Uganda

Broadcast media

public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; Uganda first began licensing privately owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)

Internet country code

.ug

Internet hosts

32,683 (2012) country comparison to the world: 106

Internet users

3.2 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 66

Telephone system

general assessment: mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 50 per 100 persons in 2010 international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania (2011)

Telephones - main lines in use

315,000 (2012) country comparison to the world: 113

Telephones - mobile cellular

16.355 million (2012) country comparison to the world: 58

Agriculture - products

coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (manioc, tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry

Budget

revenues: $3.2 billion expenditures: $3.803 billion (2013 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

-2.7% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 113

Central bank discount rate

14% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 9.65% (31 December 2009 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate

23.7% (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 26.31% (31 December 2012 est.)

Current account balance

-$1.908 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 139 -$2.232 billion (2012 est.)

Debt - external

$5.223 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 119 $4.461 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index

44.3 (2009) country comparison to the world: 46 45.7 (2002)

Economy - overview

Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil. Uganda has never conducted a national minerals survey. 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. Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, lower inflation, better domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. The global economic downturn hurt Uganda's exports; however, Uganda's GDP growth has largely recovered due to past reforms and sound management of the downturn. Oil revenues and taxes will become a larger source of government funding as oil comes on line in the next few years. Instability in South Sudan is a risk for the Ugandan economy because Uganda's main export partner is Sudan, and Uganda is a key destination for Sudanese refugees. Unreliable power, high energy costs, inadequate transportation infrastructure, and corruption inhibit economic development and investor confidence.

Exchange rates

Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar - 2,604.6 (2013 est.) 2,505.6 (2012 est.) 2,177.6 (2010 est.) 2,030 (2009) 1,658.1 (2008)

Exports

$3.156 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 127 $2.811 billion (2012 est.)

Exports - commodities

coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold

Exports - partners

Kenya 12.3%, Rwanda 10.3%, UAE 10.2%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.4%, Netherlands 6.1%, Germany 5.6%, Italy 4.4% (2012)

Fiscal year

1 July - 30 June

GDP (official exchange rate)

$22.6 billion (2013 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity)

$54.37 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 96 $51.47 billion (2012 est.) $50.08 billion (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars

GDP - composition, by end use

household consumption: 82.3% government consumption: 7.6% investment in fixed capital: 25.5% investment in inventories: 0.2% exports of goods and services: 22.8% imports of goods and services: -38.3% (2013 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

agriculture: 23.1% industry: 26.9% services: 50% (2013 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP)

$1,500 (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 204 $1,400 (2012 est.) $1,500 (2011 est.) note: data are in 2013 US dollars

GDP - real growth rate

5.6% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 45 2.8% (2012 est.) 6.2% (2011 est.)

Gross national saving

17.4% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 93 14.7% of GDP (2012 est.) 13.1% of GDP (2011 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 36.1% (2009 est.)

Imports

$4.858 billion (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 129 $5.187 billion (2012 est.)

Imports - commodities

capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals

Imports - partners

Kenya 15.6%, UAE 15.4%, China 12.8%, India 11.7%, South Africa 4.1%, Japan 4% (2012)

Industrial production growth rate

3.8% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 78

Industries

sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

6.2% (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 178 14% (2012 est.)

Labor force

17.4 million (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

Labor force - by occupation

agriculture: 82% industry: 5% services: 13% (1999 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares

$7.294 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 70 $7.727 billion (31 December 2011) $1.788 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Population below poverty line

24.5% (2009 est.)

Public debt

30.7% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 119 26.3% of GDP (2012 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$3.579 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 102 $3.167 billion (31 December 2012 est.) note: excludes gold

Stock of broad money

$4.049 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 137 $3.293 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home

$NA

Stock of domestic credit

$3.67 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 $3.042 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of narrow money

$2.455 billion (31 December 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 121 $2.015 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

14.2% of GDP (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 198

Unemployment rate

NA%

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy

3.244 million Mt (2011 est.)

Crude oil - exports

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 196

Crude oil - imports

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 133

Crude oil - production

0 bbl/day (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 139

Crude oil - proved reserves

2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 34

Electricity - consumption

2.192 billion kWh (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 140

Electricity - exports

75 million kWh (2010) country comparison to the world: 79

Electricity - from fossil fuels

31.5% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 180

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants

65.3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 29

Electricity - from nuclear fuels

0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 194

Electricity - from other renewable sources

3.2% of total installed capacity (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 58

Electricity - imports

29 million kWh (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 102

Electricity - installed generating capacity

539,000 kW (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 135

Electricity - production

2.406 billion kWh (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 132

Natural gas - consumption

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 202

Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 198

Natural gas - imports

0 cu m (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 141

Natural gas - production

0 cu m (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 201

Natural gas - proved reserves

14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 79

Refined petroleum products - consumption

16,930 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 138

Refined petroleum products - exports

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 139

Refined petroleum products - imports

22,990 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 99

Refined petroleum products - production

0 bbl/day (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 203

Area

total: 241,038 sq km country comparison to the world: 81 land: 197,100 sq km water: 43,938 sq km

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Oregon

Climate

tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Coastline

0 km (landlocked)

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

Environment - current issues

draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching

Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)

total: 0.32 cu km/yr (41%/16%/43%) per capita: 12.31 cu m/yr (2005)

Geographic coordinates

1 00 N, 32 00 E

Geography - note

landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers

Irrigated land

144.2 sq km (2010)

Land boundaries

total: 2,698 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, South Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Land use

arable land: 27.94% permanent crops: 9.11% other: 62.95% (2011)

Location

East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Map references

Africa

Maritime claims

none (landlocked)

Natural hazards

NA

Natural resources

copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold

Terrain

mostly plateau with rim of mountains

Total renewable water resources

66 cu km (2011)

Administrative divisions

111 districts and 1 capital city*; Abim, Adjumani, Agago, Alebtong, Amolatar, Amudat, Amuria, Amuru, Apac, Arua, Budaka, Bududa, Bugiri, Buhweju, Buikwe, Bukedea, Bukomansimbi, Bukwa, Bulambuli, Buliisa, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Butaleja, Butambala, Buvuma, Buyende, Dokolo, Gomba, Gulu, Hoima, Ibanda, Iganga, Isingiro, Jinja, Kaabong, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kaliro, Kalungu, Kampala*, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibaale, Kiboga, Kibuku, Kiruhura, Kiryandongo, Kisoro, Kitgum, Koboko, Kole, Kotido, Kumi, Kween, Kyankwanzi, Kyegegwa, Kyenjojo, Lamwo, Lira, Luuka, Luwero, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Manafwa, Maracha, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Mitooma, Mityana, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namayingo, Namutumba, Napak, Nebbi, Ngora, Ntoroko, Ntungamo, Nwoya, Otuke, Oyam, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rubirizi, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Serere, Sheema, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe, Zombo

Capital

name: Kampala geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 33 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Constitution

several previous; latest adopted 27 September 1995, promulgated 8 October 1995; amended many times, last in 2005 (2011)

Country name

conventional long form: Republic of Uganda conventional short form: Uganda

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Scott H. DELISI (since 18 July 2012) embassy: 1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala mailing address: P. O. Box 7007, Kampala telephone: [256] (414) 259 791 through 93, 95 FAX: [256] (414) 259-794

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Oliver WONEKHA (since 6 June 2013) chancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 telephone: [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416 FAX: [1] (202) 726-1727

Executive branch

chief of state: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government head of government: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Prime Minister Amama MBABAZI (since 24 May 2011); note - the prime minister assists the president in supervising the cabinet cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website) elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016) election results: Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI re-elected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 68.4%, Kizza BESIGYE 26.0%, other 5.6%

Flag description

six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a grey crowned crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK

Government type

republic

Independence

9 October 1962 (from the UK)

International law organization participation

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

International organization participation

ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Judicial branch

highest court(s): Supreme Court of Uganda (consists of the chief justice and 5 justices) judge selection and term of office: justices appointed by the president in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission (a 9-member independent advisory body) and with approval of the National Assembly; justices serve until mandatory retirement at age 70 subordinate courts: Court of Appeal (also sits as the Constitutional Court); High Court (includes 10 High Court Circuits and 7 High Court Divisions); Chief Magistrate Grade One and Grade Two Courts

Legal system

mixed legal system of English common law and customary law

Legislative branch

unicameral National Assembly (375 seats; 238 members elected by popular vote, 112 women directly elected, 25 nominated by legally established special interest groups [army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], additional ex-officio members may be nominated by the president; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 263, FDC 34, DP 12, UPC 10, UPDF 10, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independents 43, vacant 1; note - UPDF is the Uganda People's Defense Force

National anthem

name: "Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!" lyrics/music: George Wilberforce KAKOMOA note: adopted 1962

National holiday

Independence Day, 9 October (1962)

National symbol(s)

grey crowned crane

Political parties and leaders

Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI] Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO] Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Muntu MUGISHA] Inter-Party Co-operation or IPC (a coalition of opposition groups) Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA] National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI] Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI] Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Olara OTUNNU] note: a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda's transition to a multi-party political system

Political pressure groups and leaders

Lord's Resistance Army or LRA [Joseph KONY] Parliamentary Advocacy Forum or PAFO National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda or NAWOU [Florence NEKYON] The Ugandan Coalition for Political Accountability to Women or COPAW

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Background

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. A constitutional referendum in 2005 cancelled a 19-year ban on multi-party politics.

Manpower available for military service

males age 16-49: 7,249,271 females age 16-49: 7,025,439 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service

males age 16-49: 4,313,068 females age 16-49: 4,200,901 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually

male: 423,923 female: 420,236 (2010 est.)

Military branches

Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF): Land Forces (includes Marine Unit), Uganda Air Force (2013)

Military expenditures

1.45% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 68 3.73% of GDP (2011) 1.45% of GDP (2010)

Military service age and obligation

18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty; 18-30 years of age for professionals; no conscription; 9-year service obligation; the government has stated that while recruitment under 18 years of age could occur with proper consent, "no person under the apparent age of 18 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"; Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2012)

Age structure

0-14 years: 48.7% (male 8,714,354/female 8,765,900) 15-24 years: 21.2% (male 3,775,679/female 3,833,574) 25-54 years: 25.7% (male 4,618,088/female 4,615,616) 55-64 years: 2.4% (male 405,740/female 447,118) 65 years and over: 2.1% (male 327,771/female 415,075) (2014 est.)

Birth rate

44.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 3

Child labor - children ages 5-14

total number: 117,266 percentage: 25 % note: data represents children ages 5-17 working in the (2010 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

14.1% (2011) country comparison to the world: 54

Contraceptive prevalence rate

30% (2011)

Death rate

10.97 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 102.4 % youth dependency ratio: 97.5 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.9 % potential support ratio: 20.5 (2014 est.)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 94.8% of population rural: 71% of population total: 74.8% of population unimproved: urban: 5.2% of population rural: 29% of population total: 25.2% of population (2012 est.)

Education expenditures

3.3% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 131

Ethnic groups

Baganda 16.9%, Banyankole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

7.2% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

HIV/AIDS - deaths

63,300 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 6

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

1,549,200 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 6

Health expenditures

9.5% of GDP (2011) country comparison to the world: 32

Hospital bed density

0.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)

Infant mortality rate

total: 60.82 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 21 male: 70.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Languages

English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 54.46 years country comparison to the world: 209 male: 53.1 years female: 55.86 years (2014 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.2% male: 82.6% female: 64.6% (2010 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

Major urban areas - population

KAMPALA (capital) 1.659 million (2011)

Maternal mortality rate

310 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 37

Median age

total: 15.5 years male: 15.5 years female: 15.6 years (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

18.9 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.)

Nationality

noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan

Net migration rate

-0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 144

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

4.3% (2008) country comparison to the world: 167

Physicians density

0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2005)

Population

35,918,915 country comparison to the world: 36 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)

Population growth rate

3.24% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 9

Religions

Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 32.8% of population rural: 34.1% of population total: 33.9% of population unimproved: urban: 67.2% of population rural: 65.9% of population total: 66.1% of population (2012 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate

5.97 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 5

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 5.4% (2009) country comparison to the world: 136

Urbanization

urban population: 15.6% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 5.74% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Disputes - international

Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 155,742 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 13,376 (Rwanda); 10,578 (Burundi) (2013); 137,844 (South Sudan); 18,534 (Somalia) (2014) IDPs: up to 29,800 (displacement in northern Uganda because of fighting between government forces and the Lord's Resistance Army; as of 2011, most of the 1.8 million people displaced to IDP camps at the height of the conflict had returned home or resettled, but many had not found durable solutions; intercommunal violence and cattle raids) (2011)

Airports

47 (2013) country comparison to the world: 93

Airports - with paved runways

total: 5 over 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 42 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 26 under 914 m: 7 (2013)

Ports and terminals

lake port(s): Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell (Lake Victoria)

Railways

total: 1,244 km country comparison to the world: 83 narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Roadways

total: 20,000 km (does not include local roads) country comparison to the world: 109 paved: 3,264 km unpaved: 16,736 km (2011)

Waterways

(there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores) (2011)