Statistical information Uganda 1992
Uganda in the World
Uganda - Introduction 1992
top of pageBackground: Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed another 100,000 lives.
Uganda - Geography 1992
top of pageLocation
Geographic coordinates
Map reference
Area
Total: 236,040 km²
Land: 199,710 km²
Comparative: slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries: 2,698 km total; Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km, Zaire 765 km
Coastline: none - landlocked
Maritime claims: none - landlocked
Disputes: none
Climate:
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to
February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Terrain: mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Elevation
Natural resources: copper, cobalt, limestone, salt
Land use
Land use: arable land: 23%; permanent crops: 9%; meadows and pastures 25%; forest and woodland 30%; other 13%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Irrigated land
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Natural hazards
Geography
Uganda - People 1992
top of pagePopulation: 19,386,104 (July 1992), growth rate 3.7% (1992)
Nationality: noun - Ugandan(s; adjective - Ugandan
Ethnic groups: African 99%, European, Asian, Arab 1%
Languages:
English (official); Luganda and Swahili widely used; other
Bantu and Nilotic languages
Bantu and Nilotic languages
Religions: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, rest indigenous beliefs
Demographic profile
Age structure
Age structure
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate: 51 births/1000 population (1992)
Death rate: 14 deaths/1000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1000 population (1992)
Population distribution
Urbanization
Major urban areas
Environment
Current issues: straddles Equator; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion
Current issues note: landlocked
Air pollutants
Sex ratio
Mothers mean age at first birth
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate: 91 deaths/1000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth: 50 years male, 52 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: 7.2 children born/woman (1992)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Drinking water source
Current health expenditure
Physicians density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Hiv/Aids
Major infectious diseases
Obesity adult prevalence rate
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco use
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
Education expenditures
Literacy: 48% (male 62%, female 35%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Youth unemployment
Uganda - Government 1992
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
Government type: republic
Capital: Kampala
Administrative divisions:
10 provinces; Busoga, Central, Eastern,
Karamoja, Nile, North Buganda, Northern, South Buganda, Southern, Western
Karamoja, Nile, North Buganda, Northern, South Buganda, Southern, Western
Dependent areas
Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
Constitution: 8 September 1967, in process of constitutional revision
Legal system: government plans to restore system based on English common law and customary law and reinstitute a normal judicial system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
International law organization participation
Citizenship
Suffrage: universal at age 18
National Resistance Council: last held 11-28 February 1989 (next to be held by January 1995); results - NRM was the only party; seats - (278 total, 210 indirectly elected) 210 members elected without party affiliation
Executive branch: president, vice president, prime minister, three deputy prime ministers, Cabinet
Legislative branch: unicameral National Resistance Council
Judicial branch: Court of Appeal, High Court
Political parties and leaders
International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Stephen Kapimpina KATENTA-APULI; 5,909 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20,011; telephone (202) 726-7,100 through 7,102
US: Ambassador Johnnie CARSON; Embassy at Parliament Avenue, Kampala (mailing address is P. O. Box 7,007, Kampala); telephone 256 (41) 259,792, 259,793, 259,795
Diplomatic representation
Flag description
: six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the staff sideNational symbols
National anthem
National heritage
Uganda - Economy 1992
top of pageEconomy overview:
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt.
The economy has been devastated by widespread political instability, mismanagement, and civil war since independence in 1962, keeping Uganda poor with a per capita income of about $300. (GDP remains below the levels of the early 1970s, as does industrial production.) Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force.
Coffee is the major export crop and accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986 the government has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing petroleum prices, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation, which was running at over 300% in 1987, and boosting production and export earnings. During the period 1990-91, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, and gradually improving domestic security.
The economy has been devastated by widespread political instability, mismanagement, and civil war since independence in 1962, keeping Uganda poor with a per capita income of about $300. (GDP remains below the levels of the early 1970s, as does industrial production.) Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force.
Coffee is the major export crop and accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986 the government has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing petroleum prices, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation, which was running at over 300% in 1987, and boosting production and export earnings. During the period 1990-91, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, and gradually improving domestic security.
GDP: exchange rate conversion - $5.6 billion, per capita $300; real growth rate 4.5% (1991 est.)
Real gdp purchasing power parity
Real gdp growth rate
Real gdp per capita
Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture products: mainly subsistence; accounts for 57% of GDP and over 80% of labor force; cash crops - coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco; food crops - cassava, potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; livestock products - beef, goat meat, milk, poultry; self-sufficient in food
Industries: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 7.0% (1990; accounts for 5% of GDP
Labor force: 4,500,000 (est.); 50% of population of working age (1983)
Organized labor: 125,000 union members
Labor force
Unemployment rate: NA%
Youth unemployment
Population below poverty line
Gini index
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Distribution of family income gini index
Budget: revenues $365 million; expenditures $545 million, including capital expenditures of $165 million (FY89 est.)
Taxes and other revenues
Public debt
Revenue
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Inflation rate consumer prices
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Stock of domestic credit
Market value of publicly traded shares
Current account balance
Exports: $208 million (f.o.b., 1990)
Commodoties: coffee 97%, cotton, tea
Partners: US 25%, UK 18%, France 11%, Spain 10%
Imports: $209 million (c.i.f., 1990)
Commodoties: petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods, metals, transportation equipment, food
Partners: Kenya 25%, UK 14%, Italy 13%
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Debt external
Stock of direct foreign investment at home
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad
Exchange rates: Ugandan shillings (USh) per US$1 - 1,031.3 (March 1992), 734.0 (1991), 428.85 (1990), 223.1 (1989), 106.1 (1988), 42.8 (1987)
Uganda - Energy 1992
top of pageElectricity
Production: 175,000 kW capacity; 315 million kWh produced, 15 kWh per capita (1991)
Coal
Petroleum
Crude oil
Refined petroleum
Natural gas
Carbon dioxide emissions
Energy consumption per capita
Uganda - Communication 1992
top of pageTelephones
Telephone system
Broadcast media
Internet
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Uganda - Military 1992
top of pageMilitary expenditures
Percent of gdp: $NA, NA% of GDP
Military and security forces
Military service age and obligation
Space program
Terrorist groups
Uganda - Transportation 1992
top of pageNational air transport system
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
Airports:
35 total, 27 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 3
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 10
with runways 1,220-2,439 m
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 10
with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Heliports
Pipelines
Railways
Roadways
Waterways:
Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George,
Lake Edward; Victoria Nile, Albert Nile; principal inland water ports are at
Jinja and Port Bell, both on Lake Victoria
Lake Edward; Victoria Nile, Albert Nile; principal inland water ports are at
Jinja and Port Bell, both on Lake Victoria
Merchant marine:
1 roll-on/roll-off (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,697
GRT
GRT
Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft
Ports and terminals
Uganda - Transnational issues 1992
top of pageDisputes international
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Illicit drugs
