Uganda, year by year

Every index this site holds for Uganda, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.342 in 1990 to 0.582 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 68.5 years2024at birthUp 13.6 years from 54.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 9%2024of people onlineUp 6 points from 3% in 2006
Urban population: 32%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 17 points from 15% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.172024births per womanDown 2.36 from 6.53 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 91%2022of energy usedDown 4 points from 95% in 2004
Access to electricity: 55%2024of people with electricityUp 46 points from 9% in 2005
Infant mortality: 362024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 31 from 67 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 11%2023of land under forestDown 4 points from 15% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.342	47.6	—	—	7.01	96.6	—	107	0.1	17.9	—	—
1991	0.345	47.5	—	10.0	6.94	96.6	6	105	0.1	17.7	—	—
1992	0.339	47.7	—	10.2	6.91	96.7	—	103	0.1	17.5	—	—
1993	0.347	47.7	—	10.4	6.89	96.8	—	101	0.0	17.3	—	—
1994	0.350	47.7	—	10.6	6.90	97.3	1	99	0.0	17.1	—	—
1995	0.356	47.7	0.0	10.7	6.87	96.5	7	98	0.1	16.9	—	—
1996	0.367	47.8	0.0	10.9	6.84	96.3	3	97	0.1	16.7	—	—
1997	0.376	48.0	0.0	11.1	6.86	95.9	4	96	0.1	16.4	—	—
1998	0.386	48.3	0.1	11.2	6.84	95.4	5	95	0.1	16.2	—	—
1999	0.398	49.0	0.1	11.4	6.83	95.5	6	92	0.1	16.0	—	—
2000	0.407	49.6	0.2	11.6	6.79	95.3	7	89	0.1	15.8	—	—
2001	0.418	50.6	0.2	11.9	6.76	95.5	9	86	0.1	15.6	—	—
2002	0.432	51.4	0.4	12.2	6.74	95.6	8	81	0.1	15.4	—	—
2003	0.446	52.4	0.5	12.6	6.67	95.6	11	77	0.1	15.2	—	—
2004	0.461	53.7	0.7	13.1	6.61	95.3	12	72	0.1	15.0	—	—
2005	0.470	54.9	1.7	13.8	6.53	94.5	9	67	0.1	14.8	—	—
2006	0.481	56.1	2.5	14.6	6.43	94.2	9	63	0.1	14.6	347	1660
2007	0.492	57.3	3.7	15.5	6.33	94.1	15	59	0.1	14.4	401	1795
2008	0.502	58.3	3.9	16.5	6.20	94.1	16	55	0.1	14.2	473	1931
2009	0.509	59.2	4.1	17.6	6.12	94.3	10	53	0.1	14.0	799	2015
2010	0.514	60.0	4.3	18.8	6.02	93.6	12	50	0.1	13.7	823	2092
2011	0.522	60.8	4.6	20.1	5.89	93.3	15	47	0.1	13.5	836	2268
2012	0.526	61.6	4.8	21.4	5.73	93.4	21	44	0.1	13.3	795	2032
2013	0.532	62.4	5.1	22.7	5.56	93.1	14	43	0.1	13.1	818	2045
2014	0.539	63.1	5.4	24.2	5.41	92.4	20	42	0.1	12.9	896	2134
2015	0.547	63.8	5.7	25.0	5.25	91.7	19	40	0.1	12.7	863	2190
2016	0.553	64.5	5.9	25.7	5.11	91.4	27	39	0.1	12.5	753	2165
2017	0.557	65.2	7.4	26.4	4.99	91.3	32	38	0.2	12.3	765	2158
2018	0.563	65.8	9.3	27.1	4.87	90.5	42	37	0.2	12.1	792	2312
2019	0.569	66.3	11.7	27.8	4.74	90.5	41	37	0.2	11.9	822	2441
2020	0.571	66.4	7.4	28.5	4.62	91.6	42	37	0.2	11.7	846	2532
2021	0.573	66.5	10.0	29.2	4.51	91.0	45	36	0.2	11.4	883	2685
2022	0.578	67.7	9.6	29.9	4.39	90.9	47	37	0.2	11.3	963	2919
2023	0.582	68.3	9.3	30.6	4.28	—	52	36	0.2	11.0	1002	3100
2024	—	68.5	8.9	31.3	4.17	—	55	36	0.2	—	1078	3278
2025	—	—	—	31.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	1206	3488
On the profile	0.582	68.5	8.9	31.9	4.17	90.9	—	—	0.2	11.0	1206	3488

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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