Year
2015
Population
18112907
Population, Rural
60.01
Population, Female
49.49
Working age population
49.24
Working age population, Male
4518028
Working age population, Female
4400427
Age dependency ratio
103.09
Labour force participation, Female
60.37
Labour force participation, Male
82.47
Employment in Agriculture
62.27
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
723.5
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.17
GDP at current market prices
13104.76
Inflation rate
1.46
Growth in broad money supply
12.82
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
22.19
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-5.32
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-1.82
Unemployment rate
7.7
Remittances (% of GDP)
6.23
Gross enrolment ratio
60.91
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
65.28
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
56.41
Adult literacy rate
33.07
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
22.2
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
45.07
Access to electricity
37.6
Access to electricity, Urban
83.1
Access to electricity, Rural
7.3
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.97
Mobile phone ownership
31.05
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.19
ATMs
394
Handset affordability
14.5
Mobile connectivity index
20.85
Network coverage
24.74
Mobile Data Affordability
17.77
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
130.16
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
14328.97
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
21.18
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
5.1
Broad money (current LCU)
2 079 428 073 669
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
110
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 656 864
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 740 165
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 397 030
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3509914
Population, male
9 149 561
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3598814
Population, youth (15-24)
3407888
Urban population
7 243 533
Unemployment rate, Youth
20
Labour force participation
71.25