Uganda’s GDP expands by 13 per cent, says finance minister

Uganda said its gross domestic product has expanded by 13 per cent after it rebased its calculation to incorporate new sectors in the economy.
The east African country’s GDP stood at Ush68.4 trillion ($24.69 billion) at the end of the 2013/14 financial year, after the rebasing, the finance ministry said on Friday, from a previous estimate of Ush60.5 trillion.

The ministry said it changed the base year for its GDP calculations to 2009/10 from 2002.
Uganda follows in the footsteps of other sub-Saharan African countries including Nigeria and Kenya which have rebased their economies to try to capture the output of new sectors like information technology and entertainment services.