Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportTable 7.9: Distribution of MSE employment Enterprise Type by IndustryNumber of Per Percent DistributionType of Industry Enterprises Micro Small TotalWholesale & Retail Trade, Motor VehicleRepairs 665.2 63.7 49.2 63.2Manufacturing 205.0 19.3 25.5 19.5Transport, Storage and Communication 66.0 6.4 2.4 6.3Community & Social services 26.0 2.5 2.7 2.5Hotels and Restaurants 24.4 2.2 5.5 2.3Construction 16.8 1.5 4.8 1.6Education 13.3 1.2 2.7 1.3Others 35.4 3.2 7.2 3.4Total 1,052.1 100 100 100Trade includes wholesale, retail, motor vehicle repairsMajority of theMSEs employone person.7.7.3 Employment by MSEsThe employment by MSEs includes employees and working proprietors. Table 7.10shows that the MSEs were employing a total of 1.7 million persons countrywide, givingan average of 1.6 employees per enterprise. The distribution of the MSE employees isnot even across the regions.Close to two in every 5 persons employed in an MSE were females. Nearly half (48percent) of persons engaged in enterprises in Northern region were women implyingthat women had almost equal chances to those of men of being engaged inenterprises in Northern region. In other regions, the percentage of women engaged inenterprises was very close at 38 percent, 36 percent and 39 percent for Western,Eastern and Central region respectively.Table 7.10: Employment of MSEs by Residence and RegionNo ofShare ofLocation Employees National Total % FemaleResidenceRural 6,175 0.4 37.2Urban 1,694,453 99.6 39.8RegionCentral 637,230 37.5 39.7Central (Excl Kampala) 456,728 26.9 39.0Eastern 421,986 24.8 36.2Northern 265,282 15.6 48.3Western 376,130 22.1 37.9Total 1,700,628 100 39.881