🇺🇬 Uganda Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇺🇬 Uganda UG / UGA #79

Nomad Score 52.0

Cities 11

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency UGX

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic under a dictatorship

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 25/100

Press Freedom (2025) 37.6/100 #143

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.253

HDI 0.582

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 19th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 34th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 17th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 32th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 33th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 29th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 9.0/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 29.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.9% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic under a dictatorship

Title	Name
President of Uganda	Yoweri Museveni
Vice President of Uganda	Jessica Alupo

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 25 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 37.6 / 100

Global Rank #143 / 180

Rank Change -15 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #159 23.7

Economic #151 30.9

Legal #134 44.9

Social #134 44.9

Safety #134 43.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.253

Liberal 0.165

Participatory 0.156

Deliberative 0.228

Egalitarian 0.139

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	37.6	143	23.7	30.9	44.9	44.9	43.7
2024	46.0	128	33.5	39.4	50.0	52.1	55.0
2023	46.1	133	45.8	39.8	54.3	60.0	30.5
2022	46.4	132	44.7	37.0	61.0	56.0	33.1
2021	58.8	125	-	-	-	-	60.7
2020	59.1	125	-	-	-	-	82.1
2019	60.6	125	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	63.2	117	-	-	-	-	64.4
2017	64.1	112	-	-	-	-	55.8
2016	67.4	102	-	-	-	-	83.9
2015	68.4	97	-	-	-	-	62.4
2014	66.7	110	-	-	-	-	-
2013	68.3	104	-	-	-	-	-
2012	64.0	139	-	-	-	-	-
2010	25.5	96	-	-	-	-	-
2009	21.5	86	-	-	-	-	-
2008	26.0	107	-	-	-	-	-
2007	28.0	96	-	-	-	-	-
2006	29.8	116	-	-	-	-	-
2005	19.3	80	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index