Country
Uganda
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Kampala
- ISO code
- UG · UGA
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 51.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 2,980 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 68.5 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 51.4M 2025 31st of 214
- Population density 249 people/km² 2024 52nd of 212
- Population growth 2.70 % per year 2025 21st of 214
- Natural increase 30.4 per 1,000 people 2023 10th of 228
- Net migration -2.3 per 1,000 people 2025 165th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.16 births per woman 2024 19th of 214
- Urban population 31.9 % 2025 189th of 214
- Median age 16.5 years 2023 219th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.2 % 2025 209th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 4.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 209th of 214
- Children under 15 43.1 % 2025 10th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 68.5 years 2024 164th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 71.4 years 2024 160th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 65.5 years 2024 165th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.9 years 2024 63rd of 214
- Infant mortality 35.9 per 1,000 births 2024 31st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 48.7 per 1,000 births 2024 31st of 195
- Maternal mortality 170 per 100,000 births 2023 44th of 193
- Health spending per person 45 USD 2023 174th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 139 $ (PPP) 2023 170th of 191
- Physicians 0.19 per 1,000 people 2022 152nd of 179
- Hospital beds 0.5 per 1,000 people 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 90 % 2024 91st of 191
- Undernourishment 20.9 % 2024 22nd of 165
- Tobacco use 7.5 % 2024 150th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,378 kcal per day 2023 157th of 175
- Meat supply 10.8 kg per person per year 2023 163rd of 175
Economy
- GDP 62B USD 2025 88th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,206 USD 2025 166th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 2,980 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 168th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,122 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 143rd of 165
- GDP growth 6.3 % 2025 25th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.5 % 2025 60th of 185
- Inflation 3.6 % 2025 67th of 169
- Unemployment 2.7 % 2025 151st of 181
- Youth unemployment 4.2 % 2025 161st of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 13.8 % 2021 98th of 150
- Trade 43 % of GDP 2024 143rd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 38.2 2023 52nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 54.4 % 2023 10th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 24.6 % of GDP 2024 19th of 187
- Women in the labour force 75.6 % 2025 9th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.582 2023 156th of 192
- Literacy rate 77.0 % 2024 86th of 122
- Education spending 2.6 % of GDP 2022 137th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 24 % 2007 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 5 % 2014 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 53 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 34.1 % 2025 50th of 183
- Homicide rate 10.0 per 100,000 people 2020 27th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 9 % 2024 181st of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 76 per 100 people 2023 146th of 172
- Fixed broadband 0.1 per 100 people 2023 160th of 169
- Access to electricity 55.3 % 2024 189th of 212
- Safe drinking water 18 % 2024 138th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 20 % 2024 123rd of 140
- Research and development 0.44 % of GDP 2023 53rd of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 8.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 117th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 182nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.13 t CO₂ 2024 206th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 139th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.1 t CO₂e 2024 178th of 201
- Forest area 11.9 % of land 2024 157th of 208
- Water stress 6 % 2022 113th of 176
- Arable land 43.6 % of land 2024 11th of 205
- Renewable energy 91.0 % of final energy 2021 5th of 210
- Renewable electricity 97.1 % of electricity 2024 12th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 2.9 % of electricity 2024 103rd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 59 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 178th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 116 kWh 2024 174th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 31.2 µg/m³ 2023 46th of 199
Uganda on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSwahili, English · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldUgandan shilling (UGX)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType G · 240 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world7 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map2 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)