Year
2015
Population
183995785
Population, Rural
52.16
Population, Female
49.56
Working age population
52.66
Working age population, Male
48791358
Working age population, Female
48101139
Age dependency ratio
89.9
Labour force participation, Female
50.36
Labour force participation, Male
59.79
Employment in Agriculture
37.99
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2679.55
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
32.3
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.65
GDP at current market prices
486803.25
Inflation rate
9.01
Growth in broad money supply
8.3
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
14.46
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-3.17
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-2.47
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
32.3
Unemployment rate
4.3
Remittances (% of GDP)
4.24
Access to electricity
52.5
Access to electricity, Urban
81.5
Access to electricity, Rural
25.9
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
39.5
ATMs per 100,000 adults
16.01
ATMs
16406
Handset affordability
43.67
Mobile connectivity index
37.94
Network coverage
41.84
Mobile Data Affordability
24.29
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
83.27
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Registered Agents
21086
Mobile money accounts
10800000
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
428.78
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.46
Value of on-device card transactions
475398042
Volume of on-device card transactions
24.44
Value of instant (real time) transactions
126.83
Value of mobile money transactions
2.2
Volume of mobile money transactions
43933362
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
7.8
Broad money (current LCU)
21 288 239 046 978
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
159
Population ages 15 and above, female
50 999 758
Population ages 15 and above, male
51 460 642
Population ages 15 and above, total
102 460 400
Population, female (primary + secondary)
33716123
Population, male
92 803 434
Population, male (primary + secondary)
34797839
Population, youth (15-24)
34559956
Urban population
88 019 904
Unemployment rate, Youth
7.7
Labour force participation
55.1