Political Rights Score in Uganda
Uganda: Political Rights Score was 10 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Uganda, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 10 for political rights score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Uganda peaked at 15 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10, in 2002.
That places Uganda 139th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | — |
| 2003 | 12 | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 13 | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 12 | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 11 | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 10 | +0.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 10 is above the median for low income countries, which is 3, 3.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 10 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5, 95% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.62 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.7 | 11 | 15 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More social development data for Uganda
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.94 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 12,792 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 12,792 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0377 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Uganda?
- Political rights score in Uganda was 10 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 15 in 2006.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 in 2002.
- How does Uganda rank for political rights score?
- Uganda ranks 139th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.