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Uganda

1.0N 32.0E · 29 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 9 OCTOBER 1962
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1981 – present · The Bush War, Museveni and the Northern Insurgency
6 EVENTS
1981–1986 · The Ugandan Bush War 2 REFS
26 January 1986 · Museveni captures Kampala 2 REFS
1971 – 1980 · Idi Amin and the War that Ousted Him
5 EVENTS
1971–1979 · Mass killings under Amin 2 REFS
August 1972 · Expulsion of the Asian community 2 REFS
1962 – 1971 · Independence and the First Obote Era
5 EVENTS
9 October 1962 · Uganda gains independence 3 REFS
October 1963 · Mutesa II becomes first president 2 REFS
1894 – 1962 · The Uganda Protectorate
4 EVENTS
1894 · Uganda Protectorate declared 2 REFS
1896–1901 · The Uganda Railway is built 2 REFS
c. 1844 – 1890 · Traders, Missionaries and the Uganda Martyrs
5 EVENTS
c. 1844 · Swahili-Arab traders reach Buganda 2 REFS
1877 · Anglican missionaries arrive 2 REFS
c. 1000 BCE – c. 1700 CE · Peoples and the Great Lakes Kingdoms
4 EVENTS
c. 1st millennium BCE · Bantu farmers settle the lakes region 2 REFS
c. 11th–14th century · Rise of Bunyoro-Kitara 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Kampala
Population
40 m
Area
241,550 km²
Region
Eastern Africa
Languages
English, Swahili
Currency
Ugandan shilling (Sh)
Demonym
Ugandan
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$62 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,206’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
6.3%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.6%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
50.2%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
51 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
68.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
31.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
77.0%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
39.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
48.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
44.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
46.6’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
44.3’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
25.3’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.2%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.19’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
48.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
90.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
18.1%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
77.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.6%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
106.2%’17 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
24.1%’07 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
4.6%’14 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
81’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
8.9%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
83’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.9%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
200,520 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
11.0%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
71.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.2’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
90.9%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
7.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
7.5%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
55.3%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.1 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
46,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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