180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Recommend CautionLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
Trekking to see mountain gorillas in Bwindi is something you'll remember for the rest of your life, and Uganda has half the world's gorillas. Add chimps in Kibale and the Nile crashing through Murchison Falls and you've got one of Africa's great wildlife trips. But you need to know about the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, one of the harshest laws anywhere. If you're LGBT+, don't go.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Uganda: 8.8
Ranked 38th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
8.82 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 — an elevated rate by world standards.
Higher than 77% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Uganda: 2.2
Ranked 51st least peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 31% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 2.217.
Climbed 12 places since 2024 — one of the year's bigger rises.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Uganda: 5.9
Ranked 60th least free country in the world.
Less free than 70% of the 165 countries measured — 5.91 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 5.23; doing business and owning property, 6.87.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Uganda: Life
Ranked 19th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Homosexuality is criminalised here, with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Public attitudes score 18 out of 100 — the law and public opinion are not the same thing.