Transport and infrastructure in Uganda

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Uganda with the average of all countries in Africa. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in particularly good condition.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Uganda ranks 123rd in the world with 0.03 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 1,244 kilometers long.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 20,544 km. For each of the country's 45.85 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 0.45 meters. This puts Uganda in 225th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 190 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 12111 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Uganda is considered quite dangerous. This corresponds to 30.0 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Uganda, left-hand traffic is the rule on the roads, i.e. you drive in the left lane and overtake on the right. Oncoming traffic comes to meet you on the right side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Uganda
Roadways	20,500 km	448.03 km	85.05 m
Railroads	1,200 km	27.13 km	5.15 m
Waterways	907 km	19.78 km	3.75 m
Commercial harbors	1	0.02	0.000
Airports	5	0.11	0.021

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Africa
Roadways	2,997,800 km	2,151.40 km	98.86 m
Railroads	88,600 km	63.57 km	2.92 m
Waterways	68,400 km	49.09 km	2.26 m
Commercial harbors	7,905	5.67	0.000
Airports	413	0.30	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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