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Burundi vs Uganda

110 shared metrics.

BurundiLeads in 41

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UgandaLeads in 69

Uganda leads by 28 metrics. Use the same instinct in a quick real-data brawl.

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Burundi

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Burundi.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name dates from 1966 and is derived from the name of the local Bantu people, the Rundi or Barundi.

CIA 2026

Uganda

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Uganda.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains include Africa's third-highest peak and glaciers near the equator.

UNESCO

Analysis

Uganda leads in 69 of 110 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 41.

Burundi's Inflation Rate is 5.1x that of Uganda (20.2% vs 3.3%).

Burundi's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 2.1x that of Uganda (183.67 gCO2/kWh vs 58.52 gCO2/kWh).

Burundi's Insufficient Physical Activity is 1.3x that of Uganda (14.35% of adults vs 6.2% of adults).

Burundi's Beer Consumption is 1.3x that of Uganda (1.8 L/person/yr vs 0.77 L/person/yr).

Burundi's Population Density is 1.2x that of Uganda (533.08 /km² vs 242.65 /km²).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateBurundi leads

Burundi

20.2%

Uganda

3.3%

Electricity Carbon IntensityBurundi leads

Burundi

183.67 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Insufficient Physical ActivityBurundi leads

Burundi

14.35% of adults

Uganda

6.2% of adults

Beer ConsumptionBurundi leads

Burundi

1.8 L/person/yr

Uganda

0.77 L/person/yr

Population DensityBurundi leads

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Uganda

242.65 /km²

Irrigated LandBurundi leads

Burundi

230 km²

Uganda

105 km²

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

Burundi

20.2%

Uganda

3.3%

512% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Burundi

183.67 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

214% higher

Insufficient Physical Activity

Burundi

14.35% of adults

Uganda

6.2% of adults

130% higher

Beer Consumption

Burundi

1.8 L/person/yr

Uganda

0.77 L/person/yr

128% higher

Population Density

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Uganda

242.65 /km²

120% higher

Irrigated Land

Burundi

230 km²

Uganda

105 km²

119% higher

Military Spending

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Uganda

1.9% of GDP

102% higher

Spirits Consumption

Uganda

Burundi

0.00 L/person/yr

Uganda

0.43 L/person/yr

100% lower

Mobile Money Accounts

Uganda

Burundi

0.75% of adults

Uganda

67.74% of adults

99% lower

Scientific Publications

Uganda

Burundi

27.99

Uganda

1.2K

98% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Uganda

Burundi

$3,082,433,067.33

Uganda

$53,911,907,086.15

94% lower

Digital Payments Used

Uganda

Burundi

4.3% of adults

Uganda

70.64% of adults

94% lower

Electricity Generation

Uganda

Burundi

0.39 TWh

Uganda

5.8 TWh

93% lower

Health Spending (% GDP)

Burundi

8.4% of GDP

Uganda

4.4% of GDP

91% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Uganda

Burundi

131.0K kW

Uganda

1.45M kW

91% lower

Education Spending (% GDP)

Burundi

4.9% of GDP

Uganda

2.6% of GDP

90% higher

Milk Consumption per Person

Uganda

Burundi

4.6 kg/person/yr

Uganda

37.27 kg/person/yr

88% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Uganda

Burundi

0.97 Mt CO2e

Uganda

8.3 Mt CO2e

88% lower

Forest Area

Uganda

Burundi

2.8K km²

Uganda

22.1K km²

87% lower

Land Area

Uganda

Burundi

25.7K km²

Uganda

200.5K km²

87% lower

Comparison of Burundi and Uganda across 110 metrics
				Winner
Inflation Rate	20.2%	3.3%	512% higher	Burundi
Electricity Carbon Intensity	183.67 gCO2/kWh	58.52 gCO2/kWh	214% higher	Burundi
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.35% of adults	6.2% of adults	130% higher	Burundi
Beer Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	0.77 L/person/yr	128% higher	Burundi
Population Density	533.08 /km²	242.65 /km²	120% higher	Burundi
Irrigated Land	230 km²	105 km²	119% higher	Burundi
Military Spending	3.8% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	102% higher	Burundi
Spirits Consumption	0.00 L/person/yr	0.43 L/person/yr	100% lower	Uganda
Mobile Money Accounts	0.75% of adults	67.74% of adults	99% lower	Uganda
Scientific Publications	27.99	1.2K	98% lower	Uganda
GDP (Nominal)	$3,082,433,067.33	$53,911,907,086.15	94% lower	Uganda
Digital Payments Used	4.3% of adults	70.64% of adults	94% lower	Uganda
Electricity Generation	0.39 TWh	5.8 TWh	93% lower	Uganda
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.4% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	91% higher	Burundi
Electric Generating Capacity	131.0K kW	1.45M kW	91% lower	Uganda
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.9% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	90% higher	Burundi
Milk Consumption per Person	4.6 kg/person/yr	37.27 kg/person/yr	88% lower	Uganda
Total CO2 Emissions	0.97 Mt CO2e	8.3 Mt CO2e	88% lower	Uganda
Forest Area	2.8K km²	22.1K km²	87% lower	Uganda
Land Area	25.7K km²	200.5K km²	87% lower	Uganda
Sanitation Access (%)	44.63%	23.9%	87% higher	Burundi
Domestic Patents	2.0	14	86% lower	Uganda
Credit Card Ownership	0.29% of adults	2.0% of adults	86% lower	Uganda
Airports	6.0	40	85% lower	Uganda
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	13 medals	85% lower	Uganda
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.5 kg/person/yr	14.77 kg/person/yr	83% lower	Uganda
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	82% lower	Uganda
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	5.0 gold medals	80% lower	Uganda
Electricity Access (%)	11.6%	51.5%	77% lower	Uganda
Vehicles per 1,000 People	9.7 per 1k people	41.11 per 1k people	76% lower	Uganda
GNI Per Capita	$260	$1,020	75% lower	Uganda
Population	13.59M	50.86M	73% lower	Uganda
Water Stress (%)	2.8%	1.6%	70% higher	Burundi
Unemployment Rate	0.90%	2.9%	69% lower	Uganda
Nurses & Midwives	0.76 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	67% lower	Uganda
Firms Making Informal Payments	13.17% of firms	40.29% of firms	67% lower	Uganda
Can Raise Emergency Money	33.16% of adults	95.57% of adults	65% lower	Uganda
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.17	64% lower	Uganda
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $1,248.05	int. $3,487.7	64% lower	Uganda
Alcohol Consumption	4.2 L/adult/yr	11.3 L/adult/yr	63% lower	Uganda
Freedom of Expression Index	0.16	0.43	62% lower	Uganda
Youth Unemployment Rate	1.7% of youth labor force	4.2% of youth labor force	60% lower	Uganda
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.08 per 1k	0.19 per 1k	58% lower	Uganda
Land Border Length	1.1K km	2.7K km	58% lower	Uganda
Water Withdrawal	0.28 B m³	0.64 B m³	56% lower	Uganda
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.7 per 100k	3.6 per 100k	54% lower	Uganda
Protected Land (%)	7.6%	16.1%	53% lower	Uganda
Firms with Female Top Manager	11% of firms	22.61% of firms	51% lower	Uganda
Teen Birth Rate	53.36 per 1k	106.95 per 1k	50% lower	Uganda
Official Languages Count	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Burundi
Smoking Rate	11.2%	7.5%	49% higher	Burundi
CO2 Per Capita	0.07 t/person/yr	0.13 t/person/yr	48% lower	Uganda
Highest Elevation	2.7K m	5.1K m	47% lower	Uganda
Health Spending Per Capita	$24.69	$44.15	44% lower	Uganda
Border Neighbors	3.0	5.0	40% lower	Uganda
Suicide Rate	7.7 per 100k	5.5 per 100k	39% higher	Burundi
Tobacco Use Prevalence	10.1% of adults	7.5% of adults	35% higher	Burundi
Obesity Rate	4.5%	6.9%	34% lower	Uganda
Armed Forces Personnel	31.0K	46.0K	33% lower	Uganda
Corruption Perceptions Index	17 pts	25 pts	32% lower	Uganda
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	6.1%	32% lower	Uganda
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.3%	1.9%	32% lower	Uganda
Firms Asked for Bribes	14.01% of firms	20.45% of firms	31% lower	Uganda
Child Mortality	49.2 per 1k births	38.8 per 1k births	27% higher	Burundi
Electoral Democracy Index	0.18	0.25	27% lower	Uganda
Capital Elevation	1.5K m	1.2K m	26% higher	Burundi
Lowest Elevation	772 m	614 m	26% higher	Burundi
Human Development Index	0.44	0.58	25% lower	Uganda
Foreign Patents	5.0	4.0	25% higher	Burundi
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	63 per 100 people	83 per 100 people	24% lower	Uganda
Internet Users (%)	11%	8.9%	23% higher	Burundi
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.3 per 100k	16 per 100k	23% lower	Uganda
Urban Population (%)	24.83%	31.28%	21% lower	Uganda
Death Rate	5.5 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	20% higher	Burundi
Agricultural Land (%)	83.89%	71.89%	17% higher	Burundi
Firms Hit by Power Outages	93.88% of firms	79.94% of firms	17% higher	Burundi
Elderly Population (%)	2.5%	2.2%	16% higher	Burundi
Infant Mortality	31.5 per 1k births	27.6 per 1k births	14% higher	Burundi
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	17 days/yr	15 days/yr	13% higher	Burundi
Women in Parliament (%)	38.21%	33.93%	13% higher	Burundi
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	29.65 µg/m³	33.81 µg/m³	12% lower	Uganda
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	151.06 kg/person/yr	12% lower	Uganda
Adult Literacy Rate	71.41%	79.06%	10% lower	Uganda
Average Weekly Work Hours	40.27 hrs/week	44.44 hrs/week	9% lower	Uganda
Renewable Energy (%)	83%	90.9%	9% lower	Uganda
Government Debt (% GDP)	48.4% of GDP	53.1% of GDP	9% lower	Uganda
Birth Rate	35.91 per 1k	38.91 per 1k	8% lower	Uganda
Life Expectancy	63.7 years	68.3 years	7% lower	Uganda
Dependency Ratio	89.5% of working-age pop.	84.27% of working-age pop.	6% higher	Burundi
Hypertension Prevalence	36.3% of adults	34.2% of adults	6% higher	Burundi
Political Corruption Index	0.84	0.89	5% lower	Uganda
Median Age	15.9 years	16.5 years	4% lower	Uganda
Informal Employment Share	98.04% of employed people	94.48% of employed people	4% higher	Burundi
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.64	3% higher	Burundi
Fertility Rate	4.9 children/woman	5.1 children/woman	3% lower	Uganda
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.63% of GDP	12.97% of GDP	3% lower	Uganda
Youth Population (%)	44.7%	43.54%	3% higher	Burundi
Forest Coverage (%)	10.89%	11.04%	1% lower	Uganda
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Burundi
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Burundi
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Solar Electricity Share	0%	2.9%	ranked lower	Uganda
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Burundi
Women in Senior Management	25.67% of managers	25.57% of managers	equal	Burundi
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Burundi
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.1% of GDP	-6.2% of GDP	ranked higher	Burundi
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	3.0 sites	ranked lower	Uganda
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	ranked lower	Uganda
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Burundi

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Analysis

Uganda leads in 69 of 110 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 41.

Burundi's Inflation Rate is 5.1x that of Uganda (20.2% vs 3.3%).

Burundi's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 2.1x that of Uganda (183.67 gCO2/kWh vs 58.52 gCO2/kWh).

Burundi's Insufficient Physical Activity is 1.3x that of Uganda (14.35% of adults vs 6.2% of adults).

Burundi's Beer Consumption is 1.3x that of Uganda (1.8 L/person/yr vs 0.77 L/person/yr).

Burundi's Population Density is 1.2x that of Uganda (533.08 /km² vs 242.65 /km²).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateBurundi leads

Burundi

20.2%

Uganda

3.3%

Electricity Carbon IntensityBurundi leads

Burundi

183.67 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Insufficient Physical ActivityBurundi leads

Burundi

14.35% of adults

Uganda

6.2% of adults

Beer ConsumptionBurundi leads

Burundi

1.8 L/person/yr

Uganda

0.77 L/person/yr

Population DensityBurundi leads

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Uganda

242.65 /km²

Irrigated LandBurundi leads

Burundi

230 km²

Uganda

105 km²

Inflation Rate

20.2%

3.3%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

183.67 gCO2/kWh

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Insufficient Physical Activity

14.35% of adults

6.2% of adults

Beer Consumption

1.8 L/person/yr

0.77 L/person/yr

Population Density

533.08 /km²

242.65 /km²

Irrigated Land

230 km²

105 km²

Military Spending

3.8% of GDP

1.9% of GDP

Spirits Consumption

0.00 L/person/yr

0.43 L/person/yr

Mobile Money Accounts

0.75% of adults

67.74% of adults

Scientific Publications

27.99

1.2K

GDP (Nominal)

$3,082,433,067.33

$53,911,907,086.15

Digital Payments Used

4.3% of adults

70.64% of adults

Electricity Generation

0.39 TWh

5.8 TWh

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.4% of GDP

4.4% of GDP

Electric Generating Capacity

131.0K kW

1.45M kW

Education Spending (% GDP)

4.9% of GDP

2.6% of GDP

Milk Consumption per Person

4.6 kg/person/yr

37.27 kg/person/yr

Total CO2 Emissions

0.97 Mt CO2e

8.3 Mt CO2e

Forest Area

2.8K km²

22.1K km²

Land Area

25.7K km²

200.5K km²

Burundi vs Uganda

What matters for both sides

Burundi

Uganda

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Insufficient Physical Activity

Beer Consumption

Population Density

Irrigated Land

Military Spending

Spirits Consumption

Mobile Money Accounts

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

Digital Payments Used

Electricity Generation

Health Spending (% GDP)

Electric Generating Capacity

Education Spending (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Total CO2 Emissions

Forest Area

Land Area

Sanitation Access (%)

Domestic Patents

Credit Card Ownership

Airports

All-Time Olympic Medals

Seafood Consumption per Person

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Electricity Access (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

GNI Per Capita

Population

Water Stress (%)

Unemployment Rate

Nurses & Midwives

Firms Making Informal Payments

Can Raise Emergency Money

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Alcohol Consumption

Freedom of Expression Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Land Border Length

Water Withdrawal

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Protected Land (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Teen Birth Rate

Official Languages Count

Smoking Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Health Spending Per Capita

Border Neighbors

Suicide Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Obesity Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Corruption Perceptions Index

GDP Growth Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Child Mortality

Electoral Democracy Index

Capital Elevation

Lowest Elevation

Human Development Index

Foreign Patents

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Internet Users (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Urban Population (%)