Year
2017
Population
24848016
Population, Rural
49.67
Population, Female
49.4
Working age population
54.56
Working age population, Male
6865760
Working age population, Female
6691474
Age dependency ratio
83.28
Employment in Agriculture
41.89
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2122.5
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
7.4
GDP at current market prices
52510
Inflation rate
0.7
Growth in broad money supply
4.96
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
31.9
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-3.27
Unemployment rate
3.3
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.6
Gross enrolment ratio
73.14
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
79.03
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
67.23
Access to electricity
65.6
Access to electricity, Urban
92.5
Access to electricity, Rural
38.4
ID Ownership
68.00437
ID Ownership, Urban
71.96184
ID Ownership, Rural
66.2937
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
1.25
Mobile phone ownership
45.1
ATMs per 100,000 adults
7.07515
ATMs
1001
Handset affordability
47.2
Mobile connectivity index
40.97
Network coverage
64.9
Mobile Data Affordability
36.31
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
129.91
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0.59
Account ownership
41%
Account ownership, Female
36%
Account ownership, Male
47%
Account ownership, Youth
34%
Ownership of debit/credit card
7%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
10%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
4%
Inactive account
2%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
0%
Mobile money account
34.05
Mobile money account, Female
29.85
Mobile money account, Male
37.89
Mobile money account, Youth
30.9
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
26921.23
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
21.43
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
38.32
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
33.18
Made or received a digital payment, Male
43.01
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
32.97
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
5.54
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
4.54
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
6.46
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
4.32
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.8
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
4.81
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
8.73
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
83.42
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
5.88
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
33.21
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
48.54
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Broad money (current LCU)
8 574 900 500 170
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
112
Population ages 15 and above, female
6 974 936
Population ages 15 and above, male
7 173 173
Population ages 15 and above, total
14 148 110
Population, female (primary + secondary)
4704460
Population, male
12 572 382
Population, male (primary + secondary)
4811855
Population, youth (15-24)
5011008
Urban population
12 505 013
Unemployment rate, Youth
5.5