Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Buganda maintains an edge above Busoga in Fish farming, with 1,270 Aquaculture farms, compared to 1,038 farms in Busoga.

Buganda farms are mainly in Mukono, Buikwe, Luwero and Wakiso.

Busoga farms are mainly in Jinja city, Bugiri and Kamuli districts.

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Ankole sub region more than doubles Kigezi, when it comes to Aquaculture farming.

Ankole is recorded to have 973 farms, with a major concentration in Bushenyi, and least farms in Buhweju.

Kigezi has 461 farms with most farms in Kanungu and the least in Kisoro district.

The National Human Resource Survey 2023/24 report has formally been launched today at Statistics House, by Hon. Stephen Mukitale, Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Board of the National Planning Authority and MP Buliisa County.

He empharsized the need to empower the Private sector businesses and working environment, to enable them create more jobs, since Government jobs are limited.

At the primary school level, 58.0% of schools are government primary schools, while 44.9% are private primary schools.

For secondary education, 44.9% of sub-counties in Uganda had at least one government-founded secondary school, while 39.3% had at least one private-founded secondary school.

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The Labour Market Survey report reveals a 12.2% National level unemployment in Uganda. Male unemployment stands at 10.8% while that of Females stands at 13.9%.

Urban unemployment stands at 12.8% (Males=11.1%, Females=14.9%) while that of the Rural areas is at 11.8% (Males=10.6%, Females=13.2%).
The report further shows that shows that 57.6% of people aged 14-64 years fall within the working age population. Of these, 58.8% are Males while 56.2% are Females. The Employment-to-Population Ratio (15 years and above) was highest in Bunyoro sub region and lowest in Bukedi.

Join us today for the dissemination of the Labour Market Survey Report 2025 at Statistics House, Conference Hall, 10:30am.
Join the Live interaction on;
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Time: Apr 16, 2026 10:30 AM Nairobi
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The proportion of sub-counties with at least one HC III, regardless of the founding body, was highest in Kampala Capital City (100.0%) and lowest in Karamoja (42.5%).

The recently released Community Module report, drawn from the National Population and Housing Census 2024, shows that Kampala has the highest percentage of Money lenders at 78%, and they are lowest in Karamoja at 7.0%. 69.6% of parishes in Uganda access mobile money services.

We have released the National Population and Housing Census 2024 Community Module Report, as per our release calendar.
Access the full report here:
https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/04_2026National_Population_and_Housing_Census_2024_Community_Module_Report.pdf
to get insights on Financial, Health and Education services in the community.
Further, it gives details on Agricultural Production, Environment and Climate Change, Crime and Social Welfare in our communities.

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