Year
2016
Population
18700106
Population, Rural
59.22
Population, Female
49.49
Working age population
49.28
Working age population, Male
4668506
Working age population, Female
4546296
Age dependency ratio
102.94
Labour force participation, Female
60.43
Labour force participation, Male
82.29
Employment in Agriculture
64.9
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
741.8
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.85
GDP at current market prices
14026.05
Inflation rate
-0.87
Growth in broad money supply
13.03
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
23.86
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-7.24
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.94
Unemployment rate
1.4
Remittances (% of GDP)
5.89
Gross enrolment ratio
62.28
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
67.68
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
56.72
Access to electricity
38.8
Access to electricity, Urban
83
Access to electricity, Rural
8.4
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
1.12
Mobile phone ownership
32.7
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.50
ATMs
437
Handset affordability
22.09
Mobile connectivity index
23.05
Network coverage
26.23
Mobile Data Affordability
18.33
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
112.54
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
15172.55
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
26.38
Broad money (current LCU)
2 302 852 530 213
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
108
Population ages 15 and above, female
4 808 824
Population ages 15 and above, male
4 895 375
Population ages 15 and above, total
9 704 200
Population, female (primary + secondary)
3646484
Population, male
9 445 909
Population, male (primary + secondary)
3738442
Population, youth (15-24)
3528664
Urban population
7 626 464
Unemployment rate, Youth
2.3
Labour force participation
71.21