Uganda

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. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections. In January 2009, Uganda assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2009-10 term.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: Ugandan shilling (ISO code: UGX)
* Central bank discount rate: 9.65% (31 December 2009)
* Commercial banks lending rate: 20.96% (31 December 2009 )
* Stock of money (M1): $1.483 billion (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $1.485 billion (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000 	2001 	2002 	2003 	2004 	2005 	2006 	2007 	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "Uganda: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	5 999 	6 193 	5 841 	6 179 	6 337 	8 469 	9 000 	9 922 	12 282	14 326
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "Uganda: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	46.446	42.927	 	 	 	69.482	65.047	58.047	26.515	28.907
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "Uganda: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	11.635	10.788	10.520	11.562	11.459	10.888	11.945	12.728	12.861	13.173
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "Uganda: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.	14.888	15.526	21.558	22.819	21.599	16.259	16.684	16.618	16.476	15.159
Debt to revenue (years) 	3.992 	3.979 	 	 	 	6.382 	5.446 	4.560 	2.062 	2.194
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* Uganda on Wikipedia
* Central bank of Uganda
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* Studies from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC country profile
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