Year
2023
Population
16665409
Population, Rural
67.48
Population, Female
52.72
Working age population
56.43
Working age population, Male
4302839
Working age population, Female
5100774
Age dependency ratio
77.22
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1383.23
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.95
GDP at current market prices
26678.63
Inflation rate
29.4
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
54.13
Current account balance (% of GDP)
0.86
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.18
Mobile phone ownership
45.5
Handset affordability
29.54
Mobile connectivity index
41.54
Network coverage
62.26
Mobile Data Affordability
17.3
Instant payments system availability
Yes
Instant payments system model
Cross-domain IPS
Mobile money prevalence
Medium
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
8.5
Mobile money regulatory index
71.62
Financial Inclusion strategy index
100
Regulatory Sandbox
Yes
Gender, Youth & Vulnerable Groups Inclusion,
Yes
Interoperability solutions
Yes
Policy enablement to offer mobile money services
72.5
KYC requirement
60
Broad money (current LCU)
18 914 586 792 052
Population ages 15 and above, female
5 434 683
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 518 175
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 952 858
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3126670
Population, male
7 879 254
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3077376
Population, youth (15-24)
3495025
Urban population
5 419 091