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Uganda's Political Economy

Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. 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.⁸⁰

GDP per capita is in Uganda Intl $964 (Table 10).

Tables 8 and 9 Total health expenditure (Intl $) per capita and as a percentage of GDP: countries of Africa

Table 8
Health expenditure (Intl $) per capita: Africa

Table 9
Health expenditure (Intl $) as a percentage of GDP: Africa

South Africa	652
Tunisia	463
Botswana	381
Namibia	342
Libya	239
Morocco	199
Gabon	197
Algeria	169
Swaziland	167
Egypt	153
Zimbabwe	142
Côte d'Ivoire	127
Liberia	127
Kenya	114
Equatorial Guinea	106
Lesotho	101
Djibouti	90
Gambia	78
Angola	70
Senegal	63
Guinea	61
Ghana	60
Central African Republic	58
Uganda	57
Zambia	52
Mozambique	47
Mauritania	45
Togo	45
Rwanda	44
Cameroon	42
Benin	39
Malawi	39
Sudan	39
Guinea-Bissau	37
Eritrea	36
Nigeria	31
Mali	30
Burkina Faso	27
Sierra Leone	26
Utd Rep of Tanzania	26
Congo	22
Niger	22
Burundi	19
Chad	17
Ethiopia	14
Dem Rep of the Congo	12
Somalia

Source WHO World Health Report 2003

South Africa	8.6
Kenya	7.8
Malawi	7.8
Djibouti	7.0
Namibia	7.0
Botswana	6.6
Gambia	6.4
Tunisia	6.4
Côte d'Ivoire	6.2
Zimbabwe	6.2
Guinea-Bissau	5.9
Mozambique	5.9
Uganda	5.9
Eritrea	5.7
Zambia	5.7
Lesotho	5.5
Rwanda	5.5
Morocco	5.1
Senegal	4.8
Ghana	4.7
Central African Republic	4.5
Sudan	4.5
Angola	4.4
Benin	4.4
Utd Rep of Tanzania	4.4
Liberia	4.3
Mali	4.3
Sierra Leone	4.3
Algeria	4.1
Egypt	3.9
Niger	3.7
Burundi	3.6
Ethiopia	3.6
Gabon	3.6
Mauritania	3.6
Dem Rep of the Congo	3.5
Guinea	3.5
Nigeria	3.4
Cameroon	3.3
Swaziland	3.3
Burkina Faso	3.0
Libya	2.9
Togo	2.8
Chad	2.6
Somalia	2.6
Congo	2.1
Equatorial Guinea	2.0

Table 10 GDP per capita (Intl $): countries of Africa

Country	GDP per capita (Int $)
Libya	8272
South Africa	7538
Tunisia	7138
Botswana	5747
Gabon	5514
Equatorial Guinea	5239
Swaziland	5029
Namibia	4918
Algeria	4104
Egypt	3901
Morocco	3887
Liberia	2965
Zimbabwe	2271
Côte d'Ivoire	2045
Lesotho	1844
Guinea	1752
Togo	1608
Angola	1578
Kenya	1452
Senegal	1323
Central African Republic	1289
Djibouti	1288
Ghana	1272
Cameroon	1269
Mauritania	1257
Gambia	1214
Sudan	1112
Congo	1036
Uganda	964
Nigeria	915
Zambia	906
Benin	888
Burkina Faso	886
Mozambique	805
Rwanda	799
Mali	700
Chad	656
Guinea-Bissau	630
Eritrea	629
Sierra Leone	606
Niger	604
Utd Rep of Tanzania	599
Burundi	529
Malawi	501
Ethiopia	382
Dem Rep of the Congo	346
Somalia

Source WHO: The World Health Report 2003

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