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 95 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 18,789 millions of euros (22,237 millions of dollars), ( 51.76% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €443 euros per inhabitant$524 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Uganda was on February of 2023 and it was 9.2%.

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

Kampala: Monthly Temp.
Kampala: Monthly Rainfall
Uganda Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€36,297M
Annual GDP [+]2021$42,959M
GDP per capita [+]2021€855
GDP per capita [+]2021$1,012
Debt (M.€.) [+]202118,789
Debt ($M) [+]202122,237
Debt (%GDP) [+]202151.76%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€443
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$524
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-2,810
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-3,326
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-7.74%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20217,915.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]20219,367.7
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020990.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20201,130.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201811.25%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017270.1
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017305.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20175.14%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021879.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20211,041.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.87%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202121.81%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€186
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$221
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€24
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$27
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€5
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$6
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€21
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$25
S&P Rating [+]12/09/2022B
Fitch Rating [+]06/28/2019B+
Corruption Index [+]202226
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019115º
Fragile States Index [+]201895.1
RTI Raking [+]09/28/201846º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018103º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$1.6
NMW [+]2022€1.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]201781º
Markets
Euro / Ugandan shillings [+]03/31/20234,115.8900
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/31/20233,778.1300
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20239.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]10/06/202210.00%
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) [+]202011.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201218.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202040.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20181,505,000
Exports [+]2021€3,551.3M
Exports [+]2021$4,200.2M
Exports % GDP [+]20219.78%
Imports [+]2021€7,394.2M
Imports [+]2021$8,745.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202120.37%
Trade balance [+]2021€-3,842.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$-4,544.9M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-10.59%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201588º
Density [+]2021176
Global Peace Ranking [+]2022121º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,374.9
% Immigrant [+]20194.35%
% Emigrant [+]20191.85%
Birth Rate [+]202037.25‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017208.8
Crude death rate [+]20205.85‰
Fertility Rate [+]20204.69
% risk of poverty [+]201920.3%
Population [+]202142,460,000
Immigrant stock [+]20191,734,166
Emigrant stock [+]2019734,951
HDI [+]20210.525
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202261º
Life expectancy [+]202062.85
Suicides [+]20152,791
Suicide rate [+]20157.86
Number of homicides [+]20204,460
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20209.75
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.14
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20212,500.0
Consumption GWh [+]20213,073
Generation GWh [+]20214,401
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/29/20233,632
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/29/2023170,491
Fully vaccinated [+]03/26/202313,043,107
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/29/202385.54
Doses administered [+]03/26/202326,406,936