Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,586 m above Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

Uganda has 2.4 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 37% more densely populated than Uganda

Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 16 years older than in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 2.2 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 3,850 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Sri Lanka and Uganda are practically level

Sri Lanka: 0 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka and Uganda are practically level

Sri Lanka: 2 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

Sri Lanka’s economy is 76% larger than Uganda’s

Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 4.9 times as much per person as Uganda

Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Sri Lanka (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 4% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Uganda spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

Uganda’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 29% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 3 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Sri Lanka: $134 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 6.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 5.9 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Uganda: no data

The suicide rate in Uganda is 23% higher than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

11% of adults in Sri Lanka are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in Uganda rate their lives 0.48 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in Uganda drink 62% more alcohol than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Sri Lanka has 7% more meat per person than Uganda

Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Sri Lanka has 297 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uganda put in 75 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 4.4 years longer than in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Uganda welcomed 11% more tourists per resident than Sri Lanka (2019)

Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

Sri Lanka has 5 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (8 against 3)

Sri Lanka: 8 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Uganda has won 13 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

55% of people in Sri Lanka are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 55% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in Sri Lanka is 17% faster than in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

32% of people in Uganda live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 20% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Sri Lanka: 133 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Sri Lanka’s railway network is 26% longer than Uganda’s

Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 422 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 12% of Uganda

Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Sri Lanka emits 7.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Uganda carries 80% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Uganda are 14% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Uganda

Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 25% more rain than Uganda

Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)