Country Care Snapshots

Uganda

Children at Risk of Separation
Effective
Children at Risk of Separation
  • Children Living Below Poverty Line
    23 %
    Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda 2019 (MGLSD & UNICEF, 2019)
  • Children Engaged in Child Labor
    15 %
    UBOS (2018). National Labour Force Survey 2016/17. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Bureau of Statistics
  • Children with Disabilities
    7.5 %
    UBOS and UNICEF (2018) Uganda Functional Difficulties Survey: Indicators Report. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
  • Left Behind Children (Migraion)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children Affected by HIV
    950,000 children
    CDC, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
  • Children Experiencing Violence
    59 %
    MGLSD (2018). Uganda Violence Against Children Survey. Kampala: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Children Who Have Lost One or Both Parents
    9.1 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Who Are Not Living with Either of their Biological Parents
    19.9 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Living Below Poverty Line
    23 %
    Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda 2019 (MGLSD & UNICEF, 2019)
  • Children Engaged in Child Labor
    15 %
    UBOS (2018). National Labour Force Survey 2016/17. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Bureau of Statistics
  • Children with Disabilities
    7.5 %
    UBOS and UNICEF (2018) Uganda Functional Difficulties Survey: Indicators Report. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
  • Left Behind Children (Migraion)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children Affected by HIV
    950,000 children
    CDC, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
  • Children Experiencing Violence
    59 %
    MGLSD (2018). Uganda Violence Against Children Survey. Kampala: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Children Who Have Lost One or Both Parents
    9.1 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Who Are Not Living with Either of their Biological Parents
    19.9 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Living Below Poverty Line
    23 %
    Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda 2019 (MGLSD & UNICEF, 2019)
  • Children Engaged in Child Labor
    15 %
    UBOS (2018). National Labour Force Survey 2016/17. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Bureau of Statistics
  • Children with Disabilities
    7.5 %
    UBOS and UNICEF (2018) Uganda Functional Difficulties Survey: Indicators Report. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
  • Left Behind Children (Migraion)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children Affected by HIV
    950,000 children
    CDC, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
  • Children Experiencing Violence
    59 %
    MGLSD (2018). Uganda Violence Against Children Survey. Kampala: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Children Who Have Lost One or Both Parents
    9.1 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Who Are Not Living with Either of their Biological Parents
    19.9 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Living Below Poverty Line
    23 %
    Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda 2019 (MGLSD & UNICEF, 2019)
  • Children Engaged in Child Labor
    15 %
    UBOS (2018). National Labour Force Survey 2016/17. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Bureau of Statistics
  • Children with Disabilities
    7.5 %
    UBOS and UNICEF (2018) Uganda Functional Difficulties Survey: Indicators Report. Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
  • Left Behind Children (Migraion)
  • Ethnic Minority children
  • Children Affected by HIV
    950,000 children
    CDC, 2018
  • Street Connected Children
  • Children Experiencing Violence
    59 %
    MGLSD (2018). Uganda Violence Against Children Survey. Kampala: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Children Who Have Lost One or Both Parents
    9.1 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016
  • Children Who Are Not Living with Either of their Biological Parents
    19.9 %
    Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016