| GDPEconomy | $41.24B | $2.97B | 2026 |
| GDP per CapitaEconomy | $1,831 | $1,241 | 2026 |
| Inflation RateEconomy | 6.5% | 3.5% | 2026-06 |
| Official Exchange RateEconomy | 18.22 LCU/USD | 16.37 LCU/USD | 2026-07 |
| Budget BalanceEconomy | -4.9% | 4.2% | 2026 |
| Unemployment RateEconomy | 5.9% | 16.3% | 2025 |
| Public DebtEconomy | 86% | 49% | 2025/2026 |
| Trade BalanceEconomy | $1.88B | $-1.41B | 2024/2025 |
| GDP GrowthEconomy | 4.3% | 1.1% | 2026 |
| GNI per CapitaEconomy | $1,200 | $1,280 | 2025 |
| GNI per Capita (PPP)Economy | $3,990 | $3,900 | 2025 |
| GDP (PPP)Economy | $95.97B | $7.53B | 2025 |
| Agriculture (% of GDP)Economy | 4.1% | 6.5% | 2025 |
| Industry (% of GDP)Economy | 35.3% | 25.2% | 2025 |
| Manufacturing (% of GDP)Economy | 8.7% | 12.1% | 2025/2024 |
| Services (% of GDP)Economy | 57% | 55.6% | 2025 |
| Investment (% of GDP)Economy | 23.8% | 31.2% | 2024/2025 |
| Remittances ReceivedEconomy | $334.31M | $533.13M | 2024/2025 |
| Remittances (% of GDP)Economy | 1.3% | 20.7% | 2024/2025 |
| External Debt (% of GNI)Economy | 114.2% | 65.4% | 2024 |
| Foreign ReservesEconomy | $4.09B | $1.01B | 2024 |
| Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)Economy | 17% | 24.3% | 2024 |
| Tax Revenue (% of GDP)Economy | 18.8% | 35.4% | 2024 |
| Labor Force ParticipationEconomy | 61.9% | 57.1% | 2025 |
| Female Labor Force ParticipationEconomy | 56.4% | 48.1% | 2025 |
| Income Inequality (Gini)Economy | 51.5 | 44.9 | 2022/2017 ⚠ |
| Extreme Poverty RateEconomy | 71.7% | 41.9% | 2022/2017 ⚠ |
| Account OwnershipEconomy | 72.7% | 61.6% | 2024 |
| Youth NEET RateEconomy | 26.7% | 38% | 2024 |
| Military Spending (% of GDP)Economy | 1.3% | 1.6% | 2024 |
| Trade Openness (% of GDP)Economy | 62.5% | 154% | 2024/2025 |
| Inflation (GDP Deflator)Economy | 5.6% | 3% | 2025 |
| Tourism ReceiptsEconomy | — | $23.1M | 1999 |
| Tourist ArrivalsEconomy | 502K | 1.14M | 2020/2019 |
| Current Account BalanceEconomy | 0.9% | -3.4% | 2026 |
| Foreign Direct InvestmentEconomy | $1.24B | $-42.2M | 2024 |
| FDI (% of GDP)Economy | 4.9% | -1.8% | 2024 |
| Government Revenue (% of GDP)Economy | — | 62.5% | 2024 |
| Government Spending (% of GDP)Economy | — | 53.5% | 2024 |
| Youth Unemployment RateEconomy | 10.8% | 31.1% | 2024 |
| Productive Capacity IndexEconomy | 33.5 | 39.1 | 2024 |
| Natural Resource RentsEconomy | 35.3% | 4.3% | 2021 |
| Oil Rents (% of GDP)Economy | 0% | 0% | 2021 |
| Mineral Rents (% of GDP)Economy | 28.2% | 0% | 2021 |
| Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)Economy | 0% | 0% | 2021 |
| Foreign Aid (% of GNI)Economy | 5.5% | 6.6% | 2023 |
| Foreign Aid per CapitaEconomy | $69 | $75 | 2023 |
| Lending Interest RateEconomy | 9.5% | 11.2% | 2020/2024 |
| Real Interest RateEconomy | -3.9% | 4.9% | 2020/2024 |
| Gross Savings (% of GDP)Economy | 32.2% | 13.6% | 2024/2025 |
| Adjusted Net Income per CapitaEconomy | $611 | $1,037 | 2021 |
| Employment in AgricultureEconomy | 54.5% | 30.9% | 2025 |
| Employment in IndustryEconomy | 10.3% | 33% | 2025 |
| Employment in ServicesEconomy | 35.2% | 36.1% | 2025 |
| Vulnerable EmploymentEconomy | 70.2% | 32.6% | 2025 |
| Household Consumption (% of GDP)Economy | 48% | 96.8% | 2024/2025 |
| Income Share of Poorest 20%Economy | 3.9% | 4.6% | 2022/2017 ⚠ |
| Bank Branches per 100,000Economy | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2024 |
| ATMs per 100,000Economy | 7.7 | 13.8 | 2024 |
| GDP per Capita GrowthEconomy | 0.9% | 0.9% | 2025 |
| Debt Service (% of GNI)Economy | 17.3% | 3.8% | 2024 |
| Poverty Rate ($3.65/day)Economy | 81.4% | 56.8% | 2022/2017 ⚠ |
| Poverty Rate ($6.85/day)Economy | 94% | 83.8% | 2022/2017 ⚠ |
| Exports of Goods & ServicesTrade | $8.85B | $1.27B | 2024/2025 |
| Imports of Goods & ServicesTrade | $6.97B | $2.69B | 2024/2025 |
| Export Diversification IndexTrade | 0.833 | 0.826 | 2024 |
| Export Concentration IndexTrade | 0.664 | 0.362 | 2024 |
| Fuel Exports (% of Exports)Trade | 2.7% | 0% | 2024 |
| Manufactures Exports (% of Exports)Trade | 14.1% | 70.1% | 2024 |
| Food Exports (% of Exports)Trade | 8.7% | 23.3% | 2024 |
| High-Tech Exports (% of Manufactured)Trade | 1.5% | 0.1% | 2024 |
| Exports (% of GDP)Trade | 35% | 49.5% | 2024/2025 |
| Imports (% of GDP)Trade | 27.6% | 104.5% | 2024/2025 |
| Human Development IndexDevelopment | 0.595 | 0.55 | 2023 |
| Gender Inequality IndexDevelopment | 0.524 | 0.534 | 2023 |
| Inequality-adjusted HDIDevelopment | 0.361 | 0.357 | 2023 |
| PopulationDemographics | 21.91M | 2.36M | 2025 |
| Population GrowthDemographics | 2.8% | 1.1% | 2025 |
| Life ExpectancyDemographics | 66.5 years | 57.8 years | 2024 |
| Median AgeDemographics | 18.2 years | 22.1 years | 2026 |
| Fertility RateDemographics | 4.04 | 2.66 | 2024 |
| Rural PopulationDemographics | 54.1% | 55.3% | 2025 |
| Population Under 15Demographics | 41% | 34.1% | 2025 |
| Urban PopulationDemographics | 45.9% | 44.7% | 2025 |
| Population DensityDemographics | 30.3/km² | 78.7/km² | 2026 |
| Birth RateDemographics | 32 | 23.1 | 2026 |
| Death RateDemographics | 5.1 | 10.2 | 2026 |
| Net Migration RateDemographics | 0.31 | -2.04 | 2026 |
| Life Expectancy (Female)Demographics | 68.9 years | 60.4 years | 2024 |
| Life Expectancy (Male)Demographics | 64.1 years | 55 years | 2024 |
| Urban Population GrowthDemographics | 3.7% | 3.3% | 2025 |
| Infant MortalityHealth | 34.6 | 56.3 | 2024 |
| HIV PrevalenceHealth | 9.4% | 17.1% | 2024 |
| Health Spending (% of GDP)Health | 6% | 12.6% | 2023 |
| Physicians per 1,000Health | 0.32 | 0.24 | 2022 |
| UHC Service Coverage IndexHealth | 62 | 55 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic DeathsHealth | 17.1 | 21.6 | 2021 |
| Premature NCD MortalityHealth | 23.6% | 36.3% | 2021 |
| Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingHealth | 10.3% | 13.2% | 2023 |
| Safely Managed SanitationHealth | — | 43.8% | 2024 |
| Maternal MortalityHealth | 85.5 | 478 | 2023 |
| Under-Five MortalityHealth | 44.7 | 58.9 | 2023 |
| Neonatal MortalityHealth | 22 | 28.7 | 2023 |
| Tuberculosis IncidenceHealth | 272 | 548 | 2024 |
| Measles ImmunizationHealth | 92% | 80% | 2025 |
| DTP3 ImmunizationHealth | 91% | 88% | 2025 |
| Basic Drinking WaterHealth | — | 46.8% | 2024 |
| Basic SanitationHealth | — | 4.1% | 2024 |
| Diabetes PrevalenceHealth | 10.3% | 6.2% | 2024 |
| Hospital Beds per 1,000Health | 2 | 1.3 | 2010/2006 |
| Contraceptive PrevalenceHealth | 49.6% | 67.4% | 2018/2024 ⚠ |
| Skilled Birth AttendanceHealth | 80.4% | 86.6% | 2019/2018 |
| Nurses & Midwives per 1,000Health | 2.94 | 1.76 | 2022 |
| Adolescent Fertility RateHealth | 115.5 | 69.6 | 2024 |
| Health Spending per CapitaHealth | $80 | $123 | 2023 |
| NCD Share of DeathsHealth | 31.2% | 34.1% | 2021 |
| Smoking PrevalenceHealth | 14.3% | 28% | 2024 |
| Antenatal Care CoverageHealth | 96.9% | 91.3% | 2019/2018 |
| Child StuntingChild Welfare | 32.3% | 35% | 2024 |
| Child WastingChild Welfare | 4.2% | 1.6% | 2018/2024 ⚠ |
| Birth RegistrationChild Welfare | 7.9% | 80.1% | 2024 |
| Child MarriageChild Welfare | 23.9% | 13.4% | 2024 |
| Overweight ChildrenChild Welfare | 5.2% | 7.7% | 2018/2024 ⚠ |
| Education Spending (% of GDP)Education | 4.1% | 6.6% | 2023/2024 |
| Tertiary EnrollmentEducation | 4% | 9.9% | 2012/2018 ⚠ |
| Adult Literacy RateEducation | 71.8% | 90.4% | 2024 |
| Youth Literacy RateEducation | 77.7% | 96.5% | 2024 |
| Primary Completion RateEducation | 74.3% | 87.9% | 2024 |
| Lower Secondary CompletionEducation | 53% | 56% | 2024 |
| Primary Net EnrollmentEducation | 96.5% | 67.8% | 2024 |
| Lower Secondary EnrollmentEducation | 87.6% | 67.7% | 2024 |
| Upper Secondary EnrollmentEducation | 34.4% | 41.6% | 2024 |
| Upper Secondary CompletionEducation | 29.1% | 40.2% | 2024 |
| Qualified Primary TeachersEducation | 98.8% | 99.5% | 2017/2023 ⚠ |
| Secondary EnrollmentEducation | 56.8% | 59.4% | 2024/2017 ⚠ |
| UndernourishmentFood Security | 37.2% | — | 2023 |
| Acute Food InsecurityFood Security | — | 175K | 2024-11 |
| Agricultural Land (% of Land)Agriculture | 32.1% | 77.8% | 2023 |
| Food Production IndexAgriculture | 119.9 | 98.7 | 2022 |
| Cassava ProductionAgriculture | 3.13M t | — | 2024 |
| Coffee ProductionAgriculture | 8.8K t | — | 2024 |
| Sorghum ProductionAgriculture | 2.86K t | 6.26K t | 2024 |
| Millet ProductionAgriculture | 15.39K t | — | 2024 |
| Maize ProductionAgriculture | 1.51M t | 56.44K t | 2024 |
| Rice ProductionAgriculture | 24.57K t | — | 2024 |
| Wheat ProductionAgriculture | 198.89K t | 4.18K t | 2024 |
| Maize YieldAgriculture | 2,208 kg/ha | 633 kg/ha | 2024 |
| Rice YieldAgriculture | 1,061 kg/ha | — | 2024 |
| Wheat YieldAgriculture | 7,090 kg/ha | 720 kg/ha | 2024 |
| Cattle StockAgriculture | 4.9M head | 517.5K head | 2024 |
| Homicide RateGovernance | 5.2 | 38.2 | 2015/2008 ⚠ |
| Corruption Perceptions IndexGovernance | 39 | 37 | 2024 |
| Electoral Democracy IndexGovernance | 0.497 | 0.661 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy IndexGovernance | 0.375 | 0.512 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption IndexGovernance | 0.428 | 0.472 | 2025 |
| Control of CorruptionGovernance | -0.46 | -0.3 | 2024 |
| Government EffectivenessGovernance | -0.53 | -0.65 | 2024 |
| Rule of LawGovernance | -0.56 | -0.41 | 2024 |
| Political StabilityGovernance | -0.1 | -0.26 | 2024 |
| Regulatory QualityGovernance | -0.42 | -0.48 | 2024 |
| Voice and AccountabilityGovernance | -0.41 | -0.16 | 2024 |
| Refugees HostedHumanitarian | 83.23K | 478 | 2025 |
| Internally Displaced PeopleHumanitarian | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| Asylum Seekers HostedHumanitarian | 12.91K | 202 | 2025 |
| Stateless PeopleHumanitarian | 0 | 0 | 2025 |
| Internet UsersTechnology | 17.1% | 51.8% | 2024 |
| Mobile SubscriptionsTechnology | 108.7 | 70.3 | 2024 |
| 4G CoverageTechnology | 91.2% | 85.1% | 2024 |
| Fixed Broadband SubscriptionsTechnology | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2024 |
| Mobile Data PriceTechnology | 3.2% | 8.4% | 2025 |
| 3G CoverageTechnology | 95.5% | 95.8% | 2024 |
| Fixed Broadband PriceTechnology | 4% | 5.6% | 2025 |
| Mobile Bundle PriceTechnology | 3% | 8.9% | 2025 |
| R&D Spending (% of GDP)Technology | 0.3% | 0.1% | 2008/2023 ⚠ |
| Electricity AccessInfrastructure | 53.6% | 60.6% | 2024 |
| Air Transport PassengersInfrastructure | 321.74K | 1.3K | 2023/1999 ⚠ |
| Slum PopulationInfrastructure | 48.3% | 25.6% | 2022 |
| Renewable Energy CapacityEnergy | 3.5K MW | 104 MW | 2025 |
| Solar CapacityEnergy | 328.1 MW | 28.8 MW | 2025 |
| Hydropower CapacityEnergy | 3.2K MW | 75.2 MW | 2025 |
| Renewable Energy ShareEnergy | 83% | 34.9% | 2021/2022 |
| Clean Cooking AccessEnergy | 9.2% | 53.8% | 2023 |
| Electricity Consumption per CapitaEnergy | 727 kWh | — | 2023 |
| Power Transmission LossesEnergy | 5.3% | — | 2023 |
| Off-grid Renewable CapacityEnergy | 9.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 2025 |
| Rural Electricity AccessEnergy | 31.3% | 41.4% | 2024 |
| Solar Share of ElectricityEnergy | 0.9% | 0% | 2024/2022 |
| Wind Share of ElectricityEnergy | 0% | 0% | 2024/2022 |
| Hydropower Share of ElectricityEnergy | 86.2% | 100% | 2024/2022 |
| Fossil Share of ElectricityEnergy | 12.5% | 0% | 2024/2022 |
| Electricity DemandEnergy | 17 TWh | 0.6 TWh | 2024 |
| Electricity Carbon IntensityEnergy | 120 gCO₂/kWh | 21 gCO₂/kWh | 2024/2022 |
| Primary Energy per CapitaEnergy | 2,422 kWh | 2,379 kWh | 2023 |
| CO2 Emissions per CapitaClimate | 0.54 t | 0.43 t | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity OutputClimate | 92% | 99.8% | 2021 |
| Forest AreaClimate | 59.5% | 1.1% | 2023 |
| Protected AreasClimate | 41.3% | 23.4% | 2025 |
| Freshwater WithdrawalsClimate | 2% | 0.8% | 2022 |
| PM2.5 Air PollutionClimate | 20.2 µg/m³ | 26.4 µg/m³ | 2023 |
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