Did you know Uganda had a per capita income of less than sh500 in 1962?

Sep 17, 2020

Uganda's GDP per capita was sh3,295,000 in 2018/19, equivalent to $891.

Uganda had a per capita income of less than sh500, according to Prime Minister Apollo Obote's address to the nation on October 9, 1962.

According to the June 30, 1961 employee census, Uganda had 219,900 African registered workers and 15,000 non- Africans directly employed in different sectors of the economy.

Another estimated 100,000 Africans outside the scope of the enumeration were employed in peasantry agriculture and domestic service.

Uganda's GDP per capita was sh3,295,000 in 2018/19, equivalent to $891.

The highest percentage of the working population, 64.6%, is engaged in agriculture, forestry and fishing industries.

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