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GDP (PPP) per capita (2023): 3,097.64 Int. Dollar | Population (2023): 48,656,601 | HDI (2023): 0.58 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
172
Score: 34.4
Vulnerability
0.536
Readiness
0.224
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Uganda places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Uganda is the 32nd most vulnerable country and the 172nd most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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Ranking | 169 | 170 | 172 | 177 | 178 | 180 | 178 | 176 | 171 | 172 | 169 | 170 | 170 | 169 | 172 | 172 | 172 | 172 | 175 | 174 | 173 | 170 | 171 | 169 | 171 | 172 | 172 | 172 | 172 |
Indicator | 2004 to 2023 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.536 | |
Food | 0.622 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.963 | |
Projected population change | 0.694 | |
Food import dependency | 0.164 | |
Rural population | 0.789 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.991 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.132 | |
Water | 0.430 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | 0.432 | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.388 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.014 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0.351 | |
Dam capacity | 0.573 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | 0.825 | |
Health | 0.777 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.364 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 1.000 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 1.000 | |
Slum population | 0.545 | |
Medical staff | 0.924 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.831 | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.511 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.529 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0 | |
Natural capital dependency | 1.000 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.216 | |
Protected biome | 0.571 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.749 | |
Human Habitat | 0.555 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.122 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.707 | |
Urban concentration | 0.211 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.794 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.721 | |
Paved roads | 0.776 | |
Infrastructure | 0.317 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | - | |
Dependency on imported energy | 0.205 | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0 | |
Electricity access | 0.490 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.575 |