Year
2021
Population
12996895
Population, Rural
51.03
Population, Female
49.91
Working age population
54.35
Working age population, Male
3527563
Working age population, Female
3535679
Age dependency ratio
84.01
Employment in Agriculture
29.06
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1214.08
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line
12.7
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.16
GDP at current market prices
17687.57
Inflation rate
1.7
Growth in broad money supply
13.53
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
35.15
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-4.16
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-5.71
Access to electricity
42
Access to electricity, Urban
67
Access to electricity, Rural
18
ID Ownership
46.95548
ID Ownership, Urban
52.80976
ID Ownership, Rural
41.90656
Mobile phone ownership
33.23
ATMs per 100,000 adults
4.435168
ATMs
266
Handset affordability
37.71
Has access to the Internet
29.%
Mobile connectivity index
39.81
Network coverage
77.8
Mobile Data Affordability
23.85
Account ownership
49%
Account ownership, Female
40%
Account ownership, Male
58.%
Account ownership, Youth
40%
Account ownership, Rural
45%
Account ownership, Urban
53%
Ownership of debit/credit card
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
2%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
6%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
3%
Inactive account, Male
5%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Inactive account, Rural
3%
Inactive account, Urban
4%
Borrowed any money
11%
Borrowed any money, Female
9%
Borrowed any money, Male
14%
Borrowed any money, Youth
5%
Borrowed any money, Rural
11%
Borrowed any money, Urban
12%
Saved any money
13%
Saved any money, Female
7%
Saved any money, Male
19%
Saved any money, Youth
12%
Saved any money, Rural
12%
Saved any money, Urban
14%
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Mobile money account
36.68
Mobile money account, Female
29.64
Mobile money account, Male
44.33
Mobile money account, Youth
33.62
Mobile money account, Rural
32.41
Mobile money account, Urban
41.64
Borrowed any money using a mobile money account
4.21
Saved money using a mobile money account
8.85
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
5.81
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
12.15
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
10.62
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
8.24
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
9.56
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
125940.31
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
62.42
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
43.69
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
36.95
Made or received a digital payment, Male
50.99
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
36.84
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
38.91
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
49.22
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
3.49
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
3.47
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
0.91
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
6.24
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
2.58
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
4.03
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
2.81
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
7.17
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
3.37
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
11.3
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
5.74
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
5.24
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
9.42
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
5
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
5.51
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
14.62
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
79.25
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
12.63
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
16.63
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
66.68
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
16.1
Volume of mobile money transactions
930000000
Mobile money regulatory index
74.2
Digital ID
No
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
3 210 532 457 390
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
116
Population ages 15 and above, female
3 757 653
Population ages 15 and above, male
3 705 423
Population ages 15 and above, total
7 463 076
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2344960
Population, male
6 509 711
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2409875
Population, youth (15-24)
2516882
Urban population
6 364 839