Benin vs Uganda: Augmented Human Development Index

Benin

0.2476

in 2020

Uganda

0.2596

in 2020

Benin rank

133rd

Uganda rank

130th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Benin
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.2596 against 0.2476 in Benin, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Uganda ahead.

Benin ranks 133rd and Uganda ranks 130th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Benin
Augmented Human Development Index in Uganda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.