Uganda
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 prevented 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. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections. In January 2009, Uganda assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2009-10 term.[1]
Economical characteristics
- Currency: Ugandan shilling (ISO code: UGX)
- Central bank discount rate: 9.65% (31 December 2009)[1]
- Commercial banks lending rate: 20.96% (31 December 2009 )[1]
- Stock of money (M1): $1.483 billion (31 December 2008)[1]
- Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $1.485 billion (31 December 2008)[1]
Statistics
| Statistic / Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP (million USD)[2] | 5 999 | 6 193 | 5 841 | 6 179 | 6 337 | 8 469 | 9 000 | 9 922 | 12 282 | 14 326 |
| Govt. debt (% of GDP)[3] | 46.446 | 42.927 | 69.482 | 65.047 | 58.047 | 26.515 | 28.907 | |||
| Govt. revenue (% of GDP)[4] | 11.635 | 10.788 | 10.520 | 11.562 | 11.459 | 10.888 | 11.945 | 12.728 | 12.861 | 13.173 |
| Govt. expenses (% of GDP)[5] | 14.888 | 15.526 | 21.558 | 22.819 | 21.599 | 16.259 | 16.684 | 16.618 | 16.476 | 15.159 |
| Debt to revenue (years) | 3.992 | 3.979 | 6.382 | 5.446 | 4.560 | 2.062 | 2.194 |
References
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCIA_UG - ↑ World Bank. "Uganda: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.
- ↑ World Bank. "Uganda: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.
- ↑ World Bank. "Uganda: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.
- ↑ World Bank. "Uganda: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.
External links
- Uganda on Wikipedia
- Central bank of Uganda
- Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
- Studies from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
- BBC country profile