Year
2014
Population
50814552
Population, Rural
69.1
Population, Female
50.83
Working age population
52.03
Working age population, Male
12790736
Working age population, Female
13650034
Age dependency ratio
92.18
Labour force participation, Female
79.53
Labour force participation, Male
87.52
Employment in Agriculture
68.05
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
905.48
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.73
GDP at current market prices
49964.79
Inflation rate
6.13
Growth in broad money supply
16.66
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
26.34
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-9.93
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-2.9
Unemployment rate
2.1
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.78
Gross enrolment ratio
64.34
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
63.34
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
65.35
Adult financial literacy rate
40
Access to electricity
23.5
Access to electricity, Urban
53.6
Access to electricity, Rural
10
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
32.47
ATMs per 100,000 adults
5.75
ATMs
1610
POS machines
3810
Handset affordability
22.67
Mobile connectivity index
29.51
Network coverage
37.77
Mobile Data Affordability
36.35
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
63.78
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
40%
Account ownership, Female
34%
Account ownership, Male
45%
Account ownership, Youth
32%
Ownership of debit/credit card
12%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
10%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
14%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
6%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
4%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Registered Agents
238 461
Mobile money accounts
41 380 791
Mobile money account
32.36
Mobile money account, Female
26.58
Mobile money account, Male
38.38
Mobile money account, Youth
25.61
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
44085.35
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
49.4
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
35.54
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
29.25
Made or received a digital payment, Male
42.09
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
27.82
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
4.94
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
24.07
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
74.72
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
18.45
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
46.89
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
32.57
Value of on-device card transactions
8.38
Volume of on-device card transactions
69620643
Value of EFT transactions
1.06
Volume of EFT transactions
3 359 147
Value of mobile money transactions
22.85
Volume of mobile money transactions
1 234 147 232
Broad money (current LCU)
18 614 151 366 556
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
150
Population ages 15 and above, female
14 472 263
Population ages 15 and above, male
13 522 232
Population ages 15 and above, total
27 994 497
Population, female (primary + secondary)
9715030
Population, male
24 985 511
Population, male (primary + secondary)
9587923
Population, youth (15-24)
9545499
Urban population
15 703 729
Unemployment rate, Youth
3.9
Labour force participation
83.42