Economy - overview:
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil. Uganda has never conducted a national minerals survey. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. 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 and boosting 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. Uganda has received about $2 billion in multilateral and bilateral debt relief. In 2007 Uganda received $10 million for a Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. The global economic downturn has hurt Uganda's exports; however, Uganda's GDP growth is still relatively strong due to past reforms and sound management of the downturn. Oil revenues and taxes will become a larger source of government funding as oil comes on line in the next few years. Rising food and fuel prices in 2011 led to protests. Instability in southern Sudan is a risk for the Ugandan economy in 2012 because Uganda's main export partner is Sudan, and Uganda is a key destination for Sudanese refugees.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: 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: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Uganda on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$45.9 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$16 billion (2011 est.)
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6.4% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$1,300 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
[see also: GDP - per capita country ranks ]
agriculture: 21.8%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 26.1%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - industry country ranks ]
services: 52.1% (2011 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]
16.02 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]
agriculture: 82%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 5%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 13% (1999 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]
NA%
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35% (2001 est.)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]
lowest 10%: 2.4%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 36.1% (2009)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]
44.3 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 44
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
23.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
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revenues: $2.393 billion
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expenditures: $3.364 billion (2011 est.)
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15% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187
[see also: Taxes and other revenues country ranks ]
-6.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) country ranks ]
25% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]
13.7% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 203
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
14% (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Central bank discount rate country ranks ]
20.5% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$2.124 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$4.356 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$2.449 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$NA (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]
coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production
6% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
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2.176 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 133
[see also: Electricity - production country ranks ]
1.958 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
82.04 million kWh (2009)
[see also: Electricity - exports country ranks ]
82.04 million kWh (2009 est.)
[see also: Electricity - imports country ranks ]
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
14,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
13,770 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
[see also: Natural gas - production country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 196
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$1.456 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$2.582 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold
Sudan 15.3%, Kenya 10.2%, Rwanda 8.5%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.8%, UAE 7.7%, Netherlands 6.4%, Germany 5.4%, Belgium 4.1% (2010)
$4.771 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Kenya 17.1%, UAE 14.1%, China 8.5%, India 8.2%, South Africa 6.2%, Japan 5.9%, Germany 4.3% (2010)
$3.108 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
note: excludes gold
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$3.535 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$NA
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$NA
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Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar -
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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