Living in Poverty

93 percent of vulnerable people in Uganda do not have access to social insurance. Uganda has a 21 percent poverty incidence; with 26 percent of Ugandans (10.4 million of Uganda’s 40 million people) food insecure.

Health and Health Care Services

56 percent of Ugandans (22.4 million people) do not have access to universal health care.

22 percent of adults living with HIV and AIDS are not receiving anti-retroviral therapy.

60 percent is Ugandan’s mortality rate from high-risk communicable disease.

40 percent is Ugandan’s mortality rate from non-communicable diseases.

293 of every 1,000 Ugandans have malaria. Meaning an estimated 29 percent (11.6 million people) have malaria.

234 of every 100,000 Ugandans have tuberculosis (TB). Meaning an estimated 2.3 percent (920,000 people) are infected with TB.

Water and Sanitation Services

81 percent of Uganda’s communities do not have access to basic sanitation (improved toilets). In fact, 17 percent of rural households in Uganda do not have pit latrines

30 percent of Uganda’s rural communities do not have access to clean and safe water.

24 percent of Uganda’s urban communities do not have access to clean and safe water.

66 percent of Uganda’s communities do not have access to hand washing facilities.

In July 2020, the National Planning Authority (NPA) released Uganda’s Third National Development Plan (NDPIII) which covers the current five-year period 2020/21 to 2024/25.

These statistics herein shared are extracted from two chapters of NDPIII: Chapter 16 – Human Capital Development and Chapter 18 – Community Mobilization and Mindset Change.

NDPIII is accessible to download click here to do so via the NPA website.