
2.51
Mobile money account, Youth
1.56
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
278.03
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.38
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
37.02
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
26.49
Made or received a digital payment, Male
47.05
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
28.47
Received government payments: into an account
7.08
Received government payments: to a card
1.16
Received government payments: in cash only
3.54
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
6.69
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.97
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
16.49
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
17.59
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
79.27
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
7.96
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
48.53
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
40.37
Value of on-device card transactions
426653999
Volume of on-device card transactions
25.13
Value of instant (real time) transactions
108.13
Value of mobile money transactions
1.84
Volume of mobile money transactions
27744797
Broad money (current LCU)
20 451 731 207 347
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
146
Population ages 15 and above, female
49 697 539
Population ages 15 and above, male
50 094 675
Population ages 15 and above, total
99 792 214
Population, female (primary + secondary)
32740418
Population, male
90 449 577
Population, male (primary + secondary)
33779550
Population, youth (15-24)
33584113
Urban population
84 275 849
Unemployment rate, Youth
8.1
Labour force participation
55.09