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Uganda

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Uganda is a country. The capital city is Kampala, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 200,520 km², a population of 48,656,601 people and uses the currency Ugandan shilling. The President is Yoweri Museveni.

Key facts

currency: Ugandan shilling
capital city: Kampala
region: Eastern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 200,520 km²
population: 48,656,601 people
political leader: Yoweri Museveni (President)

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central government debt: 53.89 % of GDP
expense: 16.94 % of GDP
GDP: 48,768,955,863.32 current US$
inflation: 5.35 annual %
self-employed workers: 81.44 % of total employment
tax revenue: 12.55 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.79 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 74.70 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 46,000 people
democracy score: 5.20
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 4,800 people
individuals using the Internet: 15.30 % of population
military expenditure: 1.98 % of GDP
net migration: -126,181 people
press freedom: 1.98
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 33.81 %
birth rate: 36.22 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.58 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 43.45 current US$
health expenditure: 4.67 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 1.21 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.50 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 64
suicide mortality rate: 4.60 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 144,150.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 7.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 47.10 % of population
fertility rate: 4.47 births per woman
forest area: 22,553 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 53.37 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 12.60
methane emissions: 36.71 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 9.71 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 24,533,989 people
male population: 24,122,612 people
renewable energy consumption: 90.90 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 201,994.67 km²
rural population: 35,630,742 people
urban land area: 3,854.12 km²
urban population: 13,025,859 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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Uganda is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of artists from Uganda by birth year

Distribution of diseases in Uganda by start date

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Uganda

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Evolution of historical net migration in Uganda with forecast

Evolution of historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Uganda with forecast

Evolution of historical female population in Uganda with forecast

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Share of politicians per gender in Uganda

Correlation of other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions by countries yearly in Uganda

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) by countries yearly in Uganda

Correlation of methane emissions and population by countries yearly in Uganda

Correlation of life expectancy and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in Uganda

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