low-income, primarily agrarian East African economy; COVID-19 hurt economic growth and poverty reduction; lower oil prices threaten prior sector investments; endemic corruption; natural resource rich; high female labor force participation but undervalued
$103.007 billion (2021 est.)
$99.488 billion (2020 est.)
$96.636 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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3.54% (2021 est.)
2.95% (2020 est.)
6.44% (2019 est.)
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$2,200 (2021 est.)
$2,200 (2020 est.)
$2,300 (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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$34.683 billion (2019 est.)
2.2% (2021 est.)
3.31% (2020 est.)
2.87% (2019 est.)
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Fitch rating: B+ (2015)
Moody's rating: B2 (2016)
Standard & Poors rating: B (2014)
note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
agriculture: 28.2% (2017 est.)
industry: 21.1% (2017 est.)
services: 50.7% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 74.3% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 8% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 23.9% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 0.3% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 18.8% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -25.1% (2017 est.)
sugar cane, plantains, cassava, maize, sweet potatoes, milk, vegetables, beans, bananas, sorghum
sugar processing, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production
3.47% (2021 est.)
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16.995 million (2021 est.)
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agriculture: 71%
industry: 7%
services: 22% (2013 est.)
2.94% (2021 est.)
2.77% (2020 est.)
1.92% (2019 est.)
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total: 4.3%
male: 3.4%
female: 5.3% (2021 est.)
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21.4% (2016 est.)
42.7 (2019 est.)
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on food: 44.2% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 1% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 36.1% (2009 est.)
revenues: $5.088 billion (2019 est.)
expenditures: $6.896 billion (2019 est.)
-4.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
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44.19% of GDP (2020 est.)
38.48% of GDP (2019 est.)
34.67% of GDP (2018 est.)
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11.39% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
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1 July - 30 June
-$3.553 billion (2021 est.)
-$3.552 billion (2020 est.)
-$2.508 billion (2019 est.)
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$6.177 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$5.562 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$6.172 billion (2019 est.)
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United Arab Emirates 58%, Kenya 9% (2019)
gold, coffee, milk, fish and fish products, tobacco (2019)
$10.705 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$10.197 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$9.795 billion (2019 est.)
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China 19%, India 17%, Kenya 16%, United Arab Emirates 7%, Japan 5% (2019)
packaged medicines, aircraft, delivery trucks, cars, wheat (2019)
$3.359 billion (31 December 2018 est.)
$3.721 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
note: excludes gold
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$6.241 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$13.85 billion (2019 est.)
$12.187 billion (2018 est.)
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Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar -
3,587.052 (2021 est.)
3,718.249 (2020 est.)
3,704.049 (2019 est.)
3,727.069 (2018 est.)
3,611.224 (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Uganda on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uganda 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uganda 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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