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Uganda

Official language: English
Currency: Ugandan Shilling
Capital City: Kampala
Area: 241550km²
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, East African Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD), Least developed countires, Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Land-locked LDCs

44269.6K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

27.7B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

49.0

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

99.0

₂₀₁₇

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	34.98	35.31	36.19	37.62	39.38	40.81	41.14	39.93	37.51	34.32
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	59.73	59.73	59.73	59.73	58.30	58.30	58.30
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	656.8	667.5	677.8	687.5	696.3	704.2	711.0	716.9	721.8	726.0
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	619.6	629.4	638.2	645.9	652.5	658.1	663.0	667.3	671.0	674.5
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	639.0	649.2	658.7	667.4	675.1	681.9	687.7	692.7	697.1	700.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)					94.71		87.45
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)					88.00		76.89
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)					87.89		80.74
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)					93.06		98.12
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)					99.33		112.64
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)					99.55		107.80
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)					92.40		94.60
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)					81.51		81.18
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)					71.17		68.97
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)					89.76		83.38
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)					61.27		58.30
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)					52.69		49.39
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)					38.61		40.04
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)					50.05		60.50
Population - Female (%)	550.11	549.89
Population - Female (thousands)	187,565	193,629	199,953	206,695	213,947	221,779	230,103	238,657	247,087
Population - Male (thousands)	180,679	186,517	192,687	199,332	206,533	214,362	222,730	231,362	239,879
Population - Total (thousands)	368,244	380,146	392,640	406,027	420,480	436,141	452,832	470,019	486,966
Population - Urban (%)	218.90	224.40	231.00	236.50	243.10	248.60	255.20	261.80	268.40
Population - Urban (%)	218.90	224.40	231.00	236.50	243.10	248.60	255.20
Population - Urban (thousands)	76,813	81,565	86,581	91,861	97,416	103,246	109,362
Total fertility rate (per woman)	65.8	64.2	62.7	61.1	59.3	57.6	56.0	54.6	53.0	51.7

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Health Organization

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)			1,551
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	4,488	4,345	4,092	3,916	3,773
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	1,045	1,045	1,045	1,045
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)	272.80	272.80	275.00	278.30	280.50
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)	155.10
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	825.00	902.00	902.00
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)	272.80	272.80	275.00	278.30	280.50
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	814.00	836.00	847.00	869.00	869.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	198.00	209.00	209.00	209.00	209.00
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	767.8	705.1	663.3	625.9	600.6

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)		681.67			735.79
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)		870.32			889.35
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)		772.20			812.46
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)
Gender parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)	9.7
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	1,247	1,203	1,183	1,227	1,089	1,114	1,104
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	1,226	1,183	1,162	1,204	1,069	1,081	1,075
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	1,200	1,193	1,173	1,215	1,079	1,097	1,089
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	263.89		282.70
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	308.88		324.61
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	286.44		303.71
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	43.23	34.76		44.44
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	55.44	47.85		57.20
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)	48.18	41.25		50.82
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)	605.88
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)	622.38
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	614.13				651.31	549.01	561.44
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)		898.15
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)		943.36
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)		920.26			957.00
Low to high socio-economic parity status index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)
Low to high socio-economic parity status index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)		44.8
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)		69.6
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	59.4	59.4	59.4	59.4
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)		56.4
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)	1,000		1,015
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)			984.17
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	1,024		999.35
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics (%)
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Female (%)
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Male (%)
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	525.6	536.8	501.5		472.1	469.9	469.3
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)	279.6		234.5
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)	269.2
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	11.0		11.0
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	9.4		9.5
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)	8.6
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)	9.57
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	90.1	86.8	84.9		77.2	79.1	77.4
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	88.9	85.7	83.6		75.8	76.8	75.5
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	89.4	86.2	84.3		76.6	77.9	76.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	72.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	19.4		20.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	17.8		18.7
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	2.2	1.8		2.2
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	2.8	2.4		2.9
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	2.4	2.1		2.5
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)		383.02				393.03
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)		386.65				387.97
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)		384.89				390.50

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	596,146	673,484	731,690	795,856	894,667	956,459	1,100,293
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	236.3	268.9	282.8	306.1	276.1	279.7	304.7

Prices

Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	1,266	1,427	1,497	1,543	1,626	1,715	1,812	1,859	1,912
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	166.43	139.48	53.90	33.77	59.51	59.95	62.04	28.82	31.57
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	260.15	46.97	59.95	22.66	92.29	62.04	36.96	24.53	38.83
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	166.43	139.48	53.90	33.77	59.51	59.95	62.04	28.82	31.46
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	260.15	46.86	59.95	22.66	92.29	62.59	64.57
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	1,410	1,470	1,550	1,582	1,714	1,812	1,919

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)		6,006	8,657	8,657	8,888	9,174	9,471
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	19,041	19,422	22,771
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	1,590	1,590	1,925	1,925	2,057	2,222	2,420
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	6,013	6,013	6,745	6,743	6,985	7,249	7,524
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	16,651	16,651	26,326	26,323	23,188	25,586	26,158
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	192.72	211.97	231.22	286	301.95	322.96
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)		8,129	26,609	26,587	26,873	28,446	30,305
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	7,535	10,285	10,791	10,956	11,066	11,220
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	24,447	24,466	35,229	35,277	69,212	70,664	72,215

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	5,940	7,062	7,656	4,125	5,808	4,356
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	250.03	257.84	302.94	182.16	275.55	176.33
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	10,747	12,727	10,560	10,824	11,506	11,759	10,340
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	12,661	13,167	13,266	13,926
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)		675.4	709.1	744.6	781.8	820.9
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	76.78	75.13	92.84	66.88	86.24		69.30
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	91.30	97.79	106.59	76.67	99.00		80.30

Transport

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Total length of railways (kilometre)

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	1.10	1.21	1.21	1.54	1.98
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (%)	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.00
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (%)	0.99	1.10		1.43	1.76
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (%)	0.11	0.11		0.11	0.22
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	15.29	10.01	8.36	9.68	9.46	10.23	7.04	4.84
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	143.11	155.10	170.50	185.90	196.13	240.68	260.81
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	183,666,912	179,920,257	198,755,128	224,025,351	222,423,003	251,223,346	274,437,658
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	548.68	520.63	556.82	606.98	581.90	633.60	666.60	629.97
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (thousands)	7.8	8.4		10.3	17.8
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (thousands)	351.6	380.2		548.9	710.4
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (thousands)	31.3	33.8		48.0	71.0
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	390.7	422.4	456.5	607.2	799.2
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	143.11	161.59	178.20	194.81	211.42
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)	1,100	1,100			1,001
Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network (%)	462.00	495.00		440.00	660.00
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)				165.00	110.00
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - US dollars (billions)	473.0	319.8	1,398	980.9	1,158

International trade

International Road Federation, World Bank

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Deposit rate (%) (%)	143.22	178.53	130.24	118.91	140.47
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	27,750	27,550	28,456	28,598	35,647
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	27,750	27,550	28,456	28,598	35,647	37,621	39,723	40,998	40,745
Interest rate - Lending (%)	240.13	289.41	255.75	236.83	248.60

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	16.3	15.0	19.7	46.1	22.0	191.5	41.4
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	493.02	497.64	497.09	462.77	446.16	465.85	515.35
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	17,302	18,068	18,668	17,970	17,911	19,325	22,089
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	257.40	269.83	305.47	337.70	376.97	407.77	436.92	463.65	492.91

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Capital Account net - US dollars (billions)	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.3
Compensation of employees - US dollars (millions)	36.2	32.4	100.0	18.5	3.1	5.6	4.9
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-108.79	-74.36	-79.09	-85.80	-73.70	-37.62	-49.83
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	-22,959.8	-18,211.5	-20,273.8	-23,825.9	-18,423.6	-9,232.9	-13,988.9
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	5,070	6,100	6,379	5,612	2,911
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	-17,515.8	-11,970.9	-12,506.2	-19,441.0	-20,642.1
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	9,837	13,259	12,056	11,644	8,114	6,883	7,697
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	71,165	84,424	96,480	108,124	114,048	120,001
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	-130.3	509.7	-519.3	297.2	3.2	1.7	3.3
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	596.4	1,106	586.8	884.0	887.2	888.0
Portfolio Investment (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-2,852.5	-33.8	159.4	-570.9	2,515
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-4,415.7	-5,003.6	-6,927.4	-6,200.2	-4,775.0	-6,678.0	-6,859.0
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	16,228	17,727	13,823	13,936	15,047	16,329	16,409
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-7,518.6	-3,973.4	-3,570.4	-5,438.3	-3,525.0	-1,316.0	-4,679.8
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)				-155.10
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	-27,253.5	-26,961.7	-23,599.4	-26,123.3	-25,170.3	-17,568.1	-18,858.8
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	5,696	8,388	7,964	7,618	9,616

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	41,789
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	0.77
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	1.10	1.10	0.00
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)					114.40
Land area covered by forest (%)

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