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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Uganda economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Uganda best banks and safest banks are also available.
The institution is Uganda’s biggest lender, accounting for roughly 55% of its multilateral external debt stock.
USD 3.4 billion (2018)
World Bank, data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
8.1% | 10.4% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 6.8% | 2.2% | 4.7% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
4.6% | 5.7% | 2.3% | 5% | 6.2% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.03% | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.06% | 0.07% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019* |
5.4% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2.6% | 3.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
34.3% | 37.1% | 39.7% | 41.4% | 43.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-4.7% | -4.8% | -3.8% | -4.2% | -6.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B
Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-8.9% (2018 estimate)
19.5% (2018)
0.02% (2018)
0.03% (2018)
Coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold
Capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Kenya 17.7%, UAE 16.7%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.6%, Rwanda 6.1%, Italy 4.8%(2017)
China 17.4%, India 13.4%, UAE 12.2%, Kenya 7.9%, Japan 6.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.3%, Indonesia 4.4%, South Africa 4.1% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 626 million | USD 803 million | USD 1,337 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 0.2 million | USD 0.3 million | USD 0.3 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
116 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 169 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 113 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 168 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 135 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 80 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 88 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 92 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 121 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 77 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 99 out of 190 countries
115 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 95 / Score: 59.7 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
English (official language, taught in schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages and the language used most often in the capital), other Niger-Congo lan
Protestant 45.1% (Anglican 32.0%, Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.7%, Baptist .3%), Roman Catholic 39.3%, Muslim 13.7%, other 1.6%, none 0.2%(2014 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
15.78 million | 21.82 million | 30.52 million | 35.49 million | 41.22 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
4.4% | 7.5% | 14.8% | 23.8% |
Total population: 78.4%
Male: 85.3%
Female: 71.5%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
69.9% (last available estimate, 2016)
42.8 (last available estimate, 2016)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Not Free
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.4%
Mobile: 57.3%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)