Uganda
Republic of Uganda
- Capital
- Kampala
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 51 million
- Currency
- UGX
- Area
- 241,550 km²
Across Uganda's 18 priced cities, one person needs about $949 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $187.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
38out of 100
- Purchasing power25%17
- Safety20%46
- Health care15%35
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%63
- Connectivity10%13
- Cost10%79
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #106
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
29.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
9.6
New York = 100
Purchasing power
22.5
New York = 100
One person
$949
A month, rent included
Net salary
$187
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$508
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$1,206
2025
Growth
+6.3%
2025
Unemployment
2.7%
2025
Inflation
3.6%
2025
Life expectancy
68.5 years
2024
Internet users
9%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 40%
- SourcePwC
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 18%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 40%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 10%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 45.9
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 54.1
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 9.0
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #130 worldwide
- 34
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- —
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +18%
Cities in Uganda
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Masindi | 60 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 110.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 2Lira | 59 | 27.8 | — | — | — | 119.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 3Lugazi | 58 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 128.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 4Mbarara | 58 | 26.4 | $90.85 | — | — | 221.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 5Kajansi | 56 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 135.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 6Njeru | 55 | — | — | — | — | 178.8K | Low confidence |
| 7Kira | 54 | — | — | — | — | 462.9K | Low confidence |
| 8Hoima | 54 | — | — | — | — | 122.7K | Low confidence |
| 9Kasangati | 54 | — | — | — | — | 207.8K | Low confidence |
| 10Mukono | 54 | — | — | — | — | 191.3K | Low confidence |
| 11Mityana | 54 | — | — | — | — | 105.2K | Low confidence |
| 12Katabi | 54 | — | — | — | — | 154.3K | Low confidence |
| 13Gulu | 54 | — | — | — | — | 177.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 14Ibanda | 53 | — | — | — | — | 117.7K | Low confidence |
| 15Masaka | 53 | — | — | — | — | 116.6K | Low confidence |
| 16Mbale | 52 | — | — | — | — | 111.3K | Low confidence |
| 17Mubende | 52 | — | — | — | — | 121.6K | Low confidence |
| 18Nansana | 52 | — | — | — | — | 532.8K | Low confidence |
| 19Bunamwaya | 52 | — | — | — | — | 413.4K | Low confidence |
| 20Kyengera | 52 | — | — | — | — | 285.4K | Low confidence |
| 21Kireka | 51 | 25.5 | $182 | — | — | 17.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 22Jinja | 51 | 27.4 | — | — | — | 93.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 23Soroti | 51 | 27.6 | — | — | — | 60.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 24Fort Portal | 51 | 27.0 | — | — | — | 60.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 25Wakiso | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 87.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 26Iganga | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 65.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 27Kapchorwa | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 51.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 28Mpigi | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 49.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 29Tororo | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 48.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 30Busembatya (Busembatia) | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 15.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 31Bweyogerere | 51 | 28.0 | — | — | — | 11.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Entebbe | 48 | 27.1 | $228 | $127 | 22.9 | 102.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 33Kasese | 47 | — | — | — | — | 115.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 34Busia | 44 | — | — | — | — | 64.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 35Kabale | 44 | — | — | — | — | 53.2K | Low confidence |
| 36Bugiri | 44 | — | — | — | — | 36K | Low confidence |
| 37Kamwenge | 44 | — | — | — | — | 23.9K | Low confidence |
| 38Kampala | 41 | 29.4 | $508 | $187 | 22.5 | 1.7M | High confidence, 48 contributors |