Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 09 2021
In 2019, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics reported national unemployment rate at 9 percent of the working age population. Youth unemployment was reported at 13.3 percent. The latter consisted of persons aged between 18 to 30 years.
The United Nations categorises youths as persons aged between 15 and 24, and the unemployment rate for this category was reported at 16.8 percent.
These statistics quoted in the 2019 UBOS publication related to numbers picked a couple of years before, from around 2016.
Given Uganda’s population dynamics, the above statistics can change drastically within a period of about five years. As such, as of today, the general outlook may be so different with regard to unemployment rates in the country.
This subsector can be reoriented to import component car parts that can then be assembled within the country. The persons involved in the business of importing the cars into the carry can be.