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Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Uganda: Energy
Which countries generate clean, reliable and affordable electricity?
Uganda is placed 3rd of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 58.52 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 97.07 (2024).
Share
Energy
3rd
of 165 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Uganda on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
58.52
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
Uganda: 58.52. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.
- World median
- 433.75
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 56.83 Malawi
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 27.64 · Kenya 85.82 · Rwanda 361.95 · South Sudan 646.43 · Tanzania 343.89
97.07
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
Uganda: 97.07. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.
- World median
- 32.06
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 97.07 Uganda
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 100 · Kenya 91.48 · Rwanda 49.56 · South Sudan 1.786 · Tanzania 32.92
Key 3 of 3
World Energy Trilemma Index
World Energy Council
2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
No reading
Trilemma score (0–100)
Higher is better
World Energy Council publishes no 2023 figure for Uganda, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.
- World median
- 63.8
- Best in Eastern Africa
- 65.3 Mauritius
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 33.5 · Kenya 52.4 · Tanzania 39.9
02Over time
Which way Uganda is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) · lower is better
UgandaWorld median
Uganda rose from 31.45 in 2000 to 58.52 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.
Every year’s figures
Year Uganda World median 2024 58.5 433.7 2023 58.8 452.7 2022 56.7 476.3 2021 53.5 469.0 2020 52.0 482.0 2019 55.2 488.2 2018 82.3 500.4 2017 46.6 506.3 2016 54.1 521.9 2015 57.2 524.8 2014 56.0 522.3 2013 34.5 508.8 2012 96.2 525.4 2011 275.2 521.4 2010 289.4 515.5 2009 264.1 533.6 2008 194.0 517.2 2007 200.0 535.3 2006 180.6 537.5 2005 51.5 521.4 2004 28.9 523.1 2003 31.7 543.1 2002 32.0 551.3 2001 31.4 559.3 2000 31.4 540.3 Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better
UgandaWorld median
Uganda fell from 99.37 in 2000 to 97.07 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.
Every year’s figures
Year Uganda World median 2024 97.07 32.062 2023 97.05 28.000 2022 97.39 28.881 2021 97.53 28.286 2020 97.39 27.125 2019 96.94 26.296 2018 92.79 25.505 2017 98.15 24.023 2016 98.14 22.218 2015 97.75 21.915 2014 97.21 21.151 2013 100.00 21.593 2012 90.00 19.869 2011 61.28 18.584 2010 59.49 18.572 2009 63.64 17.886 2008 74.25 15.923 2007 73.00 15.586 2006 76.25 15.392 2005 96.43 16.438 2004 100.00 16.445 2003 99.44 16.339 2002 99.42 13.826 2001 99.37 14.023 2000 99.37 15.612
03In context
Uganda beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.
Uganda and the countries it borders
Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Carbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) | Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated) | World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3rd | 58.52 | 97.07 | — |
 Kenyacompare | 49th | 85.82 | 91.48 | 52.4 |
 DR Congo | 53rd | 27.64 | 100 | 33.5 |
 Rwanda | 62nd | 361.95 | 49.56 | — |
 Tanzania | =98th | 343.89 | 32.92 | 39.9 |
 South Sudan | 154th | 646.43 | 1.786 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 165.
Placed either side on energy
The countries immediately above and below Uganda in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Uganda is ahead of the world, and behind
25 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median6
Statistics on which Uganda does better than the middle country measured.
CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · 2024 · world median 3.210.1273.21No real change since 2014
Uganda: 0.127 · world median 3.21 · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person). Global Carbon Project, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.054 to 41.27; lower is better.
Position 204th of 210 · derived, 1st = worst.
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · 2024 · world median 2.7380.8762.738No real change since 2014
Uganda: 0.876 · world median 2.738 · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.666 to 17.45; lower is better.
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.3297.0737.32No real change since 2014
Uganda: 97.07 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Position 12th of 162 · derived.
RISE Electricity Access Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 65.6784.5565.67▲ Improved since 2013
Uganda: 84.55 · world median 65.67 · Electricity access policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 9.471 to 90.47; higher is better.
Position 5th of 56 · derived.
RISE Clean Cooking Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 29.7254.5829.72No real change since 2013
Uganda: 54.58 · world median 29.72 · Clean cooking policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 80.69; higher is better.
Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major ConstraintWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 25.7720.0625.77No earlier reading
Uganda: 20.06 · world median 25.77 · Firms rating electricity a major or very severe constraint (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 84.77; lower is better.
Position 112th of 179 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median6
Statistics on which Uganda does worse than the middle country measured.
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.2792.9265.279▼ Worsened since 2014
Uganda: 2.926 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.
RISE Renewable Energy Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 33.2627.1233.26▼ Worsened since 2013
Uganda: 27.12 · world median 33.26 · Renewable energy policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.056 to 89.52; higher is better.
Firms Owning or Sharing a GeneratorWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 24.8539.9424.85No earlier reading
Uganda: 39.94 · world median 24.85 · Firms owning or sharing a generator (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.158 to 90.51; lower is better.
RISE Energy Efficiency Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 48.2321.2748.23▼ Worsened since 2013
Uganda: 21.27 · world median 48.23 · Energy efficiency policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.975 to 95.93; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10044.8100▲ Improved since 2014
Uganda: 44.8 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10055.3100▲ Improved since 2014
Uganda: 55.3 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Uganda: 0 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.
No better end12
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.8586.0612.85Moved since 2014
Uganda: 86.06 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2734.4624.273No earlier reading
Uganda: 4.462 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.0492.9263.049Moved since 2014
Uganda: 2.926 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Uganda: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1440.0850.144Moved since 2014
Uganda: 0.085 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.0770.0220.077No real change since 2014
Uganda: 0.022 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Uganda: 0 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.
Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 000No real change since 2015
Uganda: 0 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58502.585Moved since 2014
Uganda: 0 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.
Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 1000100No earlier reading
Uganda: 0 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 0-7.5730No real change since 2014
Uganda: -7.573 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.
Primary Energy Consumption per CapitaEIA · 2024 · world median 49.52.17449.5No real change since 2014
Uganda: 2.174 · world median 49.5 · Energy use per person (million Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.95 to 766.07.
No current reading for Uganda
Operating Coal Power Capacity, Primary Schools with Electricity and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Energy among Uganda’s 14 topics
Energy is Uganda’s best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Energy3rd of 1652/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 18th of 1864/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 83rd of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technology104th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equality108th of 1834/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation122nd of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions141st of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience145th of 1934/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties155th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 159th of 2004/4 keys
- Peace & Security148th of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture157th of 1844/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital172nd of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality144th of 1593/3 keys
No standing on Education & Knowledge, Mobility & Trade: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on energy
The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders Uganda can most readily be measured against.
1
BhutanSouthern Asia
1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
- 3Uganda
Eastern Africa
3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Uganda3rd2/3 keys
Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Roads, railways, water supply and telecommunications are not covered: each would need a worldwide series this site does not hold. Emissions from the whole economy are measured under Environment & Sustainability. Oil and gas production, total energy use, energy-efficiency policy and businesses' experience of power cuts are published here as context, without a better end where none exists.
How the Energy standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The energy method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Carbon Intensity of Electricity — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- World Energy Trilemma Index — World Energy Council, Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
The other 25 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Uganda’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Uganda (banner) — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bhutan — VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Uganda: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/uganda/energy