Uganda

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Wars and violent conflicts

Indicator Uganda
Conflict involvement as primary party (2017) 1 (1 x internationalised intra-state)
Conflict involvement as supporting party (2017) 1 (1 x internationalised intra-state)
Number of victims of war as per 100,000 inhabitants 0
Number of violent conflicts and wars between 1962-2017 5
Child soldiers in conflicts
Victims of sexual violence in wars after 1946 yes
Number of homicides as per 100,000 inhabitants (2014) 11.8
Number of robberies as per 100,000 inhabitants (2014) 9.6
Death penalty (2017) Convicted and executed
Torture no known cases
Index value Political Terror Scale (2015) 2.7
Index value Physical Integrity Rights 2
Index value political system -1
Human Development Index (2017) 0.516
Index value Gini Coefficient (2012) 41
Political participation restricted
Number of politically active ethnic groups (2017) 3
Number of all ethnic groups (2017) 9
Ratio of politically active to total number of ethnic groups (2017) 33
Contested territories not affected
Sources:
  • Amnesty International (2018)
  • Bastick et. al (2007)
  • CIRI (2014)
  • CSP (2018)
  • ETH (2018)
  • HKS & PRIO (2016)
  • Natural Earth & GAUL (2016)
  • PTS (2017)
  • Sonderbeauftragter des UN-Generalsekretärs für Kinder und Gewaltkonflikte (2018)
  • UCDP (2018)
  • UCDP/PRIO (2018)
  • UN-Sicherheitsrat (2018)
  • UNDP (2018)
  • UNODC (2017)
  • World Bank (2018)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Peace and demobilisation

Indicator Uganda
Times of Peace ( 1962 - 2017 ) [%] 23.21
Current UN missions
Peace missions of other actors
Number of German personnel in missions
Personnel made available for UN operations 560
Number of Blue Helmets per 10,000 inhabitants 0.12
Current DDR programmes
DDR programmes since 1990 existing
Number of demobilised combatants 16,256
Sources:
  • AU (2016)
  • Bundeswehr (2018)
  • CIC (2013)
  • EAD/EEAS (2018)
  • IISS
  • NATO (2018)
  • UCDP/PRIO (2018)
  • UN (2016)
  • UN DPA (2018)
  • UN DPKO (2018)
  • UNDP
  • World Bank (2018)
  • ZIF (2018)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Military capacities and means

Indicator Uganda
Military expenditures in billion 0.44
Share of military expenditures in GDP [%] 1.68
Comparison military expentitures with social spending [%] 17.6
Military personnel 46400
Reservists 10,000
Number of military personnel per 10,000 inhabitants 10.83
Number of reservists per 10,000 inhabitants 2.33
Number of military personnel in total incl. reservists per doctor 15.473
Number of military personnel in total incl. reservists per teacher 0.278
Number of heavy weapons systems 710
Number of heavy weapons systems per 10,000 inhabitants 0.166
Index value level of militarisation 1990 618.639
Index value level of militarisation 609.958
Trends in militarisation 1990-2017 -8.681
Recipient countries of German military equipment [EUR] 932
Global arms exports [Mio. US$]
Global arms imports [Mio. US$] 18
Sources:
  • BICC (2018)
  • BMWI (2016)
  • IISS (2018)
  • SIPRI (2017)
  • SIPRI (2018)
  • UNSECO (2017)
  • WHO (2016)
  • World Bank (2016)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Natural resources and conflicts

Indicator Uganda
Oil production [in tousand barrels/day] (2016)
Share of global oil production [%] (2016)
Gas production [Billion m³] (2016)
Share of global gas production [%] (2016)
Diamond mining [in thousand carats] (2017)
Share of global diamond mining [%] (2017)
Mining of selected mineral resources (2016) 4
Cultivation of cocoa tree yes
Cultivation of oil palm no
Export of tropical woods no
Cocaanbau
Opiumanbau
Cannabisanbau
Ressource conflict intensity (2017) limited war
Share of conflict resources of total imports [%] 5.05
Share of oil and gas of total imports [%] 0.18
Share of diamonds of total imports [%] 0
Share of agricultural resources of total imports [%] 4.86
Share of conflict resources of total exports [%] 3.43
Share of oil and gas of total exports [%] 0
Share of diamonds of total exports [%] 0
Share of agricultural resources of total exports [%] 3.43
Resource dependency
Resource Governance Index
Member of Kimberley no member
Member of FLEGT no member
Member of EITI
Corruption Index 26
Sources:
  • BICC (2006)
  • BMNT (2018)
  • EIA (2018)
  • EITI (2018)
  • FAO (2017)
  • FLEGT (2018)
  • HIIK (2018)
  • ITTO (2018)
  • Kimberley (2018)
  • Transparency International (2018)
  • UN Comtrade (2018)
  • UNODC (2018)
  • WTO (2018)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Conventional Weapons

Indicator Uganda
Main exporting country Russia
Heavy weapons systems from Germany 2004-2016 [€] 632,235
Number of battle tanks 239
Number of submarines 0
Number of combat aircraft 16
MP2/MP2A1 (UZI) can be found
AK 47 (Kalashnikov and ist variants ) can be found
G3 can be found
Number of civilian SALW as per 100 inhabitants 0.8
German small arms exports 2006–2016 [€] 2,978,875
Small arms exports [$]
Small arms imports [$]
Mine contamination no evidence
Mine production no data available
Mine stockpiling 1764
Member of the Mine Ban Treaty ratified or acceeded
Cluster munitions contamination no evidence
Cluster munitions production
Cluster munitions stockpiling
Member of the convention on Cluster Munitions signed, but not ratfiied
Victims of landmines and cluster munitions
Sources:
  • BICC (2016)
  • Bundeswehr (2016)
  • CMC (2018)
  • EU (2018)
  • ICBL (2018)
  • IISS (2017)
  • LCMM (2017)
  • SAS (2018)
  • UN Comtrade (2018)
  • UNODA (2017)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Weapons of mass destruction

Indicator Uganda
Means of delivery
Nuclear power no nuclear power
Current possession of nuclear weapons
Possession of nuclear weapons peak
Nuclear tests
Uran production [in tons]
Reactors in total
Nuclear reactors
Research reactors
Uranium enrichment plants
Uranium reprocessing plants
HEU [in kilograms]
Plutonium [in tons]
Risk of natural catastrophe index 6.66
Total people living within 30 km [in mio.]
Total people living within 150 km [in mio.]
Biological warfare agents
Number of events 1970-2017
Chemical warfare agents
Number of events 1970-2016 1 other
Sources:
  • ACA (2018)
  • BEH (2018)
  • CIESIN (2016)
  • CNS (2008)
  • CTBTO (2018)
  • FAS (2018)
  • IAEO (2018)
  • IISS (2018)
  • ILPI (2016)
  • IPFM (2018)
  • NNSA (2000)
  • START (2018)
  • bmnt (2018)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Arms control

Indicator Uganda
Ratified multilateral arms control agreements 8
CFE & CFE-II agreement
Geneva Conventions since 1964
UN-Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ratified: I, II, III
Treaty on Open Skies
Dayton Agreement
Vienna Document
Non-Proliferation Treaty ratified
Nuclear-weapon-free zones
Biological Weapons Concention ratified
Chemical Weapons Convention ratified
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ratified
Use of outer space
Outer space treaty ratified
Convention on Registration of Launched Objects into Outer Space not signed
Number of registered and active satellites
Sources:
  • AA (2016)
  • CTBTO (2016)
  • Eurospace (2015)
  • ICRC (2018)
  • OHR (1995)
  • OPCW (2018)
  • OSCE (2011)
  • OSCE (2016)
  • UCS (2018)
  • UNODA (2016)
  • UNODA (2018)
  • UNOG (2018)
  • UNOOSA (2018)
  • aca (2012)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

Environmental safety

Indicator Uganda
Environmental conflicts yes
Global temprature increase (1960-2017) [°C] 1.17
Proportion of population potentially affected by rising sea levels in 2030 [%] Nicht betroffen, da Binnenstaat
Total number of population potentially affected by rising sea levels in 2030 0
Cilmate-Risk-Index rank (1997 - 2016) 67 (low)
Cilmate-Risk-Index value (1997 - 2016) 70.67
Water scarcity in 2040 0.01 (very low)
Water scarcity in 2040 (optimistic) 0.01
Water scarcity in 2040 (pessimistic) 0
Number of dams & reservoirs 1
Total storage volume of dams & reserviors [mio. m3] 204,800
Number of land grabbing deals 17
Proportion of the land area affected by soil degradation (1982-2003) [%] 17.58
Sources:
  • Ackva et al. (2015)
  • Bai et al. (2008)
  • Carius et al. (2006)
  • EC-JRC/PBL (2017)
  • GRDC (2007)
  • GWSP (2011)
  • Germanwatch (2018)
  • Global Land Matrix (2018)
  • Hansen et al. (2010), GISTEMP Team (2018)
  • Neumann et al. (2015)
  • WRI (2015)
Detailed information of the used sources can be found in the list of sources page of this module.

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