Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uganda
Uganda: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3815 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uganda, 1989–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.3815 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.0% 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, 0.3815, in 2023.
Uganda ranks 36th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.4436 | — |
| 1992 | 0.4142 | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3904 | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4299 | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4517 | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4294 | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4419 | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4101 | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4275 | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.427 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3815 | -10.7% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 0.3815 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3739, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 0.3815 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3766, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
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 |
| 2020s | 0.3815 | 0.3815 | 0.3815 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More poverty & inequality data for Uganda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.46 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uganda?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Uganda was 0.3815 in 2023, 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 0.3815 in 2023.
- How does Uganda rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Uganda ranks 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. 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.