South Sudan vs Uganda
South Sudan vs Uganda: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 5.4% in South Sudan and 55.3% in Uganda, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Uganda, by 49.9 percentage points, or 10 times that in South Sudan.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Uganda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2007.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | South Sudan | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.4 | 55.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 51.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 8.4 | 47.1 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 7.7 | 45.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 42.1 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 6.8 | 41.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 41.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 32.4 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 26.7 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 4.8 | 18.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 4.3 | 20.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 3.8 | 13.9 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 3.3 | 20.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 2.8 | 14.6 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 1.3 | 15.9 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 14.8 | 82 |
| 2006 | – | 9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | – | 8.9 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | – | 11.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | – | 10.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | – | 7.8 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | – | 8.6 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | – | 7.4 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 6.2 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 5.1 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 3.9 | – |
| 1996 | – | 2.8 | – |
| 1995 | – | 6.8 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0.5 | – |
| 1991 | – | 5.6 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Sudan vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySouth Sudan: 57.6 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Sudan: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Sudan: 63.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Sudan: 3.7% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Sudan: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Sudan: 11.5 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Sudan: 5.86% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Sudan: 3.86 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Sudan: 21.7% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Sudan: 18 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Sudan: 2.9% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Sudan: 39.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Sudan: 3.43% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Sudan: $103M in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Sudan: $15 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Sudan: 18.4% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Sudan: 53,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Sudan: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Sudan: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Sudan: 10 million TIV in 2022Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025