Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Uganda
Uganda: Human rights index vs electoral democracy index was 0.315 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Uganda, 1900–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Uganda is 0.315, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 18.2% on the previous year and down 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Uganda peaked at 0.579 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.104, in 1975.
Uganda ranks 147th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.267 | 0.267 | 0.267 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.2698 | 0.267 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2413 | 0.238 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.2366 | 0.236 | 0.238 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.239 | 0.236 | 0.244 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.3117 | 0.245 | 0.355 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3886 | 0.282 | 0.488 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1336 | 0.104 | 0.269 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3116 | 0.252 | 0.418 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5305 | 0.439 | 0.578 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5592 | 0.533 | 0.579 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4921 | 0.418 | 0.538 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3915 | 0.315 | 0.437 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More social development data for Uganda
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 1.94 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 12,792 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 6 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.165 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.253 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.379 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.432 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.156 (2025)
- Varieties democracy vdem 0.253 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Uganda?
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Uganda was 0.315 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs electoral democracy index recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.579 in 2006.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs electoral democracy index recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.104 in 1975.
- How does Uganda rank for human rights index vs electoral democracy index?
- Uganda ranks 147th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs electoral democracy index rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Human rights index vs electoral democracy index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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