Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uganda
Uganda: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.427 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uganda, 1989–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.427 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uganda peaked at 0.4517 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.3904, in 1996.
Uganda ranks 18th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4436 | 0.4436 | 0.4436 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4115 | 0.3904 | 0.4299 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.441 | 0.4294 | 0.4517 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4215 | 0.4101 | 0.4275 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More poverty & inequality data for Uganda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.28 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,920 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.524 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1815 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4361 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uganda?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uganda was 0.427 in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4517 in 2002.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3904 in 1996.
- How does Uganda rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Uganda ranks 18th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.