3. Uganda in Comparison to Canada
Development Indicators Uganda Canada
Population 34 34
Area in sq km 240 10,000
GDP (in US $) 17 billion 1.6 trillion
Life expectancy 53 81
Infant mortality rate (per 1000) 63 5.9
Literacy (female youth 15-24) 85.5% 99%
HIV prevalence (15-49 years) 6.5% 0.3%
5. Every year 380,000
educated youth are
released into the market to
compete for 90,000 jobs
6. Young people between the ages of 10
and 24 account for 50% of all new
HIV infections
31% of girls between 15 and 19 years
are either mothers or are pregnant
7. Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
Report Card of 2010
• % of population living below national poverty
line declined from 56% in 1993 to 31% in 2006
• Literacy rate of age group 15-24 years has
increased from 81% in 2002 to 88% in 2008
• Proportion of seats held by women in national
parliament has gone from 18% in 2000 to 30%
in 2006
8. • Accountable values based leadership
• Innovative aid based on home grown
solutions
• Private sector support by both
government and aid agencies
9. Recommended books
• The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
• The White Man’s Burden by William Easterly
• The Correct Line? By Olive Kobusingye