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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	29 297	38 061	48 243^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.1	-1.4	6.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	781.7	857.1	1 021.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	23.3	26.6	27.1^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	29.4	28.5	28.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	47.3	44.9	44.7^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	70.8	67.9	66.3^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	7	7.1	7.3^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	22.2	25	26.4^b
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	2.8	3.8	2.8
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	66.7 / 73.9	66.9 / 71.9	67.6 / 72.3
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	151^k	111^l	128^l,e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	103	139	136^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	2 267	4 149	5 610^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 528	8 251	12 568^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 3 261	- 4 102	- 6 958^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 649	- 3 598	- 4 172^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1	3.2	2.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	22.1	24.4^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	6^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	5.3	4.6	4.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	66.3 / 61.2	69.4 / 63.4	71.4 / 65.5^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	48.1 / 3.1	45.2 / 3.3	43.5 / 3.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	851.2 / 2.2^o	1 720.3 / 3.8^o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	646.5	3 776.4	1 628.6^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	55.8	43.5	37.7^a
Health: Current expenditure^p (% of GDP)	5.1	4.3	4.7^q
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.2	0.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.3^j	2.6	2.6^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.8 / 103.4	106.2 / 104.8^r	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	29.6 / 31.3^r	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	7.6 / 11.9^r	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	12.3^s	10	8.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	35	34.9^t	33.9^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	5.8^j	7.4	10^q
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.1^u,s	...	...
Threatened species (number)	188	266	322^e
Forested area (% of land area)	12.7	11.7	11.5^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	4.3 / 0.1	5.1 / 0.1	5.7 / 0.1^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	755	874	899^q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	22	24	24^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 303	473	513^q
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	72.2	72.2	72.2^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	35.6 / 5.7	42.3 / 8.2	45.1 / 9.3^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	21.8 / 15.2	22.2 / 15.9	22.4 / 16.2^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.16	8.35	6.45^q

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Data includes Kira, Makindye Ssabagabo and Nansana.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Base: 1 July 2009 - 30 June 2010=100.
l		Base: 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2017=100.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
q		2021
r		2017
s		2014
t		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
u		Break in the time series.