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    Census 2024 · district in Karamoja sub-region

    Abim

    People
    144,084
    125 of 146 by size
    Area
    2,581 km²
    People per km²
    56
    Uganda: 189
    Household size
    3.6
    Uganda: 4.2
    Children under 18
    51.1%
    Uganda: 49.6%

    Where Abim is

    Where Abim does better than Uganda

    • Households with safe drinking water: 97.0% vs 81.1% nationally
    • Households that got PDM support: 18.5% vs 7.8% nationally

    Where Abim lags behind

    • Households on grid electricity: 2.3% vs 25.3% nationally
    • Households in subsistence farming: 54.6% vs 33.1% nationally
    • Households with no toilet: 25.2% vs 6.7% nationally

    Abim compared

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    Inside Abim: 16 sub-counties

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    Households on grid electricity

    By sub-county, Census 2024

    Who has power from the grid? Abim overall: 2.3%

    Highest: Abim Town Council (22.2%). Lowest: Nyakwae (0.1%).

    Sub-countyCountyHouseholds on grid electricity
    Abim Town CouncilLabwor County22.2%
    Kiru Town CouncilLabwor County4.6%
    Orwamuge Town CouncilLabwor County3.2%
    Alerek Town CouncilLabwor County2.9%
    AtungaLabwor County2.1%
    Morulem Town CouncilLabwor County1.8%
    AbimLabwor County1.3%
    Abuk Town CouncilLabwor County1.1%
    AlerekLabwor County0.7%
    AwachLabwor County0.5%
    MorulemLabwor County0.5%
    MagamagaLabwor County0.3%
    OpopongoLabwor County0.2%
    CamkokLabwor County0.1%
    LotukeiLabwor County0.1%
    NyakwaeLabwor County0.1%

    Farming in Abim

    AbimKaramojaUgandaRank
    Households keeping livestock84.3%76.9%72.8%37th of 135
    Cattle per 100 people43.4 per 100 people161.4 per 100 people31.5 per 100 people35th of 135
    Goats per 100 people55.5 per 100 people176.0 per 100 people37.8 per 100 people29th of 135
    Chickens per 100 people118.1 per 100 people100.2 per 100 people126.0 per 100 people66th of 135
    Pigs per 100 people18.3 per 100 people5.5 per 100 people15.4 per 100 people47th of 135
    Cattle that are exotic or cross-bred0.4%0.5%23.0%123rd of 135
    Honey harvested (kg, 6 months)15,621 kg813,335 kg2,567,298 kg38th of 135

    Source: UBOS, National Livestock Census 2021. Animals per 100 people use the 2024 census population.

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    About these numbers

    From the National Population and Housing Census 2024. Shares are worked out from UBOS’s counts for Abim. The Karamoja and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Abim sits among all districts and cities, from highest value down. For some indicators, a high rank is good news; for others it isn’t.

    Note: UBOS's mobile phone ownership table currently repeats the internet-use figures, so phone ownership is left out.