Year
2017
Population
4996741
Population, Rural
59.02
Population, Female
49.94
Working age population
49.05
Working age population, Male
1216400
Working age population, Female
1234613
Age dependency ratio
103.86
Employment in Agriculture
71.97
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
371.6
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
4.53
GDP at current market prices
2072.35
Inflation rate
4.3
Growth in broad money supply
8.07
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
37.16
Current account balance (% of GDP)
-7.96
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-0.97
Remittances (% of GDP)
0
Access to electricity
14.1
Access to electricity, Urban
31.4
Access to electricity, Rural
2.1
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0
Mobile phone ownership
17.44
ATMs per 100,000 adults
1.375747
ATMs
35
Handset affordability
11.58
Mobile connectivity index
21.29
Network coverage
26.94
Mobile Data Affordability
3.49
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
25.57
Account ownership
14%
Account ownership, Female
10%
Account ownership, Male
18%
Account ownership, Youth
11%
Ownership of debit/credit card
5%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
4%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
6%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
4%
Inactive account
3%
Inactive account, Female
2%
Inactive account, Male
4%
Inactive account, Youth
2%
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
0.87
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
0.02
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
9.26
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
6.15
Made or received a digital payment, Male
12.6
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
6.9
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
4.09
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
2.86
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
5.41
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
3.92
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
0.64
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
8.38
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
9.03
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
77.03
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
5.78
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
34.5
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
16.39
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Broad money (current LCU)
300 718 000 000
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
145
Population ages 15 and above, female
1 291 860
Population ages 15 and above, male
1 274 548
Population ages 15 and above, total
2 566 408
Population, female (primary + secondary)
1054695
Population, male
2 501 138
Population, male (primary + secondary)
1072828
Population, youth (15-24)
1053798
Urban population
2 047 664