Year
2021
Population
27478249
Population, Rural
47.82
Population, Female
49.5
Working age population
55.8
Working age population, Male
7762369
Working age population, Female
7570214
Age dependency ratio
79.21
Employment in Agriculture
46.02
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2315.32
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
9.7
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.1
GDP at current market prices
72780
Inflation rate
4.16
Growth in broad money supply
19.96
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
30.72
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-4
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.93
Access to electricity
71.1
Access to electricity, Urban
94.9
Access to electricity, Rural
45.2
ID Ownership
71.75127
ID Ownership, Urban
68.31543
ID Ownership, Rural
74.02074
Mobile phone ownership
48.43
ATMs per 100,000 adults
7.278225
ATMs
1164
Handset affordability
55.16
Has access to the Internet
31%
Mobile connectivity index
46.86
Network coverage
71.8
Mobile Data Affordability
28.16
Account ownership
51%
Account ownership, Female
37%
Account ownership, Male
64%
Account ownership, Youth
40%
Account ownership, Rural
46%
Account ownership, Urban
58%
Ownership of debit/credit card
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
12%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
3%
Inactive account, Youth
1%
Inactive account, Rural
2%
Inactive account, Urban
3%
Borrowed any money
8%
Borrowed any money, Female
4%
Borrowed any money, Male
11%
Borrowed any money, Youth
5%
Borrowed any money, Rural
5%
Borrowed any money, Urban
11%
Saved any money
20%
Saved any money, Female
14%
Saved any money, Male
25%
Saved any money, Youth
19%
Saved any money, Rural
18%
Saved any money, Urban
22%
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
40.4
Mobile money account, Female
29.84
Mobile money account, Male
50.89
Mobile money account, Youth
32.83
Mobile money account, Rural
35.81
Mobile money account, Urban
47.35
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
4.52
Saved money using a mobile money account
16.4
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
12.1
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
20.68
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
16.64
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
15.8
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
17.3
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
69683.65
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
54
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
47.66
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
34.97
Made or received a digital payment, Male
60.28
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
38.48
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
43.24
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
54.35
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
4.66
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
4.19
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
1.44
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
6.92
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
3.27
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
3.47
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
5.29
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
19.08
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
10.61
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
27.5
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
11.42
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
17.1
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
22.07
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
6.72
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
16.21
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
73.96
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
11.26
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
18.83
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
65.19
Mobile money regulatory index
71.95
Digital ID
No
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
15 487 394 121 215
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
119
Population ages 15 and above, female
7 895 633
Population ages 15 and above, male
8 097 277
Population ages 15 and above, total
15 992 909
Population, female (primary + secondary)
5132242
Population, male
13 877 714
Population, male (primary + secondary)
5221858
Population, youth (15-24)
5689546
Urban population
14 338 150