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Uganda Economy
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $36.1 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.4% (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,400 (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 36.1%
industry: 21.2%
services: 42.8% (2003 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
20.3% of GDP (2003)
Population below poverty line:
35% (2001 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 21% (2000)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
37.4 (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.9% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
12.09 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA (2002 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $1.123 billion
expenditures: $1.433 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.) (2003)
Public debt:
62.2% of GDP (2003)
Industries:
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
1.928 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.9%
hydro: 99.1%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
Electricity - consumption:
1.62 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
174 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
1 million kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
8,750 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, cut flowers
Current account balance:
$-237 million (2003)
Exports:
$495 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, fish and fish products, tea; gold, cotton, flowers, horticultural products
Exports - partners:
Netherlands 15.7%, Belgium 10.3%, US 9%, Germany 8%, Spain 6.7%, Italy 5.2% (2003 est.)
Imports:
$1.179 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Imports - partners:
Kenya 44.2%, South Africa 6.6%, India 5.6%, UK 5.2%, China 4.5%, France 4.1% (2003 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.08 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$3.818 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$1.4 billion (2000)
Currency code:
UGX
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
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