Somalia vs Uganda: Share of the population with access to basic services

Somalia

54.4%

in 2024

Uganda

55.3%

in 2024

Somalia rank

193rd

Uganda rank

191st

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Somalia
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 55.3% against 54.4% in Somalia, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uganda ahead.

Somalia ranks 193rd and Uganda ranks 191st of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Somalia
Share of the population with access to basic services in Uganda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.