Uganda
Safe drinking water in Uganda
Safe drinking water in Uganda: 2.3% in 2000 and 18.7% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 18.7%
- Since 2000
- +16.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 124 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.7 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 17.7 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 16.8 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 15.8 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 14.9 | 71 |
| 2017 | 14 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 13.1 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 12.3 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 11.5 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 10.7 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 9.9 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 9.1 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 8.4 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 7.7 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 7 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 6.3 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2005 | 5 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 4.4 | 63 |
| 2003 | 3.8 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 3.3 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 2.7 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 2.3 | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Uganda in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per person$26 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel46,000 people in 2020
- National power0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2016