@StatisticsUg releases the 2019/20 Household Survey. Although overall poverty reduced to 20.3% from 21.4% in 2017, Acholi sub-region has registered a high increase in poverty from 33% to 68%. This is huge given that the war ended 15yrs ago and the region has been growing fast.
I’m told by a colleague (top economist) from the region that in 2020 most of the Acholi was badly hit by floods that washed away huts and gardens. As a result crop harvest was very poor.
The Covid shock also impacted heavily on poverty. Pre-Covid numbers had converged back to the 2010 level of 19% but it increased to 22% during Covid, leading to an overall poverty rate of 20.3%.
Another area to watch is Kigezi sub-region. Poverty increased there to 27.8% from 12% in 2016/17. For Busoga, although the proportion of the Basoga in poverty reduced, at 14.5% they remain the largest contributors to poverty in Uganda, followed by Acholi 10.3% & Buganda 8.1%.
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