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🇺🇬 Uganda
Republic of Uganda
UGA UG Sh Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Every statistic we track for Uganda — 107 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$4,192
59.8 yrs
4.49
0.17
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 72.8% | #71/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 72.8% | #70/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 2.1 | #150/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -3.9% | #124/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 9.3% | #125/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 70.6% | #22/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 3,757.3 | #10/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #224/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -5.9% | #156/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 73.4 | #89/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 208.4 | #82/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 1,476 | #167/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 2,122 | #143/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 4,192 | #166/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 3.9% | #44/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 55% | #87/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 1,503 | #165/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 1,503 | #165/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 4% | #77/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 3.6 | #122/130 | 2023 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 51.3% | #56/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 67.7% | #4/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 7.5% | #5/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.1% | #84/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 101,995,416,951 | #83/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 4.2 | #19/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 17.1 | #226/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 36.8 | #35/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 49.7 | #32/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 264.1 | #58/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 12,792 | #60/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 31.3% | #189/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 51.5% | #192/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 8.9% | #181/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 70.1 | #174/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 29.8% | #53/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 8.4% | #176/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 4.1 | #113/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 4.9 | #31/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 4.4% | #143/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 32.5% | #143/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 27.6 | #53/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 59.8 | #169/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 66.4 | #145/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 11.6 | #53/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 8.3% | #149/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 22% | #21/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 54 | #151/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 6.7 | #118/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.2 | #183/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 497 | #119/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 97.1% | #12/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 42 | #128/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 11.9 | #40/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 16 | #70/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 82.5% | #92/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 31.6% | #108/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.2 | #149/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 53.3% | #14/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 13.4% | #26/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 6.5 | #20/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 44.2 | #120/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 2.8 | #129/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 67.6% | #74/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 4.5 | #118/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.9 | #70/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1 | #134/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #41/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.4 | #109/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0 | #131/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.2 | #90/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #158/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 9.6% | #89/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 80.9% | #86/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 85.5% | #44/143 | 2018 |
| Signed a Petition | 20.9% | #40/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 20.1% | #25/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 6.6 | #9/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.8 | #18/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 4.5 | #29/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 68.8% | #95/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 66.1% | #69/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.7 | #41/153 | 2017 |
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