Livability · rank 151/167
Is 🇺🇬 Uganda (Kampala) a good place to live?
Quality score 42/100 against essentials of $633/month.
The five metrics
Internet 22 54.2 Mbps median broadband, 8.9% online
Safety 46 9 homicides/100k (2023)
Healthcare 54 UHC service coverage 54/100 (2023)
Air quality 44 PM2.5 30.3 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -0.74 · corruption control -1.12 · stability -1.02 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $30.45 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $10.87/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($633) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 3.2× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 4.7× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 7.9× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia — quality 91, essentials $1,385/mo
- 🇱🇻 Latvia — quality 81.9, essentials $1,245/mo
- 🇸🇳 Senegal — quality 46, essentials $699/mo
- 🇲🇹 Malta — quality 91.3, essentials $1,403/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Uganda
Frequently asked questions
- Is Uganda a good place to live for remote workers?
- Uganda scores 42/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 54.2 Mbps, safety 46, healthcare 54, air quality 44; English not scored) — rank 151 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Uganda?
- Median fixed broadband is around 54.2 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Uganda?
- Single-person essentials run about $633/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.7× essentials).