Year
2017
Population
56267032
Population, Rural
66.95
Population, Female
50.66
Working age population
52.32
Working age population, Male
14289798
Working age population, Female
15148516
Age dependency ratio
91.14
Employment in Agriculture
66.72
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
990.95
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
6.77
GDP at current market prices
53220.98
Inflation rate
5.32
Growth in broad money supply
6.35
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
35.68
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-2.79
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-1.43
Remittances (% of GDP)
0.76
Gross enrolment ratio
64.34
Gross enrolment ratio, Male
63.37
Gross enrolment ratio, Female
65.32
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
3.41
Access to electricity
32.1
Access to electricity, Urban
64.8
Access to electricity, Rural
16
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
39.91
ATMs per 100,000 adults
6.92
ATMs
2158
POS machines
14300
Handset affordability
25.96
Mobile connectivity index
38.24
Network coverage
48
Mobile Data Affordability
41.57
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
73.09
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
3.22
Financial inclusion rate
72
Financial inclusion rate, Female
70
Financial inclusion rate, Male
74
Financial inclusion rate, Youth
67
Financial inclusion rate, Rural
65.1
Financial inclusion rate, Urban
85.2
Financial exclusion rate
28
Banked
16.7
Other formal (non-bank)
48.6
Informal only
6.7
Account ownership
47%
Account ownership, Female
42%
Account ownership, Male
52%
Account ownership, Youth
46%
Ownership of debit/credit card
14%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
16%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
12%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
4%
Inactive account, Male
2%
Inactive account, Youth
5%
Registered Agents
427 445
Mobile money accounts
75 559 441
Mobile money account
38.54
Mobile money account, Female
33.2
Mobile money account, Male
44.11
Mobile money account, Youth
37.14
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
42.99
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
37.78
Made or received a digital payment, Male
48.43
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
40.25
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
8.12
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
5.01
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
11.36
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
7.23
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
7.38
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
22.59
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
73.88
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
18.74
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
29.92
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
62.96
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of on-device card transactions
7.63
Volume of on-device card transactions
85979429
Value of EFT transactions
2
Volume of EFT transactions
8 309 381
Value of mobile money transactions
29.83
Volume of mobile money transactions
2 061 054 801
Broad money (current LCU)
24 714 324 596 315
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
175
Population ages 15 and above, female
16 078 517
Population ages 15 and above, male
15 096 865
Population ages 15 and above, total
31 175 383
Population, female (primary + secondary)
10675370
Population, male
27 762 906
Population, male (primary + secondary)
10839669
Population, youth (15-24)
10762614
Urban population
18 597 942