Egypt Country Profile Research

UGBA-196 Spring 2009: Country Focus Research Portfolio Population (millions)
Gini Coefficient
(2% increase) 1

Egypt  0.341
$405B1
GDP (at PPP) 1200

1000 9
$5,0001 
GDP per capita 800

600
___

71.91
Life Expectancy
Your Name 400

Mohammed Al-Shawaf and 200

9.1%1
Unemployment 81,7
Ami Yoon 0

BREAD & POVERTY Size of
2
BOP/MOP
The word for bread in Egypt is “aish,” which also
means “life.quot; Baladi bread is one of four foodstuffs
subsidized by the government and at less than 1
cent, the poor rely on it for their sustenance. In
early 2008 when the prices of global commodities
soared, long bread lines, rioting and deaths *Poverty line as defined by
Egyptian government
occurred throughout Egypt.3

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Egypt’s HDI value (.71) ranks 112th out
of 177 countries, a figure that is made
more troubling by comparing it with
countries at the same value but with
much lower GDP per capita (see
graph).4

ENERGY

99%1
Electrification
Egypt’s energy demand grows 3% a year but is expected to decline over

.07%10
Forest Cover
the next 3 decades. Egypt’s primary export is crude oil, but its
production has peaked and by 2010 it will be a net oil importer. Its
2.0 tons4 
CO2/capita
importance as a strategic energy area will remain as it boasts significant
natural gas reserves and is a key transit route for oil and gas from the

13.4%1
GDP from agr.
Middle East to Europe.5

DEMOGRAPHICS & OCCUPATIONS Egypt is the most populous
13
Arab country and second-
Median Salary by Job
most populous country in
Mechanical Engineer (28)
Africa. The Nile River basin,
Projet Manager, IT (36) accounting for 3% of Egypt’s
land, is one of the most
IT Manager (42)
densely populated areas in
Software Engineer (54)
the world and is home to 90%
of Egyptians.6
0 200,000
Currency: EGP, As of 2009, reporting 2,217 individuals

LANDSCAPE % Urban11
Egypt is a presidential democracy and an ally of
the U.S., but the ruling party headed by Hosni ‘75 42.9%
Mubarak has been consistently accused of
‘05 42.6%
human rights abuses and authoritative measures
to curtail dissent and opposition. The country has
‘15 43.6%
been under a state of emergency since 1981.1
Sources: Sources: Sources:
1. CIA World Factbook 4. UNDP Human Development Report 9. Earth Trends WRI
2. Nawar, Abdel-Hameed (2007). quot;quot;From 5. International Energy Agency 10. rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation
Marina to Kom-Ombo: A Note on 6. http://geography.howstuffworks.com/africa/the-nile- 11. Population Reference Bureau
Poverty in Egyptquot;quot;. river.htm/printable 12.http://www.clickafrique.com/Magazine/ST014/CP0000002798.aspx
3. quot;Bread Lines Symbolize Egyptians' 7. Wssinfo.org/en/watqurey.html 13. http://www.payscale.com/research/EG/Country=Egypt/Salary/by_City
Financial Woes.quot; 17 Apr. 2008. NPR. 8. Mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/data.aspx

UGBA-196 Spring 2009: Country Focus Research Portfolio Gini Coefficient1
Population 6.8 (millions)
(2.39% increase)1
0.57

$29.1B1
GDP (at PPP)

Paraguay
1200

1000

$4,3001
GDP per capita 800
% of P opulation at
600

75.561
Life Expectancy Less than
BOP
400 $ 3000
Dai Tran

5.4%1
Unemployment 200
M o re than
Miriam Alvarado 6.8
$ 3000
0

GOVERNMENT & RELIGIONS
•Democratization began in 1989
•90% Catholic .
•The national government control 97% of the
state budget.

•Paraguay ranked 3rd most corrupt– drug
trafficking is a big part of this.

ECONOMY •Inflation rate is moderate 11%1.
Wate r (x)
•Informal labor accounts for half of the
•30% population live below $2/day.
workforce L ife Expe c tanc y
S anitation (x)
(x)
•GDP comes mostly from exporting E conomic S ectors1
agriculture, electricity and services. S ervice
A tte nde d births
Hung e r (x)
Agriculture
(x)
Indus try
4
•Lack of natural resources/fossil fuels Other
7
220V
ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY

86%4
Electrification
•Hydro-electricity producer with 2 largest plants
in the world, exporting 64 Billion Kwh/ year, but

46.5%4
Forest Cover
depends on foreign oil and gas
0.7 tons4 
CO2/capita
9
Itaipú: world
•Forrest occupies almost 50% the total area, but it’s
biggest
declining at a fast rate. 
23.1%1
GDP from agr.
hydroelectric
plant.
•No coastline.
HEALTH
•Distribution of health, and health access is
L ite rac y (x)
unequal –rural infant mortality is 2.5 times higher
than urban Educ ation Mobile
8
S pe nding (x) P hone s (x)
•HIV= 0.5%, Tuberculosis= 33%. *Abortions: illegal except as life Girls in
Inte rne t (x)
S c hool (x)
threatening. 4
•*Major infectious diseases: bacterial *Major drug traficking country in
diarrhea, Hepatitis A, Typhoid fever. South America.
EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY % Urban4
R elig ions P rac tic ed 1
•Literacy rate is high in both female and *Low ICT: only 34 internet, 54
1975 39 %
male (93% and 96%). landline, and 320 cellular users per
1000 people.
2005 58.5 % Protestant
•Half of paraguayan children drop out *Low Tech: Import all vehicles and Catholic
Christian
before 8th grade because of financial industrial machineries. 2015 64.4% None
impediments5 *Only 79 researchers per million.
6
1.CIA World Factbook 5. Paraguay: Social Issues Development Report, 2004 8. www.photiuscom
2.The Next Four Billion www.worldbank.org 9. UNESCO: www.portal.unesco.org/
3.Chapter 11: Appendix 6. www.antislavery.org
4.UNDP Human Development Report 7.MSN Encarta www.images.encart.msn.com/

Gini Coefficient1

Tanzania
(X% increase)9

0.35
$56.2B1 
GDP (at PPP) 1200

1000

$1,4005 
GDP per capita 800 % of Population at BOP
Name: Takeru Asakawa
600 Less than$3000
SID# 17452276 
471
Life Expectancy 400
Name: Joe Mazzella Morethan
200

12.7%8
Unemployment $3000
38
SID# 18814170 0

POVERTY
Size and spending of BOP
(No MOP exists)
Around 36% of Jamaicans live More than 40% of GDP comes from
below the poverty line1, and agriculture, which provides more than
the country depends on the 85% of exports, 80% of workforce.
outside world Poverty is mainly due to outdated
economic infrastructure(1).

HEALTH ABORTIONS(10) Water (4)
Yes = abortion permitted

Life Expectancy
To save the life of the woman Yes
AIDS9 Sanitation (4)
To preserve physical health Yes (1)
6.2% Population HIV+
To preserve mental health Yes
Rape or incest No
2ndleading cause of deaths for youth Foetal impairment No Attended births
Nutrition (4)
ages 15-24 Economic or social reasons No (4)
Available on request No
230Volts 50 Hertz
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

11%4
Electrification
Lack of overall development however has

40%4
Forest Cover
hampered the extraction of these various
resources, and even up to the present
0.1 tons4 
CO2/capita
there has been action on their part to
develop the natural resource sector but no

27%1
GDP from agr.
major quantifiable results9.

ED & TECH
Literacy (4)

Education Spending (4) Mobile Phones (4)

Girls in School (4) Internet (4)

LANDSCAPE % Urban4
Religions Practiced1
1975 11%
Tanzania is now a democratic, as the president and National
Assembly members are voted for 5 year terms. British rule came to
2005 24%
end in 1961, which right afterwards started on to become
Islam
democratic. 9 Indigeneous
2015 29% Christian
None

Sources:
8. BBC World Poverty 2008
Sources: Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/interact/2008/10/081016
1.CIA World Factbook 5. UNDP Human Development Report
6. Jamaica Observer, January 29th _yourstory_povertyuk.shtml
2.The Next Four Billion
9.
3.Earth Trends WRI 7.http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countri
http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/countries/tanzania.asp
4.UNDP Human Development Report es/lac/jamaica.html
?collID=11&id=1329&malID=1330&tbID=1331&hivIC=1323&m

UGBA-196 Spring 2009: Country Focus Research Portfolio Gini Coefficient5
Population (millions)
(1.29% increase)1
0.46
Peru $249.5 B1 
GDP (at PPP) 1200

1000

 % of Population at BOP
$8,5001
GDP per capita 800
Less than $3000
600

70.41
Life Expectancy 400
More than $3000
200
Monisha Ashok, Jean Lee 
8.3%1
Unemployment 29.2
0

POVERTY
Size and Spending of BOP/MOP
National poverty rate 49.0%5
Population living on less than $1 a day 15.5%5
Population living on less than $ 2 a day 41.4%5
Poverty rate in the urban population 40.4%5
Peru’s rapid expansion has lead to a decrease in
poverty by 15% since 2002.
Growth has been especially high due to high world prices of minerals and metals
and recent trade liberalization policies1.

HEALTH Major infectious diseases1:
Food/water borne: typhoid,
Public expenditures on health (% of GDP)4: 1.9 Water3
Hepatitis A
Health expenditures per capita (PPP US$)4: 235
Vector borne: malaria, yellow
Physicians (per 100,000)4: 117
fever, dengue fever Life Expectancy4 Sanitation3
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1000 live births)4: 27
Children underweight for age (% under age 5)4: 8 Total Fertility Rate: 2.42 (close to
replacement level fertility of 2) 1
Nutrition6 Attended births4
HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: 0.5% Contraceptive prevalence rate
82,000 people living with HIV/AIDS1 (% of married women 15-49)4: 71
4,200 deaths from HIV/AIDS1

72%4
Electrification
Population without electricity4: 7.7 million Mostly 220 V,
Energy consumption per capita (kW hours)4: 924 some 110 V

54%4
Forest Cover
As % of total primary energy supply4
Current environmental
Coal: 6.7 
1.1 tons4 
CO2/capita
problems include deforestation,
Oil: 53.5 
desertification, pollution of
Gas: 10.6 

8.4%1
GDP from agr.
rivers and coastal waters from
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power: 12. 8 
municipal and mining wastes.
Bio mass and waste: 16.4 

EDUCATION
Literacy4
Public expenditures on education
(as % of GDP)4: 2.4
Education
Combined gross enrollment ratio for primary, Mobile Phones1
Spending4
secondary, and tertiary education: 85.8%4
Expected number of years spent in school1: 14

Girls in School4 Internet1

LANDSCAPE AND HISTORY % Urban4
Peru was the center of the Incan Empire until
1975 61.5%
Spanish colonization in 1533. Peru declared its
Catholic
independence from Spain in 1821. After years of
2005 73%
military rule, Peru adopted democracy in 1980.1 Christian

The 25 regions and 1 province have a varied geography allowing it to shape the economy Other
2015 75%
by providing mineral resources, agricultural products, metals and fishing grounds. Unspecified/None

Sources: Sources:
1.CIA World Factbook 5. World Bank Earth Trends – Economic Indicators
2.The Next Four Billion 6. MDG indicators
3.WHO Joint Monitoring program - water supply and 7. National Economies Encyclopedia – Americas – Peru
sanitation 8. Living in Peru
4.UNDP Human Development Report

Gini Coefficient1
(2.025% increase)1

B1
GDP (at PPP) $317
0.44
Nigeria
1200

1000

 Distribution of Income2
$2,142 1
GDP per capita 800
% of Population at BOP

600

472
Life Expectancy 400
Less than $3000 More than $3000

200

N/A2
Unemployment 146,255,312
0

POVERTY3 Size and spending of
•92% of the population is living on less than $2 a day. BOP/MOP
•Percent of total income earned by the richest
20% of the population: 55.7%
•Percent of total income earned by the poorest
20% of the population: 4.4%
•National Poverty Rate 34.1%
•Poverty Rate, Urban Population 30.4%
HEALTH4
Water (3)
•Healthcare system consists of primary,
secondary and tertiary facilities. Life Expectancy (5) Sanitation (3)
•48% 1year olds were immunized
against TB in 2005 Nutrition (5) Attended births (2)
•13% contraceptive prevalence rate
(women 15-49)
•28 physicians per 100,000 people
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT (4,1)

46%4
Electrification
•Current issues: soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and

12.2%4
Forest Cover
water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has
suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid
0.9 tons4 
CO2/capita
urbanization
•They neither import and export electricity.

33%3
GDP from agr.
•In 2005 Biomass/waste was 78% of total primary energy
•supply
ED & TECH (4)
•56.2% of population is enrolled in education (2005) Literacy (4)
•61% male, 51% female
Education Spending (4) Mobile Phones (4)
•0.9% GDP is spent of Education
•38 internet users per 1000 in 2005 Girls in School (4) Internet (4)
•1.7% of exports=high tech

LANDSCAPE (4,1) % Urban4

1975 23.4%
•12.2% of land=forest area
•Slightly more than twice the size of 2005 48.2%
•CA
2015 55.9%
•equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
1.CIA World Factbook 5. 8. BBC World Poverty 2008
6. Jamaica Observer, January 29th
2.The Next Four Billion http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/interact/2008/10/081016
3.Earth Trends WRI 7.http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countri _yourstory_povertyuk.shtml
4.UNDP Human Development Report es/lac/jamaica.html 9. http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/40.html

Gini Coefficient
(1.3% increase)4

El Salvador 0.52

$45.3B1
GDP (at PPP) 1200

1000 Distribution of Income
$6,4004 
GDP per capita 800

600

721
Life Expectancy 400
Felix Boehme 20788990 200

6.4%1
Unemployment 7.1
Sean Gossage 18137719 0

POVERTY Per capita income is the fifth
Size and spending of
lowest in the Western
2.5 mm Salvadorians live in the BOP/MOP
Hemisphere.6
US. Remittances from these
Central American Free Trade
4.5mm $6bn
emigrants make up 17% of total
Agreement (CAFTA) between
GDP ($3.7bn). For 2 out of 10
70% 25.8%
the US and four C.A. countries
Salvadorans remittances are
expected to be key to
their main source of income.5
economic growth and
prosperity.7
HEALTH Malnutrition persisted in an
estimated 23% of children under
The principal causes of death
five as of 2000. However,
remain gastroenteritis,
immunization rates for children up
influenza, malaria, measles,
to one year old were quite high in
pneumonia, and bronchitis,
1997: tuberculosis, 93%;
caused or complicated by
diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus,
malnutrition, bad sanitation,
97%; polio, 96%; and measles,
and poor housing.
97%.9
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT 115V 
80%4
Electrification
El Salvador is highly polluted and
Recent studies have shown that
suffers from severe

14.4%4
Forest Cover
the Lempa river, the country's
environmental degradation. By
main potable water source, is
some estimates, only 59 percent 0.9 tons4 
CO2/capita
contaminated with dangerously
of the population has access to
high levels of mercury and other 
safe drinking water. That figure is 11.1%1
GDP from agr.
heavy metals.6
likely optimistic.

ED & TECH
educational level among the
The education system in El
rural population is 3.4 years.7
Salvador is weak; only 1 out of
Most wealthy Salvadorans
3 complete the ninth grade,
send their children to private
only 1 out of 5 complete high
schools or to schools
school (1998).
abroad.There is only one
Almost 17% of the population is
public university in the
illiterate; the average
country1
LANDSCAPE % Urban
El Salvador remains one of the The effect and threat of violent
‘75 41.5%
five most violent countries in the crime have led to increased Protestant
18% 22%
world. There is an average of ten isolation and the curtailment of Catholic
5%
‘05 59.8%
murders and a number of car- recreational opportunities, Other

jackings reported daily to the including popular beach None
‘15 63.2% 55%
Police. destinations.
Sources: 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NR8Lv0p7Uo
1.CIA World Factbook 8 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2033.htm
6.http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/
2.The Next Four Billion 9.http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/El-
Americas/El-Salvador-POVERTY-AND-WEALTH.html
3.Earth Trends WRI Salvador-HEALTH.html
7.http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2005/lac/s
4.UNDP Human Development Report v.html

Gini Coefficient2
(1.8% increase) 1

Mozambique 0.47

$20B1
GDP (at PPP) 1200

1000

 Distribution of Income3
$9001
GDP per capita 800

600

41.041
Life Expectancy 400 MOP/TOP 28.9%
Katie Borofka 18737639 200

21%1
Unemployment 21.284 BOP 71.1%
Elisa Tonfack 19871623 0

POVERTY Extremely high food
prices have Size and spending of
negatively affected
BOP/MOP3
the poorest (and the
most) of
Mozambique’s
population, forcing
69% of the population lives below the
many to resort to
poverty line.
cutting back the
The majority live in rural populations.11
quality and quantity
of food consumed.13

HEALTH Monday, June 11, 2007 : In
Malaria is
Water(10)
order to improve the health and
the primary
safety of women, policymakers
cause of in Mozambique have
mortality Life
announced that they will
Sanitation(10)
consider lifting the country's
among Expectancy(1)
ban on abortion.12
children. 11
On average, 500 new HIV infections occur every
day. Attended
Hunger(16)
Approximately 1.6 million Mozambicans are
Births(17)
living with HIV.10
220 Volts @ 50 Hertz7

18%4
Electrification
Currently, “Major projects in the
pipeline include a $5 billion oil The country is extremely

24.6%5
Forest Cover
refinery in Nacala and a second vulnerable to
major hydro-electric project on floods, droughts, and 0.1 tons6 
CO2/capita
the Zambezi River.”8 cyclones, which has led to

the displacement of 23.4%1
GDP from agr.
thousands of people. 11
Zambezi River
Radio Mocambique: state-
ED & TECH Primary Literacy(1)
run, operates national
school AntenaNacional network and
children provincial and local channels in
Education Mobile
painted Portuguese, English and many
Spending(1) Phones(1)
their indigenous languages.14
New cashew processing
dreams for technology, introduced in
better 2002 by a local
education entrepreneur and funded Girls in
Internet(1)
last July.10 by USAID.15 School(10)
2
LANDSCAPE % Urban
Politics… Catholic
Mozambique gained
Prime Minister Luisa Diogo insists that perceptions of Muslim
independence in 1975 ‘75 4.32%
Africa should change “because today's Africa is a new
from Portugal, but it Zionist
Africa, where business opportunities are flourishing,
wasn’t until 1990 that Christian
‘05 32%
where investments are being made in education, other
it instituted a
health and infrastructures, and where there is
democratic
‘15 70%
permanent accountability before the African Union.”9 none
government.1
1. CIA World Factbook 7. Treehousehttp://treehouse.ofb.net/go/en/voltage/Mozambique 12. Mozambique Considers Lifting Abortion Ban to Protect Women's Lives
2. Nation Master http://www.nationmaster.com 8. Farming to bolster Mozambique GDP in 2009 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/11/18426821.php
3. The Next Four Billion http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8336442 13. UN Mozambique http://unmozambique.org
4. Electricity sector reform in Mozambique 9. Mozambique: Diogo criticizes poor perceptions of Africa 14. BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.sciencedirect.com http://allafrica.com/stories/200902020058.html 15. USAID http://usaid.gov
5. 10. UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/mozambique 16. World Food Programme
Mongabayhttp://rainforests.mongabay.com/20mozambi 11. WHO http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=508
que.htm http://www.who.int/hac/crises/moz/background/Mozambique_Sept05.pdf 17. Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Countries/Mozambique.aspx

Gini Coefficient
Population (millions)
UGBA-196 Spring 2009: Country Focus Research Portfolio
(0.6% increase)9
.47
China 
$7.8T1
GDP (at PPP) 1.3B
1300

1200

$6,1003  % of Population at
GDP per capita 1000
Less than
BOP
800
 $3000
72/757
Central Life Expectancy 600
More than
Alean Daniel 400

4.2%1 $3000
Unemployment
Michelle Wu 200
0

POVERTY Spending of BOP/MOP
Resource prices have been
consistently rising, imposing
pressure on farmers and
people. Gas on average
increased 11%. Jiangxi and 5
Henan’s farming resources
increased around 65%. 6

HEALTH Water
Pressing diseases:
Life
China ranks first for Sanitation
1. Food and waterborne 2. 3. 30 million out of
Expectancy
percentage of adult
disease such as 340 million under
population that
bacterial diarrhea, 17 suffer from
Attended
smokes with 67%
hepatitis A and typhoid mental and or Nutrition
of adults smoking.9
fever1 births
behavioral
1. H5N1 problems. 10
2. Bird Flu
220 – 240 Volts

99%2
Electrification
In 2006, central China’s
industrial work growth was China is predicted to be the

21.2%2
Forest Cover
21.41%, $9169.55 world’s largest emitter of
billion, leading all parts of greenhouse gases by 2010
China. Electronic resources affecting climate change.
3.8 tons2 
are becoming The authorities show no CO2/capita
scarce, putting a constraint concern for mitigating this
on its economic growth. 6 pollution. 11 
10.6%1
GDP from agr.
ED & TECH
1/6 of the population student 300m internet users
aged. 20m students alone are according to CNNIC. China
in higher education. There is monitors internet usage and
stiff competition for entrance silences critics of the
into universities, a national government. Google provides
exam is required.10 a separate censored search
engine.
LANDSCAPE % Urban

Situated between resource-rich western regions and booming ‘75 17.4%
eastern regions, it is poised to become a manufacturing base for
both finished goods and raw materials. It is also being developed
‘05 40.4%
to be a transportation hub and major grain producer.

‘15 49.2%
Sources: Sources:
Sources:
5. 中部地区各省宏观税负差异的实证分析[1].pdf 9. http://www.nationmaster.com
1.CIA World Factbook
6. 当前中部地区经济发展的问题与建议[1].pdf 10.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/1482
7. World Health Organization (WHO) 6.php
3.CIA World Factbook
8. http://www.wpro.who.int/countries/2008/chn/ 11. BBC World Poverty 2008
4.http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/40.html

UGBA-196 Spring 2009: Country Focus Research Portfolio
 Distribution of Income
GDP (at PPP) $34.23B

Uganda
% of Population at BOP

 Gini
GDP per capita $1,100
Coefficient
Less
than
$3000

0.46
minu


49.71
Life Expectancy More
than
$3000

Brittany Deyan, David Dinh

Unemployment 3.2%

Poverty
Size and spending of
Income:
BOP/MOP
Around 37.7% of Ugandans live below the poverty line
and the country, being land locked, depends on the
outside world.

Dependency:
31.8% of Uganda’s imports are from Kenya, Uganda’s
largest import partner

Water

Health
AIDS Access:
4.1% HIV/AIDS prevalence rate Sanitation: 42% Life Expectancy Sanitation

1.7% of the population has Drugs: 50%
AIDS
Physicians: .8/1000
78,000 deaths from HIV in 2003
Abortion:Illegal under the following conditions:
1. If women is raped or incest 2. Economic or social Hunger Attended births
reasons

Children & Education

9%4
Electrification
School Orphans:

18.4%4
Forest Cover
Primary level enrollment: 56% Nearly half of the 2
million orphans are due
Secondary level enrollment:

to AIDS.
.1 tons4
CO2/capita
12%
Tertiary level enrollment: 3% Night Commuters:

29%1
GDP from agr.
Around 40,000 unaccompanied children “night commute”
Youth Literacy: 76.6% each night to escape the LRA.

Literacy
Landscape and Environment
Physical Landscape:
The Nile River starts at the base of Uganda and flows
Education Spending Mobile Phones
north to the mediterranean sea.

Political Environment:
Uganda’s current President, Yoweri Museveni, came into power in 1986. The country
has been in a civil war for the last 22 years between the Lord’s Resistance Army and
the Ugandan government.The war has been named the worst humanitarian crisis in the
Girls in School Internet
world today.

Uganda Today % Urban
1
Religions Practiced

Displacement: 1.8 million Internally Displaced
‘75 7%
Persons (IDPs) Roman Catholic

Water & Sanitation: access to as little as 4.6 Protestant

‘05 12.6%
liters of water per day. Toilet facilities are also over Muslim

capacity or non-existent other

‘15 14.5%
Aid & Development: When peace comes, the
challenge for development begins.

1.CIA World Factbook 5. UNDP Human Development Report 8. BBC World Poverty 2008
2.The Next Four Billion 6. Vanguard- vanguard.invisiblechildren.com 9. Resolve Uganda
3.Earth Trends WRI 7. Invisible Children- invisiblechildren.com 10. Unicef

Gini Coefficient1
(1.6% increase)4

Bangladesh $228.4B1 
0.33
GDP (at PPP) 1200

1000
$1,5001 
GDP per capita 800

600

63.11
Life Expectancy 400


200
Nicole Ferris 2.5%1
Unemployment 3.7
0

POVERTY Size and spending of BOP/MOP
45% live below the poverty line2
30% live on less than US$1 per day2
•½ of GDP is generated through the
service sector yet 2/3 of population
is employed in agriculture.
•Rice is the single-most-important product.1

98.2% kids-under- 5 vaccinated
HEALTH
for polio in ’07to keep country
Morbidity Rates7:
polio free.7
1.Diarrhea 15.9%
95% pop. received Vitamin A
2.Intestinal Worm 7.38%
Supplements7
3.Skin Diseases 9.3%
Tobacco control in textbooks in
4.Anemia 9.92%
20107
220V
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT Banned plastic

32%4
Electrification
bags2
80% of country’s electricity is produced using gas8

6.7%4
Forest Cover
Shortage of over 250 mil. cubic feet of gas per day8
Only 500,000 internet users in ’071 0.3 tons4 
CO2/capita
$100 million loan from World Bank8 for solar plant and 
19.1%1
GDP from agr.
other renewable energy. (June 2009)

PEOPLE &
CULTURE

LANDSCAPE % Urban4
Obstacles to growth12:
Natural Hazards10: mismanaged ports, labor 1975 9.9%
Droughts, Cyclones & Floods. force > # of jobs, inefficient
use of energy, political 2005 25.1%
Limited access to potable water. corruption & weak
Water pollution from pesticides.10 2015 29.9%
governance.

1.CIA World Factbook 5. http://www.wssinfo.org/en/watquery.html 9. http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/40.html
2.http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh 6. MDG Indicators 10. http://www.discoverybangladesh.com
3.Earth Trends WRI 7.Country Health System Profile-WHO 11. Bangla 2000
4.UNDP Human Development Report 8. Planet Ark http://planetark.org/wen/51261 12. World Bank

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