Census 2024 · district in West Nile sub-region

Arua

People: 159,722; 122 of 146 by size
Area: 816 km²
People per km²: 196; Uganda: 189
Household size: 4.5; Uganda: 4.2
Children under 18: 50.3%; Uganda: 49.6%

Where Arua is

Where Arua does better than Uganda

Households with a mosquito net: 91.0% vs 87.2% nationally

Where Arua lags behind

Households with improved toilets: 17.7% vs 43.6% nationally
Households on grid electricity: 2.9% vs 25.3% nationally
Households in subsistence farming: 51.7% vs 33.1% nationally

Arua compared

Arua
West Nile
Uganda

Education

Children 6–12 out of school35.1%
0%14th highest of 146 · West Nile 35.4% · Uganda 26.0%50%
Teens 13–17 out of school42.8%
0%17th highest of 146 · West Nile 39.8% · Uganda 34.2%50%

Jobs

Youth 18–30 not in work, school or training58.5%
0%52nd highest of 146 · West Nile 60.6% · Uganda 50.9%100%
Unemployment (14–64)12.7%
0%64th highest of 146 · West Nile 18.8% · Uganda 12.6%25%
Households in subsistence farming51.7%
0%39th highest of 146 · West Nile 53.5% · Uganda 33.1%100%
Households that got PDM support7.1%
0%92nd highest of 146 · West Nile 9.7% · Uganda 7.8%25%

Homes

Households on grid electricity2.9%
0%109th highest of 146 · West Nile 4.1% · Uganda 25.3%50%
Households lighting with solar30.9%
0%68th highest of 146 · West Nile 21.0% · Uganda 28.1%50%
Households with safe drinking water71.3%
0%104th highest of 146 · West Nile 80.4% · Uganda 81.1%100%
Households with improved toilets17.7%
0%134th highest of 146 · West Nile 25.0% · Uganda 43.6%50%
Households with no toilet10.4%
0%36th highest of 146 · West Nile 9.6% · Uganda 6.7%25%

Health

Households with a mosquito net91.0%
0%45th highest of 146 · West Nile 89.2% · Uganda 87.2%100%
People with health insurance0.3%
0%118th highest of 146 · West Nile 0.8% · Uganda 1.0%25%
People with a birth certificate7.5%
0%114th highest of 146 · West Nile 9.1% · Uganda 11.4%25%

Connected

Internet users (per 100 people)2.4%
0%99th highest of 146 · West Nile 2.7% · Uganda 6.1%25%
Households with a radio35.0%
0%105th highest of 146 · West Nile 29.3% · Uganda 41.0%50%
Households with a TV7.2%
0%99th highest of 146 · West Nile 6.4% · Uganda 23.1%50%

Inside Arua: 4 sub-counties

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Households on grid electricity

By sub-county, Census 2024

Who has power from the grid? Arua overall: 2.9%

Highest: Vurra (6.1%). Lowest: Logiri (0.4%).

Sub-county	County	Households on grid electricity
Vurra	Vurra County	6.1%
Ajia	Vurra County	1.5%
Arivu	Vurra County	1.5%
Logiri	Vurra County	0.4%

Farming in Arua

	Arua	West Nile	Uganda	Rank
Households keeping livestock	84.6%	79.0%	72.8%	36th of 135
Cattle per 100 people	15.3 per 100 people	18.3 per 100 people	31.5 per 100 people	110th of 135
Goats per 100 people	47.8 per 100 people	51.9 per 100 people	37.8 per 100 people	40th of 135
Chickens per 100 people	76.0 per 100 people	75.8 per 100 people	126.0 per 100 people	99th of 135
Pigs per 100 people	12.6 per 100 people	9.2 per 100 people	15.4 per 100 people	76th of 135
Cattle that are exotic or cross-bred	1.7%	1.0%	23.0%	92nd of 135
Honey harvested (kg, 6 months)	48,111 kg	214,821 kg	2,567,298 kg	11th of 135

Source: UBOS, National Livestock Census 2021. Animals per 100 people use the 2024 census population. Includes Arua City and Terego.

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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. The West Nile and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Arua 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.