Year
2014
Population
27128337
Population, Rural
37.27
Population, Female
50.67
Working age population
51.68
Working age population, Male
6862917
Working age population, Female
7156753
Age dependency ratio
93.5
Labour force participation, Female
75.44
Labour force participation, Male
80.42
Employment in Agriculture
57.6
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
3304.68
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.8
GDP at current market prices
145712.18
Inflation rate
7.28
Growth in broad money supply
14.65
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
23.8
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.57
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-5.72
Unemployment rate
9.6
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.02
Adult literacy rate
66.03
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
53.41
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
79.97
Adult financial literacy rate
15
Access to electricity
32
Access to electricity, Urban
51
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
1.07
Mobile phone ownership
28.6
ATMs per 100,000 adults
17.59635
ATMs
2589
POS machines
47076
Handset affordability
35.91
Mobile connectivity index
29.37
Network coverage
44.72
Mobile Data Affordability
15.69
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
52.16
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
29.%
Account ownership, Female
22%
Account ownership, Male
36%
Account ownership, Youth
15%
Ownership of debit/credit card
22%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
27%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
8%
Inactive account
1%
Inactive account, Female
0%
Inactive account, Male
1%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
25.04
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
18.39
Made or received a digital payment, Male
31.53
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
10.81
Received government payments: into an account
11.85
Received government payments: to a card
0.31
Received government payments: in cash only
2.26
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
11.85
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
1.96
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
1.96
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
94.73
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
9.07
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
23.82
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
62.58
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
349790
Broad money (current LCU)
5 110 115 937 912
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
146
Population ages 15 and above, female
7 558 114
Population ages 15 and above, male
7 155 166
Population ages 15 and above, total
14 713 281
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5067785
Population, male
13 381 965
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5067176
Population, youth (15-24)
5113076
Urban population
17 017 877
Unemployment rate, Youth
17.3
Labour force participation
77.85