Year
2017
Population
193495907
Population, Rural
50.48
Population, Female
49.53
Working age population
52.92
Working age population, Male
51624915
Working age population, Female
50770909
Age dependency ratio
88.97
Employment in Agriculture
38.51
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2527
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
0.81
GDP at current market prices
375745.48
Inflation rate
16.55
Growth in broad money supply
7.01
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
23.32
Current account balance (% of GDP)
3.61
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.13
Unemployment rate
8.4
Remittances (% of GDP)
5.86
Access to electricity
54.4
Access to electricity, Urban
86.8
Access to electricity, Rural
22.6
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
43.01
ATMs per 100,000 adults
16.12
ATMs
17449
Handset affordability
40.33
Mobile connectivity index
47
Network coverage
49.92
Mobile Data Affordability
51.29
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
75.92
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
40%
Account ownership, Female
27%
Account ownership, Male
51%
Account ownership, Youth
33%
Ownership of debit/credit card
32%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
40%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
25%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
5%
Inactive account, Youth
4%
Registered Agents
11226
Mobile money accounts
4170705
Mobile money account
5.61
Mobile money account, Female
3.9
Mobile money account, Male
7.23
Mobile money account, Youth
5.08
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
441.85
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.96
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
29.66
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
20.82
Made or received a digital payment, Male
38.03
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
22.18
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
4.02
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
1.84
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
6.07
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
3.58
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
3.63
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
3.75
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
93.63
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
1.59
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
15.89
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
45.79
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of on-device card transactions
975,807,352
Volume of on-device card transactions
26.03
Value of instant (real time) transactions
154.65
Volume of instant (real time) transactions
663,124,139
Value of mobile money transactions
3.03
Volume of mobile money transactions
47804561
Broad money (current LCU)
28 473 663 240 182
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
214
Population ages 15 and above, female
53 804 704
Population ages 15 and above, male
54 420 925
Population ages 15 and above, total
108 225 629
Population, female (primary + secondary)
35712961
Population, male
97 662 955
Population, male (primary + secondary)
36880984
Population, youth (15-24)
36766536
Urban population
95 817 238
Unemployment rate, Youth
13.8