Key Take Aways from the UNHS 2019-2020 by UBOS
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UBOS released the 2019/20 report recently which showed that the poverty levels in Uganda have stagnated for a while. The highlights include the following: Uganda’s population is now 41m and our average family size stands at 4.6 persons (with the largest in Teso at 5.9 and the smallest in Kampala at 3.4) The population below 18yrs stands at 54% of the population and of these, the urban population accounts for 27%  The net primary primary school enrollment stands at 91% while the net secondary school enrollment is at 27% (with the highest being in Kampala at 52% and the lowest in Acholi at 7%). The literacy rate stands at 76%. 3 in 10 Ugandans have improved toilets while connection to grid electricity stands at 19% (down from 22% in 2017). Connection to solar is at 38% (up from 18% in 2017) while Mobile phone connection stands at 74%. The number of people with Radios is at 32% (down from 45% in 2017), while those with Television is 19% (up from 17% in 2017). Ownership and use of Computers is at 2% while Internet use generally is at 83% with most using the internet for social networking while only 16% use internet for business.  Households operating a business is at 31% (down from 38% in 2017) and their major source of capital is own-savings (81% ) while only 0.4% get loans from banks. Households in subsistence economy is at 39% i.e. 3.5m from 3.3m in 2017.  The total population living in poverty is currently 8.3m (up from 8m in 2017). This podcasts summarizes my key takeaways from these statistics!
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