Poverty in Uganda

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Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than US$2.50 purchasing power parity. Uganda has made significant progress in eradicating poverty and achieved the first millennium development goal of halving the number of people in extreme poverty.^[1] Uganda was listed as the 9th most successful country in Africa as regards poverty eradication.^[2] The percentage of Ugandans living in absolute poverty has been on a substantial decline, and the finance ministry in the country projected that the extreme poverty level will be reduced to 10% in the future.^[1] This success has been attributed to the deliberate efforts to combat poverty in the country by numerous national strategies that are explained below.