Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uganda’s highest peak towers 3,010 m above Sweden’s

Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Sweden: 7.3% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

Uganda has 4.8 times as many people as Sweden

Sweden: 10.6 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Uganda is 9.8 times as densely populated as Sweden

Sweden: 26 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sweden is 23 years older than in Uganda

Sweden: 39.9 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 2.7 more children on average than in Sweden

Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

Sweden: 20.9% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 2.8 times as many refugees per resident as Sweden

Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda none

Sweden: 28.3 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)

Uganda has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Sweden: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 11 times the size of Uganda’s

Sweden: $669 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 21 times as much per person as Uganda

Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Sweden (Gini 8.9 points higher)

Sweden: 29.3 (2023) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Sweden

Sweden: 0.8% (2023) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 2.7% in Uganda

Sweden: 8.7% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%

Sweden: 2.5% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Uganda’s 13%

Sweden: 27.2% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Uganda’s

Sweden: 87% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Sweden spends 143 times as much on health per person as Uganda

Sweden: $6,485 (2024) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 18 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden

Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 23 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: no data

The suicide rate in Uganda is 35% higher than in Sweden

Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Sweden are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

Sweden: 18.7% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

Sweden: 20.3% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 2.76 points higher than in Uganda

Sweden: 7.26 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in Sweden drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Uganda

Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

Sweden has 6.3 times as much meat per person as Uganda

Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

Sweden has 989 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uganda put in 696 more hours a year than in Sweden

Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 6.4 years longer than in Uganda

Sweden: 12.7 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 18 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

Sweden: 0.63 (2022) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

Sweden has 12 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (15 against 3)

Sweden: 15 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

Sweden: 709 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

Sweden: 96% (2025) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in Sweden is 4.7 times as fast as in Uganda

Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sweden have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

Sweden: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

Sweden: 89% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

Sweden: 141 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 7.8 times as long as Uganda’s

Sweden: 9,714 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from Sweden fly 4,380 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

Sweden: 1.85 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 12% of Uganda

Sweden: 68.6% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in Sweden emits 28 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

Sweden: 3.6 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 71% in Sweden

Sweden: 71.2% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Uganda carries 6.5 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.8 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Sweden

Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Uganda are 7.1 times as deadly as in Sweden

Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Uganda is on average 19.4 °C warmer than Sweden

Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uganda gets 83% more rain than Sweden

Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)