Uganda Uganda

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Uganda, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 241,550 Km2.

Uganda, with a population of 42,460,000 people, it is ranked at 35º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 176 people per km2.

It's capital is Kampala and its currency is Ugandan shillings

Uganda is holding the 92 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 22,154 millions of euros (23,348 millions of dollars), ( 48.4% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €522 euros per inhabitant$550 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Uganda was on September of 2024 and it was 3%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Uganda, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.525 points in 2021, leaving it in 167th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Uganda are business, you must know it's in the 116th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Uganda, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Kampala: Monthly Rainfall
Uganda Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€45,903M
Annual GDP [+]2023$49,273M
GDP per capita [+]2023€1,081
GDP per capita [+]2023$1,160
Debt (M.€.) [+]202222,154
Debt ($M) [+]202223,348
Debt (%GDP) [+]202248.40%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€522
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$550
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-2,676
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-2,820
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-5.85%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20229,086.4
Expenditure ($M) [+]20229,576.0
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,171.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,257.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20238.63%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2021379.6
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2021448.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20214.88%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022943.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022993.9
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202210.06%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202219.85%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€214
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$226
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023€28
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023$30
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€8
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021$10
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€22
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$23
S&P Rating [+]10/06/2023B-
Fitch Rating [+]06/28/2019B+
Corruption Index [+]202226
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019115º
Fragile States Index [+]201895.1
RTI Raking [+]202246º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018103º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$1.6
NMW [+]2022€1.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]201781º
Markets
Euro / Ugandan shillings [+]10/03/20244,044.2300
US Dollar exchange rate [+]10/03/20243,666.9100
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]September 20243.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]08/08/202410.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020116º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2019832
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.06
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201513.81
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202112.2%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201218.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202040.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20181,505,000
Exports [+]2023€5,698.8M
Exports [+]2023$6,162.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202312.42%
Imports [+]2023€11,244.4M
Imports [+]2023$12,158.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202324.50%
Trade balance [+]2023€-5,545.6M
Trade balance [+]2023$-5,996.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-12.08%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201588º
Density [+]2021176
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023124º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,374.9
% Immigrant [+]20204.17%
% Emigrant [+]20201.90%
Birth Rate [+]202236.22‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017208.8
Crude death rate [+]20225.58‰
Fertility Rate [+]20224.47
% risk of poverty [+]201920.3%
Population [+]202142,460,000
Immigrant stock [+]20201,720,313
Emigrant stock [+]2020781,440
HDI [+]20210.525
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202378º
Life expectancy [+]202263.64
Suicides [+]20152,791
Suicide rate [+]20157.86
Number of homicides [+]20224,143
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20228.77
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20220.15
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20212,500.0
Consumption GWh [+]20223,971
Generation GWh [+]20225,386
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20243,632
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024172,154
Fully vaccinated [+]05/28/202313,061,126
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/202485.54
Doses administered [+]05/28/202326,406,936