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Agriculture > products coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava, potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, cut flowers |
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Aid as % of GDP
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13.3% |
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[22nd of 129]
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Debt > External
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$1,498,000,000.00 |
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[119th of 136]
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Distribution of family income > Gini index
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45.7 |
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[5th of 43]
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Economic freedom
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2.15 |
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[66th of 156]
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Economy > Overview Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, gold, and other minerals. 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. During 1990-2001, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. Growth continues to be solid, despite variability in the price of coffee, Uganda's principal export, and a consistent upturn in Uganda's export markets. In 2000, Uganda qualified for enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief worth $1.3 billion and Paris Club debt relief worth $145 million. These amounts combined with the original HIPC debt relief added up to about $2 billion. |
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Exports
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$1,686,000,000.00 |
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[124th of 189]
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GDP
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$9,321,925,000.00 |
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[99th of 203]
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GDP > PPP
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$40,329,000,000.00 |
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[74th of 163]
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GDP > Real growth rate
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6% |
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[81st of 198]
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GDP growth > annual %
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6.57 annual %
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[38th of 187]
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GINI index
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45.7
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[9th of 40]
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Gross National Income
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$5,928,360,000.00 |
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[95th of 172]
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Human Development Index
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0.508 |
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[145th of 178]
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Income category
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Low income |
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Income distribution > Poorest 10%
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3% |
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[40th of 114]
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Income distribution > Richest 10%
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29.8% |
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[64th of 114]
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Population below poverty line
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35% |
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[22nd of 46]
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Public debt
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20.6 % of GDP |
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[93rd of 121]
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Tourist arrivals
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227,000 |
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[97th of 152]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Uganda, Republic of Uganda
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