What is the difference in urban population, per unit of gdp between Malawi and Uganda?

0 units per US$ of GDP, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?

46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Uganda: Urban population, per unit of GDP

Malawi

0.0003 units per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Uganda

0.0003 units per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Malawi rank

31st

Uganda rank

30th

Urban population, per unit of GDP over time

Malawi
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP in Malawi, a difference of 0 units per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Uganda ahead.

Malawi ranks 31st and Uganda ranks 30th of 214 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0 units per US$ of GDP	Malawi
1990s	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	0 units per US$ of GDP	Malawi
2000s	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0 units per US$ of GDP	Uganda
2010s	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0 units per US$ of GDP	Uganda
2020s	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0 units per US$ of GDP	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per unit of gdp, Malawi or Uganda?: Uganda, at 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP in Malawi as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per unit of gdp between Malawi and Uganda?: 0 units per US$ of GDP, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uganda?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do Malawi and Uganda rank globally for urban population, per unit of gdp?: Malawi ranks 31st and Uganda ranks 30th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malawi vs Uganda: Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/urban-population-per-unit-of-gdp/malawi/uganda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/urban-population-per-unit-of-gdp/malawi/uganda/">Malawi vs Uganda: Urban population, per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Urban population, per unit of GDP
Unit: units per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 262 places, 14,784 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.