What is urban population, per unit of gdp in Uganda?

Urban population, per unit of gdp in Uganda was 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).

What is the highest urban population, per unit of gdp recorded in Uganda?

The highest recorded value was 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP in 1962.

What is the lowest urban population, per unit of gdp recorded in Uganda?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP in 2009.

How does Uganda rank for urban population, per unit of gdp?

Uganda ranks 30th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.

Is urban population, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Uganda?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Uganda data come from?

The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda

Name: Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Uganda: Urban population, per unit of GDP was 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.0003 units per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 8.8%

World rank

30th

of 214 countries

All-time high

0.0009 units per US$ of GDP

in 1962

All-time low

0.0002 units per US$ of GDP

in 2009

Years of data

1960–2025

Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda, 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2025, urban population, per unit of gdp in Uganda stood at 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP.

That represents a change of down 8.8% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, urban population, per unit of gdp in Uganda peaked at 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP, in 2009.

Uganda ranks 30th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.

Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda, year by year

Annual values for Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda, 1960 to 2025.
Year	units per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	—
1961	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	+2.7%
1962	0.0009 units per US$ of GDP	+5.8%
1963	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	-6.3%
1964	0.0008 units per US$ of GDP	-5.6%
1965	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-28.4%
1966	0.0006 units per US$ of GDP	+2.3%
1967	0.0006 units per US$ of GDP	+1.9%
1968	0.0006 units per US$ of GDP	-1.2%
1969	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-6.6%
1970	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-3.1%
1971	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-7.6%
1972	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1973	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-9.7%
1974	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-16.3%
1975	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-8.1%
1976	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
1977	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-13.8%
1978	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+25.8%
1979	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	+17.3%
1980	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	+78.2%
1981	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
1982	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-35.1%
1983	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	+3.5%
1984	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-33.6%
1985	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+10.3%
1986	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-3.6%
1987	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	-32.7%
1988	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	+3.4%
1989	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+31.9%
1990	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	+30.5%
1991	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	+37.2%
1992	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	+22.8%
1993	0.0006 units per US$ of GDP	-6.5%
1994	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-15.2%
1995	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-27.7%
1996	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
1997	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	+0.7%
1998	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
1999	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	+15.4%
2000	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	+1.9%
2001	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	+11.8%
2002	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	+0.0%
2003	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	-0.4%
2004	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-10.6%
2005	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
2006	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	+0.8%
2007	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	-8.3%
2008	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-9.6%
2009	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	-36.9%
2010	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	+3.6%
2011	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	+5.1%
2012	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+12.0%
2013	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+3.4%
2014	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-2.8%
2015	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+7.2%
2016	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+17.9%
2017	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	+1.1%
2018	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-0.8%
2019	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-1.1%
2020	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
2021	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-1.9%
2022	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-6.2%
2023	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
2024	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-5.0%
2025	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	-8.8%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1980	+78.2%	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	0.0009 units per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0007 units per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	0.0005 units per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0.0002 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Uganda

27 Rwanda 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP compare
28 Mali 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP compare
29 Chad 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP compare
31 Malawi 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP compare
32 Ethiopia 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP compare
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 262 places →

More climate change data for Uganda

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 22.78 million kg (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 27,987 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,431 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 17,556 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 39.36 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 627.02 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,448 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 756.87 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 691.37 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.86 kt (2050)

All data for Uganda →

Frequently asked questions

What is urban population, per unit of gdp in Uganda?: Urban population, per unit of gdp in Uganda was 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest urban population, per unit of gdp recorded in Uganda?: The highest recorded value was 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP in 1962.
What is the lowest urban population, per unit of gdp recorded in Uganda?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP in 2009.
How does Uganda rank for urban population, per unit of gdp?: Uganda ranks 30th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
Is urban population, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Uganda?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uganda data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Urban population, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/urban-population-per-unit-of-gdp/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/stat/urban-population-per-unit-of-gdp/uganda/">Urban population, per unit of GDP in Uganda</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

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.

Urban population ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Urban population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

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.