Uganda

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 2,294.34 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 45,741,000 HDI (2020): 0.54
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 166
Score: 35.4
Vulnerability 0.580
Readiness 0.288

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 13th most vulnerable country and the 160th 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
Ranking
163
163
163
162
166
166
167
167
164
167
168
165
162
164
168
167
166
168
168
171
171
165
165
166
166
166
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.580
Food
0.634
Projected change of cereal yields
0.963
Projected population change
0.694
Food import dependency
0.178
Rural population
0.809
Agriculture capacity
0.998
Child malnutrition
0.159
Water
0.429
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
0.537
Access to reliable drinking water
0.853
Health
0.763
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
0.495
Medical staff
0.955
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.511
Projected change of biome distribution
0.529
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0
Natural capital dependency
1.000
Ecological footprint
0.217
Protected biome
0.571
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.749
Human Habitat
0.564
Projected change of warm periods
0.122
Projected change of flood hazard
0.707
Urban concentration
0.191
Age dependency ratio
0.865
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.721
Paved roads
0.776
Infrastructure
-
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
-
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
-
Dependency on imported energy
-
Population living under 5m above sea level
-
Electricity access
0.585
Disaster preparedness
-