Rule of Law is the foundation for communities of justice, opportunity, and peace-underpinning development, accountable government, and respect for fundamental rights. Rule of Law data is indexed on a scale of 0-100 to show each countries relative position against others in the database. Uganda ranked 126th out of 142 countries in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024, with a score of 0.39. This represents a slight decline of less than 1% compared to the previous year.

Gender Based Violence (GBV) takes multiple forms, including physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, with harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation, early or forced marriages, dowry-related violence, and economic abuse. The 2024 Annual Crime Report revealed that over 75 percent of domestic violence victims were women and girls, with all 1667 recorded rape victims in 2024 being women who also accounted for 98 percent of defilement cases. The Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) 2022 indicated physical violence against women at 23 percent.

The Sustainable Development Report (SDR)  2025 launched 24th June 2025 provides a comprehensive global assessment of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for all UN member states. It introduces both the SDG Index and the streamlined SDGi (based on 17 headline indicators), enabling cross-country comparisons using harmonized performance thresholds. The SDG Index scores are measured on a scale from 0 to 100, with 100 indicating full achievement of the SDGs.

The IGP launched the Annual Crime Report (ACR) 2024. The report indicates a 4.1 percent decline in the number of crimes reported to Police, from 228,074 in 2023 to 218,715 in 2024. This was driven by the police force’s commitment to decentralising services through implementation of the Sub-county Policing Model where each sub-county is allocated 18 Police officers. This initiative drew police services closer to the communities, enhancing crime prevention and response.

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The Economic Report on Africa 2025 (ERA 2025) examines AfCFTA’s implementation, highlighting achievements, challenges, and its potential to reshape Africa’s economic landscape. The report underscores AfCFTA’s role in addressing key challenges such as energy access, food security, industrialization, and digital trade. By fostering intra-African trade, the agreement can reduce commodity dependence, boost manufacturing, and strengthen Africa’s position in global value chains.

The report highlights a big gap in achieving goals set for 2030, with only 6 years remaining. The report reveals that only 17% of the SDG targets are on track, over 33% lagging behind and the rest at minimal progress. To achieve the goals, massive investment is needed alongside scaled up action globally, for a more resilient and prosperous world. On a brighter note, some positive highlights include reduction in child mortality, prevention of HIV infection, and access to energy and broadband.

This report sheds light on the complex challenges that Africa faces including domestic, regional, and international risks like economic inequalities, climate change, and conflicts. On the front of economic growth, the continent experienced slowed growth to 2.5% in 2023 but is expected to rebound to 4% in 2024. Food insecurity is rampant with an estimated 160 million Africans that suffer from acute food insecurity, with numbers expected to rise in 2024.

The report highlights trends in popular satisfaction and support for democracy, noting both the resilience and challenges faced by democratic governance in Africa. As part of the challenges and findings that affect democracy in Africa include: Issues such as corruption, military rule, and declining satisfaction with democracy are discussed, alongside the need for stronger local government integrity and official accountability.

The report highlight significant challenges that Africa faces which include global conflicts, climate change, post-COVID-19 recovery, and a cost-of-living crisis, leading to increased poverty and hunger. Many African economies are burdened with high debt, inflation, and limited access to development and climate financing. However, Africa is making positive progress on only 3 of the 51 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets, regressing on 8, and stagnating on the rest.

This report highlights several human rights challenges faced in 2023 which included human rights suppression, wartime atrocities, and selective government outrage caused by conflicts and crises. The renewed hostilities in Israel, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, and Ethiopia caused immense suffering. The same year also had climate and economic issues i.e. it was the hottest year on record that led to wildfires, droughts, and storms, exacerbating economic inequality.