Uganda's life expectancy rose from 47.7 yrs in 1995 to 68.5 yrs in 2024.
Uganda · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Uganda's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 42.5 yrs in 2000 to 57.2 yrs in 2021.
Uganda's infant mortality fell from 98.1 ‰ in 1995 to 35.9 ‰ in 2024.
Uganda's under-5 mortality rate fell from 162.7 ‰ in 1995 to 48.7 ‰ in 2024.
Uganda's maternal mortality ratio fell from 507.0 /100k in 1994 to 170.0 /100k in 2023.
Uganda's ncd mortality fell from 29.2 % in 2000 to 21.5 % in 2021.
Uganda's suicide mortality rate fell from 6.8 /100k in 2000 to 5.5 /100k in 2021.
Uganda's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 33.9 /100k in 2000 to 29.4 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.2 pts149th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +1.7 %175th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −1.7 pts118th of 192
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- Physiciansup +20.9 %102nd of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +34.5 %84th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +25.0 %138th of 144*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts92nd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts93rd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.3 pts139th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −0.5 %173rd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.6 pts139th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.3 pts124th of 141