Statistical information Uganda 2016
Uganda in the World
Uganda - Introduction 2016
top of pageBackground: The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences complicated the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved 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 at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. A constitutional referendum in 2005 cancelled a 19-year ban on multi-party politics and lifted presidential term limits.
Uganda - Geography 2016
top of pageLocation: East-Central Africa west of Kenya east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geographic coordinates: 1 00 N 32 00 E
Map reference: Africa
Area
Total: 241,038 km²
Land: 197,100 km²
Water: 43,938 km²
Rank: 81
Comparative: slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries
Total: 2,729 km
Border countries: (5) Democratic Republic of the Congo 877 km; Kenya 814 km; Rwanda 172 km; South Sudan 475 km; Tanzania 391 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Climate: tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February June to August); semiarid in northeast
Terrain: mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Elevation
Mean elevation: NA
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m: highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
Natural resources: copper cobalt hydropower limestone salt arable land: gold
Land use
Land use
Agricultural land: 71.2%
arable land: 34.3%
permanent crops: 11.3%
permanent pasture: 25.6%
permanent crops: 11.3%
permanent pasture: 25.6%
Forest: 14.5%
Other: 14.3%
Irrigated land: 140 km² (2012)
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Natural hazards: NA
Geography
Note: landlocked; fertile well-watered country with many lakes and rivers
Uganda - People 2016
top of pagePopulation: 38,319,241
Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy higher infant mortality higher death rates lower population growth rates and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Rank: 36
Growth rate: 3.22% (2016 est.)
Growth rate rank: 5
Below poverty line: 19.7% (2013 est.)
Nationality
Noun: Ugandan
Adjective: Ugandan
Ethnic groups: Baganda 16.5% Banyankole 9.6% Basoga 8.8% Bakiga 7.1% Iteso 7% Langi 6.3% Bagisu 4.9% Acholi 4.4% Lugbara 3.3% other 32.1% (2014 est.)
Languages: English (official national language taught in grade schools used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts) Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school) other Niger-Congo languages Nilo-Saharan languages Swahili Arabic
Religions: Protestant 45.1% (Anglican 32.0% Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1% Seventh Day Adventist 1.7% Baptist .3%) Roman Catholic 39.3% Muslim 13.7% other 1.6% none 0.2% (2014 est.)
Demographic profile:
Uganda has one of the youngest and most rapidly growing populations in the world; its total fertility rate is among the world’s highest at 5.8 children per woman. Except in urban areas actual fertility exceeds women’s desired fertility by one or two children which is indicative of the widespread unmet need for contraception lack of government support for family planning and a cultural preference for large families. High numbers of births short birth intervals and the early age of childbearing contribute to Uganda’s high maternal mortality rate. Gender inequities also make fertility reduction difficult; women on average are less-educated participate less in paid employment and often have little say in decisions over childbearing and their own reproductive health. However even if the birth rate were significantly reduced Uganda’s large pool of women entering reproductive age ensures rapid population growth for decades to come.
Unchecked population increase will further strain the availability of arable land: and natural resources and overwhelm the country’s limited means for providing food employment education health care housing and basic services. The country’s north and northeast lag even further behind developmentally than the rest of the country as a result of long-term conflict (the Ugandan Bush War 1981-1986 and more than 20 years of fighting between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and Ugandan Government forces) ongoing inter-communal violence and periodic natural disasters.
Uganda has been both a source of refugees and migrants and a host country for refugees. In 1972 then President Idi AMIN in his drive to return Uganda to Ugandans expelled the South Asian population that composed a large share of the country’s businesspeople and bankers. Since the 1970s thousands of Ugandans have emigrated mainly to southern Africa or the West for security reasons to escape poverty to search for jobs and for access to natural resources. The emigration of Ugandan doctors and nurses due to low wages is a particular concern given the country’s shortage of skilled health care workers. Africans escaping conflicts in neighboring states have found refuge in Uganda since the 1950s; the country currently struggles to host tens of thousands from the Democratic Republic of the Congo South Sudan and other nearby countries.
Unchecked population increase will further strain the availability of arable land: and natural resources and overwhelm the country’s limited means for providing food employment education health care housing and basic services. The country’s north and northeast lag even further behind developmentally than the rest of the country as a result of long-term conflict (the Ugandan Bush War 1981-1986 and more than 20 years of fighting between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and Ugandan Government forces) ongoing inter-communal violence and periodic natural disasters.
Uganda has been both a source of refugees and migrants and a host country for refugees. In 1972 then President Idi AMIN in his drive to return Uganda to Ugandans expelled the South Asian population that composed a large share of the country’s businesspeople and bankers. Since the 1970s thousands of Ugandans have emigrated mainly to southern Africa or the West for security reasons to escape poverty to search for jobs and for access to natural resources. The emigration of Ugandan doctors and nurses due to low wages is a particular concern given the country’s shortage of skilled health care workers. Africans escaping conflicts in neighboring states have found refuge in Uganda since the 1950s; the country currently struggles to host tens of thousands from the Democratic Republic of the Congo South Sudan and other nearby countries.
Age structure
Age structure
0-14 years: 48.26%
15-24 years: 21.13%
25-54 years: 26.1%
55-64 years: 2.5%
65 years and over: 2.01% (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 102.3%
Youth dependency ratio: 97.3%
Elderly dependency ratio: 5%
Potential support ratio: 19.9%
Median age
Total: 15.7 years
Male: 15.6 years
Female: 15.8 years
Rank: 228
Population growth rate: 3.22% (2016 est.)
Rank: 5
Birth rate: 43.4 births/1000 population (2016 est.)
Rank: 3
Death rate: 10.4 deaths/1000 population (2016 est.)
Rank: 36
Net migration rate: -0.7 migrant(s)/1000 population (2016 est.)
Rank: 135
Population distribution
Urbanization
Urban population: 16.1% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 5.43% annual rate of change
Major urban areas
Population: KAMPALA (capital) 1.936 million (2015)
Environment
Current issues: draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching
International agreements party to: Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea Marine Life Conservation Ozone Layer Protection Wetlands
International agreements signed but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Air pollutants
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.03 male/female
0-14 years: 1 male/female
15-24 years: 0.98 male/female
25-54 years: 1 male/female
55-64 years: 0.93 male/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male/female
Total population: 0.99 male/female
Mothers mean age at first birth: 18.9
Note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate
Total: 57.6 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 66.7 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 48.4 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 21
Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 55.4 years
Male: 54 years
Female: 56.9 years
Rank: 212
Total fertility rate: 5.8 children born/woman (2016 est.)
Rank: 5
Contraceptive prevalence rate: 30% (2011)
Drinking water source:
urban: 95.5% of population
rural: 75.8% of population
total: 79% of population
urban: 4.5% of population
rural: 24.2% of population
total: 21% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 75.8% of population
total: 79% of population
urban: 4.5% of population
rural: 24.2% of population
total: 21% of population (2015 est.)
Current health expenditure
Physicians density: 0.12 physicians/1000 population (2005)
Hospital bed density: 0.5 beds/1000 population (2010)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 28.5% of population
rural: 17.3% of population
total: 19.1% of population
urban: 71.5% of population
rural: 82.7% of population
total: 80.9% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 17.3% of population
total: 19.1% of population
urban: 71.5% of population
rural: 82.7% of population
total: 80.9% of population (2015 est.)
Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: 7.07% (2015 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 10
People living with hivaids: 1,461,700 (2015 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 7
Deaths: 28,200 (2015 est.)
Deaths rank: 10
Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea hepatitis A and E and typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: malaria dengue fever and trypanosomiasis-Gambiense
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Animal contact disease: rabies
Obesity adult prevalence rate: 3.9% (2014)
Rank: 167
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco use
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 14.1% (2011)
Rank: 51
Education expenditures: 2.2% of GDP (2013)
Rank: 131
Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 78.4%
Male: 85.3%
Female: 71.5%
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 10 years
Male: 10 years
Female: 10 years
Youth unemployment
Uganda - Government 2016
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
Conventional short form: Uganda
Etymology: from the Swahili 'Buganda' adopted by the British as the name for their East African colony in 1894; Buganda had been a powerful East African state during the 18th and 19th centuries
Government type: presidential republic
Capital
Name: Kampala
Geographic coordinates: 0 19 N 32 33 E
Time difference: UTC+3
Administrative divisions: 111 districts and 1 capital city*; Abim Adjumani Agago Alebtong Amolatar Amudat Amuria Amuru Apac Arua Budaka Bududa Bugiri Buhweju Buikwe Bukedea Bukomansimbi Bukwa Bulambuli Buliisa Bundibugyo Bushenyi Busia Butaleja Butambala Buvuma Buyende Dokolo Gomba Gulu Hoima Ibanda Iganga Isingiro Jinja Kaabong Kabale Kabarole Kaberamaido Kalangala Kaliro Kalungu Kampala* Kamuli Kamwenge Kanungu Kapchorwa Kasese Katakwi Kayunga Kibaale Kiboga Kibuku Kiruhura Kiryandongo Kisoro Kitgum Koboko Kole Kotido Kumi Kween Kyankwanzi Kyegegwa Kyenjojo Lamwo Lira Luuka Luwero Lwengo Lyantonde Manafwa Maracha Masaka Masindi Mayuge Mbale Mbarara Mitooma Mityana Moroto Moyo Mpigi Mubende Mukono Nakapiripirit Nakaseke Nakasongola Namayingo Namutumba Napak Nebbi Ngora Ntoroko Ntungamo Nwoya Otuke Oyam Pader Pallisa Rakai Rubirizi Rukungiri Sembabule Serere Sheema Sironko Soroti Tororo Wakiso Yumbe Zombo; note - four new districts Kagadi Kakumiro Omoro and Rubanda have been reported but not yet vetted by the US Board on Geographic Names
Dependent areas
Independence: 9 October 1962 (from the UK)
National holiday: Independence Day 9 October (1962)
Constitution: several previous; latest adopted 27 September 1995 promulgated 8 October 1995; amended many times last in 2015 (2016)
Legal system: mixed legal system of English common law and customary law
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descent only: at least one parent or grandparent must be a native-born citizen of Uganda
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: an aggregate of 20 years and continuously for the last 2 years prior to applying for citizenship
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch
Chief of state: President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI ; Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI ; Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011); Prime Minister Ruhakana RUGUNDA (since 19 September 2014); First Deputy Prime Minister Moses ALI (since 6 June 2016); Second Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda KIVEJINJA (since 6 June 2016); Third Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda KIVEJINJA (since 6 June 2016)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected members of the National Assembly or persons who qualify to be elected as members of the National Assembly
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 18 February 2016 (next to be held in February 2021)
Election results: Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI reelected president; percent of vote - Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 60.6% Kizza BESIGYE (FDC) 35.6% other 3.8%
Legislative branch
Description: unicameral National Assembly or Parliament
Elections: last held on 18 February 2016
Election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA
Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court of Uganda
Judge selection and term of office: justices appointed by the president of the republic in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and approved by the National Assembly; justices serve until mandatory retirement at age 70
Subordinate courts: Court of Appeal ; High Court (includes 12 High Court Circuits and 8 High Court Divisions); Industrial Court; Chief Magistrate Grade One and Grade Two Courts throughout the country; qadhis courts ; local council courts; family and children courts
Political parties and leaders:
Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]
Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]
Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Mugisha MUNTU]
Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]
National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]
Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Olara OTUNNU]
Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]
Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Mugisha MUNTU]
Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]
National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]
Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Olara OTUNNU]
International organization participation: ACP AfDB AU C COMESA EAC EADB FAO G-77 IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC (national committees) ICCt IDA IDB IFAD IFC IFRCS IGAD ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO (correspondent) ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) MIGA NAM OIC OPCW PCA UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNHCR UNIDO UNOCI UNWTO UPU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO
Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Oliver WONEKHA
In the us chancery: 5,911 16th Street NW Washington DC 20,011
In the us telephone: [1] 726-7,100 through 7,102 0416
In the us FAX: [1] 726-1727
From the us chief of mission: Ambsssador Deborah R. MALAC
From the us embassy: 1577 Ggaba Road Kampala
From the us mailing address: P.O. Box 7,007 Kampala
From the us telephone: [256] 259 791 through 93 95
From the us FAX: [256] 259-794
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 grey crowned crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people yellow sunshine and vitality red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK
National symbols: grey crowned crane; national colors: black yellow red
National anthem
Name: 'Oh Uganda Land of Beauty!'
Lyrics and music: George Wilberforce KAKOMOA
Note: adopted 1962
National heritage
Uganda - Economy 2016
top of pageEconomy overview:
Uganda has substantial natural resources including fertile soils regular rainfall small deposits of copper gold and other minerals and recently discovered oil. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy employing one third of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Uganda’s economy remains predominantly agricultural with a small industrial sector that is dependent on imported inputs like oil and equipment. Overall productivity is hampered by a number of supply-side constraints including underinvestment in an agricultural sector that continues to rely on rudimentary technology. Industrial growth is impeded by high-costs due to poor infrastructure low levels of private investment and the depreciation of the Ugandan shilling.
Since 1986 the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform raising producer prices on export crops increasing prices of petroleum products and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation while encouraging foreign investment to boost production and export earnings. Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure improved incentives for production and exports lower inflation better domestic security and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.
The global economic downturn in 2008 hurt Uganda's exports; however Uganda's GDP growth has largely recovered due to past reforms and a rapidly growing urban consumer population. Oil revenues and taxes are expected to become a larger source of government funding as production starts in the next five to 10 years. However lower oil prices since 2014 and protracted negotiations and legal disputes between the Ugandan government and oil companies may prove a stumbling block to further exploration and development.
Uganda faces many challenges. Instability in South Sudan has led to a sharp increase in Sudanese refugees and is disrupting Uganda's main export market. High energy costs inadequate transportation and energy infrastructure insufficient budgetary discipline and corruption inhibit economic development and investor confidence. During 2015 the Uganda shilling depreciated 22% against the dollar and inflation rose from 3% to 9% which led to the Bank of Uganda hiking interest rates from 11% to 17%. As a result inflation remained below double digits; however trade and capital-intensive industries were negatively impacted.
The budget for FY 2015/16 is dominated by energy and road infrastructure spending while relying on donor support for long-term economic drivers of growth including agriculture health and education. The largest infrastructure projects are externally financed through low-interest concessional loans. As a result debt servicing for these loans is expected to rise in 2016/2017 by 22% and consume 15% the domestic budget.
Since 1986 the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform raising producer prices on export crops increasing prices of petroleum products and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation while encouraging foreign investment to boost production and export earnings. Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure improved incentives for production and exports lower inflation better domestic security and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs.
The global economic downturn in 2008 hurt Uganda's exports; however Uganda's GDP growth has largely recovered due to past reforms and a rapidly growing urban consumer population. Oil revenues and taxes are expected to become a larger source of government funding as production starts in the next five to 10 years. However lower oil prices since 2014 and protracted negotiations and legal disputes between the Ugandan government and oil companies may prove a stumbling block to further exploration and development.
Uganda faces many challenges. Instability in South Sudan has led to a sharp increase in Sudanese refugees and is disrupting Uganda's main export market. High energy costs inadequate transportation and energy infrastructure insufficient budgetary discipline and corruption inhibit economic development and investor confidence. During 2015 the Uganda shilling depreciated 22% against the dollar and inflation rose from 3% to 9% which led to the Bank of Uganda hiking interest rates from 11% to 17%. As a result inflation remained below double digits; however trade and capital-intensive industries were negatively impacted.
The budget for FY 2015/16 is dominated by energy and road infrastructure spending while relying on donor support for long-term economic drivers of growth including agriculture health and education. The largest infrastructure projects are externally financed through low-interest concessional loans. As a result debt servicing for these loans is expected to rise in 2016/2017 by 22% and consume 15% the domestic budget.
Real gdp purchasing power parity:
$79.88 billion (2015 est.)
$76.05 billion (2014 est.)
$72.48 billion (2013 est.)
$76.05 billion (2014 est.)
$72.48 billion (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 91
Real gdp growth rate:
5% (2015 est.)
4.9% (2014 est.)
4% (2013 est.)
4.9% (2014 est.)
4% (2013 est.)
Rank: 48
Real gdp per capita:
$2000 (2015 est.)
$2000 (2014 est.)
$1900 (2013 est.)
$2000 (2014 est.)
$1900 (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 202
Gross national saving:
15% of GDP (2015 est.)
16.4% of GDP (2014 est.)
19.9% of GDP (2013 est.)
16.4% of GDP (2014 est.)
19.9% of GDP (2013 est.)
Rank: 117
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 70.5%
Government consumption: 8.9%
Investment in fixed capital: 23.6%
Investment in inventories: 7.1%
Exports of goods and services: 18%
Imports of goods and services: -28.1%
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 25.3%
Industry: 20.9%
Services: 53.8%
Agriculture products: coffee tea cotton tobacco cassava (manioc tapioca) potatoes corn millet pulses cut flowers; beef goat meat milk poultry and fish
Industries: sugar brewing tobacco cotton textiles; cement steel production
Industrial production growth rate: 6.5% (2015 est.)
Rank: 29
Labor force: 18.42 million (2015 est.)
Rank: 32
By occupation agriculture: 40%
By occupation industry: 10%
By occupation services: 50%
Labor force
Unemployment rate:
NA%
9.4% (2013 est.)
9.4% (2013 est.)
Youth unemployment
Population below poverty line: 19.7% (2013 est.)
Gini index
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: 2.4%
Highest 10: 36.1%
Distribution of family income gini index:
39.5 (2013)
45.7 (2002)
45.7 (2002)
Rank: 66
Budget
Revenues: $3.415 billion
Expenditures: $4.446 billion
Surplus or deficit: -4.2% of GDP (2015 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 145
Taxes and other revenues: 13.8% of GDP (2015 est.)
Rank: 202
Public debt:
29.6% of GDP (2015 est.)
27.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
27.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
Rank: 142
Revenue
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Inflation rate consumer prices:
4% (2015 est.)
4.3% (2014 est.)
4.3% (2014 est.)
Rank: 180
Central bank discount rate:
14% (December 2014)
17% (30 March 2016)
17% (30 March 2016)
Rank: 13
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
22.6% (31 December 2015 est.)
21.58% (31 December 2014 est.)
21.58% (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 12
Stock of narrow money:
$2.043 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$2.392 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$2.392 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 129
Stock of broad money:
$4.262 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$3.705 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.705 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Rank: 137
Stock of domestic credit:
$3.973 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$4.15 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$4.15 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 129
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$7.294 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$7.727 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$1.788 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$7.727 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$1.788 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
Rank: 79
Current account balance:
-$2.193 billion (2015 est.)
-$2.625 billion (2014 est.)
-$2.625 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 154
Exports:
$2.667 billion (2015 est.)
$2.725 billion (2014 est.)
$2.725 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 131
Commodities: coffee fish and fish products tea cotton flowers horticultural products; gold
Partners: Rwanda 10.7% UAE 9.9% Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.8% Kenya 9.7% Italy 5.8% Netherlands 4.8% Germany 4.7% China 4.1% (2015)
Imports:
$4.911 billion (2015 est.)
$5.1 billion (2014 est.)
$5.1 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 124
Commodities: capital equipment vehicles petroleum medical supplies; cereals
Partners: Kenya 16.4% UAE 15.5% India 13.4% China 13.1% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.909 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$3.316 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$3.316 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Note: excludes gold
Rank: 105
Debt external:
$5.649 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$5.135 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$5.135 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 125
Stock of direct foreign investment at home: $N/A
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad: $N/A
Exchange rates:
Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar -
3,234 (2015 est.)
2,600 (2014 est.)
2,600 (2013 est.)
2,506 (2012 est.)
2,523 (2011 est.)
3,234 (2015 est.)
2,600 (2014 est.)
2,600 (2013 est.)
2,506 (2012 est.)
2,523 (2011 est.)
Uganda - Energy 2016
top of pageElectricity
Access population without electricity: 32,100,000
Access electrification total population: 15%
Access electrification urban areas: 55%
Access electrification rural areas: 7%
Production: 3 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Production rank: 132
Consumption: 2.7 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 137
Exports: 100 million kWh (2014)
Exports rank: 82
Imports: 50 million kWh (2014 est.)
Imports rank: 101
Installed generating capacity: 711,400 kW (2014 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 132
Generation sources fossil fuels: 21% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 194
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 198
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 59.9% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 36
Generation sources other renewable sources: 19.2% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 17
Coal
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 202
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 202
Crude oil imports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 140
Crude oil proven reserves: 2.5 billion bbl (2014)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 33
Crude oil
Refined petroleum
Products production: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products production rank: 141
Products consumption: 27,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products consumption rank: 125
Products exports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products exports rank: 142
Products imports: 26,290 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products imports rank: 106
Natural gas
Production: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Production rank: 140
Consumption: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Consumption rank: 204
Exports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Exports rank: 200
Imports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Imports rank: 147
Proven reserves: 14.16 billion m³ (1 January 2016 es)
Proven reserves rank: 79
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 2.7 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 145
Energy consumption per capita
Uganda - Communication 2016
top of pageTelephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 328,811
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1
Fixed lines rank: 114
Mobile cellular total: 20.22 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54
Mobile cellular rank: 57
Telephone system
General assessment: mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and fiber-optic cables through Kenya and the Indian Ocean
Domestic: intercity traffic by wire microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication stations fixed-line and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 55 per 100 persons
International: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat and 1 Inmarsat; analog and digital links to Kenya and Tanzania (2015)
Broadcast media: public broadcaster Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) operates radio and TV networks; Uganda first began licensing privately owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)
Internet
Country code: .ug
Users total: 7.131 million
Users percent of population: 19.2%
Users rank: 57
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Uganda - Military 2016
top of pageMilitary expenditures:
2.2% of GDP (2013)
1.45% of GDP (2012)
3.73% of GDP (2011)
1.45% of GDP (2010)
1.45% of GDP (2012)
3.73% of GDP (2011)
1.45% of GDP (2010)
Rank: 67
Military and security forces
Military service age and obligation: 18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty; 18-30 years of age for professionals; no conscription; 9-year service obligation; the government has stated that while recruitment under 18 years of age could occur with proper consent 'no person under the apparent age of 18 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces'; Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2012)
Space program
Terrorist groups
Uganda - Transportation 2016
top of pageNational air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 1
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 1
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 41,812
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 23,472 mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: 5X (2016)
Airports: 47 (2013)
Rank: 93
With paved runways total: 5
With paved runways over 3047 m: 3
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 1
With unpaved runways total: 42
With unpaved runways over 3047 m: 1
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 8
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 26
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 7
Heliports
Pipelines
Railways
Total: 1244 km
Narrow gauge: 1244 km 1.000-m gauge
Rank: 83
Roadways
Total: 20,000 km
Paved: 3,264 km
Unpaved: 16,736 km
Rank: 109
Waterways: (there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores) (2011)
Merchant marine
Ports and terminals
Lake port: Entebbe Jinja Port Bell
Uganda - Transnational issues 2016
top of pageDisputes international: Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups rebels armed gangs militias and various government forces that extend across its borders; Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees: 564,440 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers); 222,650 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 41,167 (Burundi); 29,292 (Somalia); 15,226 (Rwanda) (2016)
IDPs: 30,000 (2015)
Illicit drugs
