Population growth:
According to the State of the World Population Report 2011 issued by the UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA),
Uganda’s annual population growth rate has fallen from 3.3% in 2010 to 3.1% in 2011. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics
currently put it at about 3.2%. This remains one of the highest population growth rates in the world.
Fertility rate:
The fertility rate has also fallen from 6.7 children per woman (UDHS-2006) to 6.2 children per woman in 2011 (UDHS
2011).
Mortality rate:
By mid 2012 the average life expectancy for the country was about 54.5 years only, but this is a marked improvement
from the 51.4 years only 4 years earlier in 2008.
Overall Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) declined from 76 to 54 deaths per 1,000 live births between 2006 and 2011 (UDHS)
while the under five mortality rate declined from 158 to 137 deaths per 1,000 live births between 2001 to 2006 and
again further declined to 90 by 2011 (UDHS)
Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) stood at 438/100,000 in 2011 (UDHS)
THE ECONOMY:
The ongoing economic instability in the Euro zone and the slow recovery of the global economy from the global
economic troubles at the end of the last decade have negatively impacted Uganda’s economic outlook in the last 2 - 3
years. However, this situation has also provided the country with an opportunity to explore regionally based drivers to
economic growth and particularly focusing on increasing regional trade.
Gross Domestic Product:
In the fiscal year 2011/12, Uganda’s preliminary real GDP at market price grew by 3.2% from 6.7% in 2010/11 while the
nominal per capita GDP increased by 21.3% from about US $482 in 2010/11 to about US $585 in 2011/12.
A significant decline in foreign exchange inflows and continued economic uncertainty in Uganda’s’ traditional export
markets in Europe negatively impacted economic growth prospects for 2012. By midyear 2012 the growth rate was
estimated at only 3.2 % but was expected to pick up in 2013 as the economic situation stabilizes in much of Europe.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:
The Agricultural sector which includes food crops and cash crops, livestock, forestry and fishing grew by about 3.0% in
2011/12 compared to a growth of 0.7% in 2010/11. This sector alone contributed approximately 23.7% of GDP at
current prices in the Fiscal year 2010/2011.
Industrial Production and Manufacturing:
Industrial production which includes mining, quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, water supply and construction
activities grew by about 7.9% in the fiscal year 2010/2011 from 6.5% in the previous year. This growth contributed to
about 26.3% of GDP at current prices in 2010/11 and was mainly attributed to the continued growth in the construction
industry.
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