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Rwanda vs Uganda

117 shared metrics.

RwandaLeads in 55

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UgandaLeads in 62

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Rwanda

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Rwanda.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Rwanda's life expectancy has risen dramatically since 2000.

World Bank IDA

Uganda

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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 62 of 117 shared metrics, while Rwanda leads in 55.

Rwanda's Air Passengers is 70.0x that of Uganda (1.54M vs 21.7K).

Rwanda's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 11.8x that of Uganda (0.05 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Rwanda's Researchers is 9.7x that of Uganda (133.12 per 1M vs 12.44 per 1M).

Rwanda's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 5.0x that of Uganda (353.98 gCO2/kWh vs 58.52 gCO2/kWh).

Rwanda's Unemployment Rate is 3.1x that of Uganda (11.99% vs 2.9%).

Key Comparisons

Air PassengersRwanda leads

Rwanda

1.54M

Uganda

21.7K

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Rwanda leads

Rwanda

0.05 per 100k people

Uganda

0.00 per 100k people

ResearchersRwanda leads

Rwanda

133.12 per 1M

Uganda

12.44 per 1M

Electricity Carbon IntensityRwanda leads

Rwanda

353.98 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Unemployment RateRwanda leads

Rwanda

11.99%

Uganda

2.9%

Water Stress (%)Rwanda leads

Rwanda

6.4%

Uganda

1.6%

All Metrics

Air Passengers

Rwanda

1.54M

Uganda

21.7K

6999% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Rwanda

Uganda

Rwanda

24.7K km²

Uganda

200.5K km²

88% lower

Women in Parliament (%)

Rwanda

63.75%

Uganda

33.93%

88% higher

Forest Area

Uganda

Rwanda

2.8K km²

Uganda

22.1K km²

87% lower

Exports (% GDP)

Rwanda

30.82% of GDP

Uganda

16.76% of GDP

84% higher

Education Spending (% GDP)

Rwanda

4.7% of GDP

Uganda

2.6% of GDP

83% higher

Comparison of Rwanda and Uganda across 117 metrics
				Winner
Air Passengers	1.54M	21.7K	6999% higher	Rwanda
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	1175% higher	Rwanda
Researchers	133.12 per 1M	12.44 per 1M	970% higher	Rwanda
Electricity Carbon Intensity	353.98 gCO2/kWh	58.52 gCO2/kWh	505% higher	Rwanda
Unemployment Rate	11.99%	2.9%	308% higher	Rwanda
Water Stress (%)	6.4%	1.6%	293% higher	Rwanda
Youth Unemployment Rate	16.41% of youth labor force	4.2% of youth labor force	292% higher	Rwanda
Internet Users (%)	34%	8.9%	280% higher	Rwanda
Sanitation Access (%)	81.33%	23.9%	240% higher	Rwanda
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.79% of GDP	0.31% of GDP	156% higher	Rwanda
High-Tech Exports (%)	4.8%	1.9%	150% higher	Rwanda
Population Density	565.65 /km²	242.65 /km²	133% higher	Rwanda
Corruption Perceptions Index	58 pts	25 pts	132% higher	Rwanda
Official Languages Count	4.0	2.0	100% higher	Rwanda
Smoking Rate	14.3%	7.5%	91% higher	Rwanda
Land Area	24.7K km²	200.5K km²	88% lower	Uganda
Women in Parliament (%)	63.75%	33.93%	88% higher	Rwanda
Forest Area	2.8K km²	22.1K km²	87% lower	Uganda
Exports (% GDP)	30.82% of GDP	16.76% of GDP	84% higher	Rwanda
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	83% higher	Rwanda
Beer Consumption	1.4 L/person/yr	0.77 L/person/yr	82% higher	Rwanda
Electricity Generation	1.1 TWh	5.8 TWh	82% lower	Uganda
Milk Consumption per Person	7.2 kg/person/yr	37.27 kg/person/yr	81% lower	Uganda
Airports	8.0	40	80% lower	Uganda
Electric Generating Capacity	294.0K kW	1.45M kW	80% lower	Uganda
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.9% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	79% higher	Rwanda
Elderly Population (%)	3.9%	2.2%	79% higher	Rwanda
Firms Making Informal Payments	9.4% of firms	40.29% of firms	77% lower	Uganda
Alcohol Consumption	2.9 L/adult/yr	11.3 L/adult/yr	75% lower	Uganda
GDP (Nominal)	$14,251,642,235.1	$53,911,907,086.15	74% lower	Uganda
Health Spending Per Capita	$76.84	$44.15	74% higher	Rwanda
Population	13.62M	50.86M	73% lower	Uganda
Scientific Publications	352.94	1.2K	72% lower	Uganda
Total CO2 Emissions	2.3 Mt CO2e	8.3 Mt CO2e	72% lower	Uganda
Teen Birth Rate	30.78 per 1k	106.95 per 1k	71% lower	Uganda
Seafood Consumption per Person	4.5 kg/person/yr	14.77 kg/person/yr	70% lower	Uganda
Land Border Length	930 km	2.7K km	66% lower	Uganda
Credit Card Ownership	0.73% of adults	2.0% of adults	64% lower	Uganda
Vehicles per 1,000 People	15.11 per 1k people	41.11 per 1k people	63% lower	Uganda
Can Raise Emergency Money	35.18% of adults	95.57% of adults	63% lower	Uganda
Spirits Consumption	0.16 L/person/yr	0.43 L/person/yr	62% lower	Uganda
Freedom of Expression Index	0.17	0.43	61% lower	Uganda
Homicide Rate	3.6 per 100k	9.0 per 100k	60% lower	Uganda
Tourism Revenue	$212,000,000	$518,000,000	59% lower	Uganda
Suicide Rate	8.7 per 100k	5.5 per 100k	58% higher	Rwanda
Lowest Elevation	950 m	614 m	55% higher	Rwanda
Mobile Money Accounts	31.11% of adults	67.74% of adults	54% lower	Uganda
Insufficient Physical Activity	9.6% of adults	6.2% of adults	54% higher	Rwanda
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.89	53% lower	Uganda
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.09 per 1k	0.19 per 1k	53% lower	Uganda
Imports (% GDP)	39.13% of GDP	25.9% of GDP	51% higher	Rwanda
Foreign Patents	2.0	4.0	50% lower	Uganda
GDP Growth Rate	8.9%	6.1%	47% higher	Rwanda
Liberal Democracy Index	0.09	0.17	45% lower	Uganda
Inflation Rate	1.8%	3.3%	45% lower	Uganda
Digital Payments Used	38.92% of adults	70.64% of adults	45% lower	Uganda
Protected Land (%)	9.1%	16.1%	43% lower	Uganda
Firms Asked for Bribes	12.32% of firms	20.45% of firms	40% lower	Uganda
Fertility Rate	3.2 children/woman	5.1 children/woman	37% lower	Uganda
Birth Rate	25.05 per 1k	38.91 per 1k	36% lower	Uganda
Obesity Rate	4.6%	6.9%	34% lower	Uganda
Average Weekly Work Hours	29.2 hrs/week	44.44 hrs/week	34% lower	Uganda
Military Spending	1.2% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	34% lower	Uganda
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	33% lower	Uganda
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	3.0 sites	33% lower	Uganda
Capital Elevation	1.6K m	1.2K m	32% higher	Rwanda
Government Debt (% GDP)	37.3% of GDP	53.1% of GDP	30% lower	Uganda
Road Traffic Death Rate	11.6 per 100k	16 per 100k	28% lower	Uganda
Tobacco Use Prevalence	9.3% of adults	7.5% of adults	24% higher	Rwanda
Electricity Access (%)	63.9%	51.5%	24% higher	Rwanda
Armed Forces Personnel	35.0K	46.0K	24% lower	Uganda
Electoral Democracy Index	0.19	0.25	24% lower	Uganda
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	68.13 kWh/person	89.87 kWh/person	24% lower	Uganda
Firms Hit by Power Outages	60.59% of firms	79.94% of firms	24% lower	Uganda
Firms with Female Top Manager	28.1% of firms	22.61% of firms	24% higher	Rwanda
Energy Use (Per Capita)	372.99 kg oil eq/person	482.82 kg oil eq/person	23% lower	Uganda
Solar Electricity Share	3.5%	2.9%	21% higher	Rwanda
Women in Senior Management	30.78% of managers	25.57% of managers	20% higher	Rwanda
Food Waste per Person	181.48 kg/person/yr	151.06 kg/person/yr	20% higher	Rwanda
Border Neighbors	4.0	5.0	20% lower	Uganda
Median Age	19.4 years	16.5 years	18% higher	Rwanda
Dependency Ratio	70.32% of working-age pop.	84.27% of working-age pop.	17% lower	Uganda
Youth Population (%)	37.36%	43.54%	14% lower	Uganda
CO2 Per Capita	0.14 t/person/yr	0.13 t/person/yr	13% higher	Rwanda
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$3,710.86	$3,273.27	13% higher	Rwanda
Renewable Energy (%)	79.9%	90.9%	12% lower	Uganda
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	5.1K m	12% lower	Uganda
Hypertension Prevalence	30.5% of adults	34.2% of adults	11% lower	Uganda
Infant Mortality	30.5 per 1k births	27.6 per 1k births	11% higher	Rwanda
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	91.46 per 100 people	83 per 100 people	10% higher	Rwanda
Irrigated Land	96 km²	105 km²	9% lower	Uganda
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	4.0 per 100k	3.6 per 100k	8% higher	Rwanda
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	31.29 µg/m³	33.81 µg/m³	7% lower	Uganda
Meat Consumption per Person	9.1 kg/person/yr	9.7 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Uganda
Agricultural Land (%)	76.33%	71.89%	6% higher	Rwanda
Death Rate	4.9 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	6% higher	Rwanda
Informal Employment Share	90.06% of employed people	94.48% of employed people	5% lower	Uganda
Water Withdrawal	0.61 B m³	0.64 B m³	4% lower	Uganda
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	13.51% of GDP	12.97% of GDP	4% higher	Rwanda
Urban Population (%)	29.89%	31.28%	4% lower	Uganda
Child Mortality	40 per 1k births	38.8 per 1k births	3% higher	Rwanda
Women's Political Empowerment	0.63	0.64	2% lower	Uganda
Forest Coverage (%)	11.31%	11.04%	2% higher	Rwanda
GNI Per Capita	$1,040	$1,020	2% higher	Rwanda
Human Development Index	0.58	0.58	1% lower	Uganda
Life Expectancy	67.8 years	68.3 years	1% lower	Uganda
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Rwanda
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	15 days/yr	equal	Rwanda
Domestic Patents	14	14	equal	Rwanda
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Rwanda
Coal Electricity Share	15.04%	0%	ranked higher	Rwanda
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Rwanda
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Rwanda
Adult Literacy Rate	78.76%	79.06%	equal	Uganda
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Rwanda
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-13% of GDP	-6.2% of GDP	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	Rwanda

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Analysis

Uganda leads in 62 of 117 shared metrics, while Rwanda leads in 55.

Rwanda's Air Passengers is 70.0x that of Uganda (1.54M vs 21.7K).

Rwanda's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 11.8x that of Uganda (0.05 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Rwanda's Researchers is 9.7x that of Uganda (133.12 per 1M vs 12.44 per 1M).

Rwanda's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 5.0x that of Uganda (353.98 gCO2/kWh vs 58.52 gCO2/kWh).

Rwanda's Unemployment Rate is 3.1x that of Uganda (11.99% vs 2.9%).

Key Comparisons

Air PassengersRwanda leads

Rwanda

1.54M

Uganda

21.7K

Rwanda

0.05 per 100k people

Uganda

0.00 per 100k people

ResearchersRwanda leads

Rwanda

133.12 per 1M

Uganda

12.44 per 1M

Electricity Carbon IntensityRwanda leads

Rwanda

353.98 gCO2/kWh

Uganda

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Unemployment RateRwanda leads

Rwanda

11.99%

Uganda

2.9%

Water Stress (%)Rwanda leads

Rwanda

6.4%

Uganda

1.6%

Air Passengers

1.54M

21.7K

0.05 per 100k people

0.00 per 100k people

Researchers

133.12 per 1M

12.44 per 1M

Electricity Carbon Intensity

353.98 gCO2/kWh

58.52 gCO2/kWh

Unemployment Rate

11.99%

2.9%

Water Stress (%)

6.4%

1.6%

Youth Unemployment Rate

16.41% of youth labor force

4.2% of youth labor force

Internet Users (%)

34%

8.9%

Sanitation Access (%)

81.33%

23.9%

R&D Spending (% GDP)

0.79% of GDP

0.31% of GDP

High-Tech Exports (%)

4.8%

1.9%

Population Density

565.65 /km²

242.65 /km²

Corruption Perceptions Index

58 pts

25 pts

Official Languages Count

4.0

2.0

Smoking Rate

14.3%

7.5%

Land Area

24.7K km²

200.5K km²

Women in Parliament (%)

63.75%

33.93%

Forest Area

2.8K km²

22.1K km²

Exports (% GDP)

30.82% of GDP

16.76% of GDP

Education Spending (% GDP)

4.7% of GDP

2.6% of GDP

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Air Passengers

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Researchers

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Unemployment Rate

Water Stress (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Internet Users (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Population Density

Corruption Perceptions Index

Official Languages Count

Smoking Rate

Land Area

Women in Parliament (%)

Forest Area

Exports (% GDP)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Electricity Generation

Milk Consumption per Person

Airports

Electric Generating Capacity

Health Spending (% GDP)

Elderly Population (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Alcohol Consumption

GDP (Nominal)

Health Spending Per Capita

Population

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Teen Birth Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Land Border Length

Credit Card Ownership

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Can Raise Emergency Money

Spirits Consumption

Freedom of Expression Index

Homicide Rate

Tourism Revenue

Suicide Rate

Lowest Elevation

Mobile Money Accounts

Insufficient Physical Activity

Political Corruption Index

Doctors (per 1,000)

Imports (% GDP)

Foreign Patents

GDP Growth Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Inflation Rate

Digital Payments Used

Protected Land (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Fertility Rate

Birth Rate

Obesity Rate

Average Weekly Work Hours

Military Spending

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Capital Elevation

Government Debt (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Electricity Access (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Electoral Democracy Index