Year
2011
Population
46416031
Population, Rural
71.2
Population, Female
50.85
Working age population
51.99
Working age population, Male
11696566
Working age population, Female
12435171
Age dependency ratio
92.34
Labour force participation, Female
81.98
Labour force participation, Male
84.39
Employment in Agriculture
69.89
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
832.01
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
44.7
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.9
GDP at current market prices
33877.91
Inflation rate
12.69
Growth in broad money supply
15.98
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
24.54
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-12.93
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.97
Poverty headcount ratio at international poverty line
44.7
Unemployment rate
3.5
Remittances (% of GDP)
1.18
Access to electricity
14.2
Access to electricity, Urban
42.9
Access to electricity, Rural
2.6
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.70
ATMs
1199
POS machines
1434
Account ownership
17%
Account ownership, Female
14%
Account ownership, Male
21%
Account ownership, Youth
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
11%
Registered Agents
83 795
Mobile money accounts
21 184 808
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
5291.43
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
10.31
Value of on-device card transactions
6.1
Volume of on-device card transactions
71139408
Volume of EFT transactions
0.54
Value of instant (real time) transactions
1 055 195
Volume of mobile money transactions
3.45
Remittance costs as % of remittance amount
134 922 456
Mobile money regulatory index
10.1
Broad money (current LCU)
13 021 322 027 213
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
113
Population ages 15 and above, female
13 156 799
Population ages 15 and above, male
12 341 498
Population ages 15 and above, total
25 498 297
Population, female (primary + secondary)
8829905
Population, male
22 811 421
Population, male (primary + secondary)
8551711
Population, youth (15-24)
8735993
Urban population
13 366 889
Unemployment rate, Youth
6.9
Labour force participation
83.15