Census 2024 · city in West Nile sub-region

Arua City

People: 384,656; 26 of 146 by size
Area: 405 km²
People per km²: 950; Uganda: 189
Household size: 4.8; Uganda: 4.2
Children under 18: 50.1%; Uganda: 49.6%

Where Arua City is

Where Arua City does better than Uganda

Households with safe drinking water: 88.9% vs 81.1% nationally
Households with a mosquito net: 92.0% vs 87.2% nationally
Households in subsistence farming: 28.6% vs 33.1% nationally

Where Arua City lags behind

Unemployment (14–64): 19.9% vs 12.6% nationally
Households on grid electricity: 20.3% vs 25.3% nationally
Youth 18–30 not in work, school or training: 55.9% vs 50.9% nationally

Arua City compared

Arua City
West Nile
Uganda

Education

Children 6–12 out of school26.7%
0%50th highest of 146 · West Nile 35.4% · Uganda 26.0%50%
Teens 13–17 out of school36.0%
0%55th highest of 146 · West Nile 39.8% · Uganda 34.2%50%

Jobs

Youth 18–30 not in work, school or training55.9%
0%65th highest of 146 · West Nile 60.6% · Uganda 50.9%100%
Unemployment (14–64)19.9%
0%16th highest of 146 · West Nile 18.8% · Uganda 12.6%25%
Households in subsistence farming28.6%
0%108th highest of 146 · West Nile 53.5% · Uganda 33.1%100%
Households that got PDM support4.6%
0%126th highest of 146 · West Nile 9.7% · Uganda 7.8%25%

Homes

Households on grid electricity20.3%
0%36th highest of 146 · West Nile 4.1% · Uganda 25.3%50%
Households lighting with solar30.2%
0%72nd highest of 146 · West Nile 21.0% · Uganda 28.1%50%
Households with safe drinking water88.9%
0%58th highest of 146 · West Nile 80.4% · Uganda 81.1%100%
Households with improved toilets43.4%
0%38th highest of 146 · West Nile 25.0% · Uganda 43.6%50%
Households with no toilet3.4%
0%89th highest of 146 · West Nile 9.6% · Uganda 6.7%25%

Health

Households with a mosquito net92.0%
0%29th highest of 146 · West Nile 89.2% · Uganda 87.2%100%
People with health insurance0.9%
0%30th highest of 146 · West Nile 0.8% · Uganda 1.0%25%
People with a birth certificate10.8%
0%59th highest of 146 · West Nile 9.1% · Uganda 11.4%25%

Connected

Internet users (per 100 people)5.9%
0%21st highest of 146 · West Nile 2.7% · Uganda 6.1%25%
Households with a radio39.9%
0%84th highest of 146 · West Nile 29.3% · Uganda 41.0%50%
Households with a TV20.1%
0%43rd highest of 146 · West Nile 6.4% · Uganda 23.1%50%

Inside Arua City: 2 divisions

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Households on grid electricity

By division, Census 2024

Who has power from the grid? Arua City overall: 20.3%

Highest: Arua Central Division (58.0%). Lowest: Ayivu Division (13.9%).

Division	County	Households on grid electricity
Arua Central Division	Arua Central Division	58.0%
Ayivu Division	Ayivu Division	13.9%

Farming in Arua City

The 2021 livestock census counted Arua City’s animals as part of Arua.

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

Other districts in West Nile

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About these numbers

From the National Population and Housing Census 2024. Shares are worked out from UBOS’s counts for Arua City. The West Nile and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Arua City 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.