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Uganda

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  • Uganda has a population of about 51.4M; its total GDP of $62B ranks #88 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 246,853 km² is about 1.3× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Fixed broadband stands out most against the median: 0.2 per 100 — rank #150 of 168 countries with data.

Uganda: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 51.4M (2025) #31 / 169 median 11.5M · 4.5×
Population growth 2.7% (2025) #21 / 169 median 1.1% · 2.5×
Urban population share 31.9% (2025) #151 / 169 median 63.8% · 50%
Population aged 65+ 2.2% (2025) #164 / 169 median 7.4% · 30%
Fertility rate 4.2 (2024) #19 / 169 median 2.1 · 2.0×
Birth rate 34.4‰ (2024) #11 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 2.2×
Death rate 4.8‰ (2024) #155 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 67%
Net migration -119.1K (2025) #156 / 169 N/A
Surface area 246,853 km² #80 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.3×
Population density derived 208/km² (2025) #29 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 2.8×
Economy
GDP (total) $62B (2025) #88 / 168 median $80.7B · 77%
GDP per capita $1,206 (2025) #144 / 168 median $6,834 · 18%
GNI per capita $1,120 (2025) #147 / 168 median $6,350 · 18%
GDP growth (annual) 6.3% (2025) #26 / 168 median 3.1% · 2.1×
Inflation rate 3.6% (2025) #71 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.1×
Unemployment rate 2.7% (2025) #141 / 168 median 5.1% · 53%
Gini index 42.7 (2019) #28 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 59.8% (2019) #10 / 153 median 2.5% · 24×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 21.4% (2025) #123 / 163 median 35.0% · 61%
Imports share of GDP 28.8% (2025) #116 / 163 median 40.2% · 71%
Agriculture share of GDP 26.1% (2025) #19 / 168 median 7.2% · 3.6×
Manufacturing share of GDP 14.5% (2025) #46 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.3×
International tourist arrivals 473K (2020) #118 / 162 median 1.1M · 42%
Tourism receipts $518M (2020) #94 / 165 median $705M · 73%
Health & education
Life expectancy 68.5 years (2024) #124 / 169 median 73.8 years · 93%
Infant mortality 35.9‰ (2024) #30 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 2.8×
Under-five mortality 48.7‰ (2024) #30 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 3.1×
DPT immunization 91.0% (2024) #81 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 0.5 per 1,000 (2010) #151 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 25%
Health spending share of GDP 4.2% (2023) #125 / 165 median 6.5% · 65%
Secondary school enrollment 24.1% (2007) #160 / 167 median 90.5% · 27%
Education spending share of GDP 2.6% (2022) #137 / 165 median 4.1% · 62%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.582 (2023) #130 / 165 median 0.754 · 77%
Internet users 8.9% (2024) #166 / 169 median 81.5% · 11%
Mobile subscriptions 83.2 per 100 (2024) #131 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 71%
Fixed broadband 0.2 per 100 (2024) #150 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2%
Electricity access 55.3% (2024) #147 / 169 median 99.9% · 55%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 0.2 t (2024) #154 / 165 median 2.6 t · 6%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 8.3 Mt (2024) #114 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 39%
Renewable electricity share 90.0% (2021) #17 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.6×
Renewable energy consumption 90.9% (2022) #6 / 169 median 26.9% · 3.4×
Forest area 11.0% (2023) #129 / 169 median 32.4% · 34%
Agricultural land 71.9% (2023) #16 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.7×
Arable land 34.4% (2023) #19 / 168 median 11.0% · 3.1×
PM2.5 exposure 31.2 µg/m³ (2023) #45 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.6×
Military spending 1.9% (2024) #74 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.0×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Uganda's true-shape outline

Uganda's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 246,853 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).