Year
2017
Population
4796631
Population, Rural
49.3
Population, Female
50.31
Working age population
54.26
Working age population, Male
1284330
Working age population, Female
1318440
Age dependency ratio
84.29
Employment in Agriculture
40.62
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
678.58
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
2.5
GDP at current market prices
2763
Inflation rate
12.43
Growth in broad money supply
51.44
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
23.79
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-21.19
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.79
Unemployment rate
12.5
Remittances (% of GDP)
11.9
Adult literacy rate
48.3
Adult literacy rate, Adult Female
34.09
Adult literacy rate, Adult Male
62.7
Access to electricity
24.2
Access to electricity, Urban
40.5
Access to electricity, Rural
7.4
Mobile phone ownership
33.91
ATMs per 100,000 adults
2.71
ATMs
75
POS machines
142
Handset affordability
0
Mobile connectivity index
24.33
Network coverage
46.72
Mobile Data Affordability
4.54
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
56.57
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Account ownership
36%
Account ownership, Female
28%
Account ownership, Male
44%
Account ownership, Youth
36%
Ownership of debit/credit card
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
3%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
7%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
4%
Inactive account
4%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
5%
Inactive account, Youth
3%
Mobile money account
20.84
Mobile money account, Female
18.34
Mobile money account, Male
23.48
Mobile money account, Youth
23.33
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
1558.49
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.6
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
27.63
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
21.8
Made or received a digital payment, Male
33.76
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
29.4
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
1.61
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
0.49
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
2.79
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
1.54
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.32
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
1.82
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
5.97
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
88.09
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
4.34
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
22.8
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
31.16
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Value of mobile money transactions
0.00004
Volume of mobile money transactions
135,481,814.14
Broad money (current LCU)
680 309 618
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
181
Population ages 15 and above, female
1 410 495
Population ages 15 and above, male
1 356 173
Population ages 15 and above, total
2 766 667
Population, female (primary + secondary)
894216
Population, male
2 383 292
Population, male (primary + secondary)
911564
Population, youth (15-24)
916433
Urban population
2 431 748
Unemployment rate, Youth
18.4