Uganda
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 51.4M (2025). World rank 31 of 216; in Africa, 9 of 54. Area: 241,550 km². World rank 82 of 249; in Africa, 33 of 59. GDP per person: $1,206 (2025). World rank 189 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 33 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 37.5M → 51.4M, GDP $32.4B → $62B, and GDP per person $863 → $1,206. Better than all its neighbours (DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Tanzania): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Uganda
- Local name
- Uganda
- Capital
- Kampala
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Yoweri Museveni
- Head of government
- Nabbanja Robinah
- Independence
- October 9, 1962
- Women in parliament
- 34% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 51,384,894 2025
- Area
- 241,550 km²
- GDP
- $62B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,206 2025
- Life expectancy
- 68.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Currency
- Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +256
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 911, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania
- Agricultural land
- 80.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Stanley, 5,110 m
- Lowest point
- Lake Albert, 614 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 22
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 24°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- June, 21°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,180 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 212.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 31.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -119.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 43.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 54.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 71.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 65.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 34.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 4.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 45.1%, Catholic 39.3%, Muslim 13.7%, and other 1.6% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 47.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 25.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 46 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 45.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 39.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $3,488 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +6.3% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,120 2025
- Inflation
- +3.6% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 35 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 26.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 24.3% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 42.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.8% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 4.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 75.6% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 21.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 28.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -5.2% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +5.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 12.6% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 38.2 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 54.4% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 77% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 106% 2017
- Secondary school enrolment
- 24.1% 2007
- Higher education enrolment
- 4.6% 2014
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.6% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.2% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $45 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 32.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.3 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2010
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 90% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 35.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 48.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 170 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 4.9% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 2.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 23.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 7.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 63% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 23.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 2% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 9 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 29.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 50.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 31.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 12% 2024
- Protected areas
- 16.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 824 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 5.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 83 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .ug
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 55.3% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 99 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 90.9% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 90% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 2.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 21,650 2023
- Airports
- 39 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,244 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 81 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 1,424 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 22 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.9% 2024