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{{Infobox economy
| country = Uganda
| image = KampalaSkyline2.jpg
| image_size = 310px
| caption = [[Kampala]], the [[financial centre]] of Uganda
| currency = [[Ugandan shilling]] (USh)
| fixed exchange = 
| year = 1 July – 30 June
| organs = [[African Union|AU]], [[East African Community|EAC]], [[COMESA]], [[World Trade Organization|WTO]]
| group = {{plainlist|
*[[Least Developed Countries|Least Developed]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/01/weodata/weoselco.aspx?g=2200&sg=All+countries+%2f+Emerging+market+and+developing+economies |title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019 |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |website=IMF.org |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>
*[[Least Developed Countries|Low-income economy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups |title=World Bank Country and Lending Groups |publisher=[[World Bank]] |website=datahelpdesk.worldbank.org |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>}}
| gdp = {{plainlist|
* {{increase}} $64.28 billion ([[GDP (nominal)|nominal]]; {{abbr|2025|2025 forecast}})<ref name="IMF DataMapper">{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/profile/UGA |title=IMF DataMapper: Uganda|website=[[International Monetary Fund]] |date=2025 |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
* {{increase}} $187.11 billion ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]; {{abbr|2025|2025}})<ref name="IMF DataMapper"/> 
}}
| gdp rank = {{plainlist|
* [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|88th (nominal; 2025)]]
* [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|82th (PPP; 2025)]]
}}
| growth = {{plainlist|   
* {{Increase}} 4.9%&nbsp;(2023)<ref name="IMF DataMapper" />
* {{Increase}} 6.3%&nbsp;(2024)<ref name="IMF DataMapper" />
* {{Increase}} 6.1%&nbsp;({{abbr|2025|2025 forecast}})<ref name="IMF DataMapper" />
* {{Increase}} 7.6%&nbsp;({{abbr|2026f|2025 forecast}})<ref name="IMF DataMapper" />
}}
| per capita = {{plainlist|
* {{increase}} $1,340 (nominal; {{abbr|2025|2025 forecast}})<ref name="IMF DataMapper"/>
* {{increase}} $3,900 (PPP; {{abbr|2025|2025 forecast}})<ref name="IMF DataMapper"/> 
}}
| per capita rank = {{plainlist|
* [[List of countries by GDP per capita (nominal)|160th (nominal; 2025)]]
* [[List of countries by GDP per capita (PPP)|161th (PPP; 2025)]]
}}
| sectors = {{plainlist|
*Agriculture: 71.9%
*Industry: 4.4%
*Services: 23.7%
*(2017 est.)}}
| components = 
| inflation = 3.2% (2019)<ref name="IMFWEOUG">{{cite web |title=World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019 |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=63&pr.y=10&sy=2017&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=746&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC%2CPCPIPCH&grp=0&a= |website=IMF.org |access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
| bankrate = 19.1% (31 December 2017 est.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uganda-rates/update-2-uganda-central-bank-lowers-key-lending-rate-to-9-5-percent-idUSL8N1ME1ZY |title=Uganda central bank lowers key lending rate to 9.5 percent |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=3 October 2017 | publisher=[[Reuters.com]] |first=Elias |last=Biryabarema}}</ref>
| poverty = {{plainlist|
*21.4% (2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG">{{cite web |title=AFRICA :: UGANDA |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/ |website=CIA.gov |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
*41.7% on less than $1.90/day (2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) - Uganda |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?locations=UG&name_desc=false |website=data.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>}}
| gini = 42.8 {{color|darkorange|medium}} (2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=GINI index (World Bank estimate) - Uganda |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?locations=UG&name_desc=false |website=data.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
| hdi = {{plainlist|
*{{decrease}} 0.525 {{color|red|low}} (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/indicators/137506 |title=Human Development Index (HDI) |publisher=[[Human Development Report|HDRO (Human Development Report Office)]] [[United Nations Development Programme]] |website=hdr.undp.org |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> ([[List of countries by Human Development Index|166th]])
*{{increase}} 0.396 {{color|red|low}} [[List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI|IHDI]] (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-3-inequality-adjusted-human-development-index-ihdi |title=Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) |publisher=[[Human Development Report|HDRO (Human Development Report Office)]] [[United Nations Development Programme]] |website=hdr.undp.org |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>}}
| labor = {{plainlist|
*{{increase}} 16,833,878 (2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Labor force, total - Uganda |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.TOTL.IN?locations=UG&name_desc=false |website=data.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
*48.0% employment rate (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) - Uganda |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.NE.ZS?locations=UG&name_desc=false |website=data.worldbank.org |publisher=World Bank |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>}}
| occupations = {{plainlist|
*Agriculture: 71%
*Industry: 7%
*Services: 22%
*(2013 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>}}
| unemployment = 
| average gross salary = 
| gross median = 
| average net salary = 
| net median = 
| industries = Sugar processing, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement, steel production<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| exports = {{increase}} $3.339 billion (2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| export-goods = coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products, gold<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| export-partners = {{plainlist|
*{{flag|Kenya}} 17.7%
*{{flag|UAE}} 16.7%
*{{flag|DR Congo}} 6.6%
*{{flag|Rwanda}} 6.1%
*{{flag|Tanzania}} 4.8%
*(2017)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>}}
| imports = {{increase}} $5.036 billion (2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| import-goods = Capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies, cereals<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| import-partners = {{plainlist|
*{{flag|China}} 17.4%
*{{flag|India}} 13.4%
*{{flag|UAE}} 12.2%
*{{flag|Kenya}} 7.9%
*{{flag|Japan}} 6.4%
*{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} 6.3%
*{{flag|Indonesia}} 4.4%
*{{flag|South Africa}} 4.1%
*(2017)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>}}
| current account = {{decrease}} −$1.212 billion (2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| FDI = $10.909 billion (2016)<ref name="3R">{{cite web |url=https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/uganda/investing-3 |title=Uganda: Foreign Investment: Foreign Direct Investment |publisher=Export Entreprises SA Quoting [[UNCTAD]] |author=UNCTAD |date=November 2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140130/https://en.portal.santandertrade.com/establish-overseas/uganda/investing-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gross external debt = $7.163 billion (31 December 2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| NIIP = 
| debt = $25.3 billion ($11.7 billion, domestic) (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.ug/audit-report-public-debt-growing-at-higher-rate-than-gdp/ |title=Audit report: Public debt growing at higher rate than GDP |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=10 January 2024 | publisher=[[The Independent (Uganda)]] }}</ref>
| balance = –4.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
| revenue = $3.98 billion (2017)<ref name="5R">{{cite web|title=Uganda Budget Brief 2017: Economic Commentary  |url=https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/ke/pdf/tax/ug-uganda-brief.pdf |access-date=8 June 2018 | date=June 2017 |publisher=[[KPMG|KPMG Kenya]] |author=KPMG |location=Nairobi}}</ref>
| expenses = $7.66 billion (2017)<ref name="5R"/>
| aid = $3.68 billion (2017)<ref name="5R"/>
| credit = [[Standard & Poor's]]: {{decrease}} B<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uganda-ratings-idUSEMN2TJJJC20140117  |title=S&P lowers Uganda sovereign credit rating to B from B+|date=17 January 2014 |work=Reuters |access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref>
| reserves = {{increase}} $3.654 billion (31 December 2017 est.)<ref name="CIAWFUG"/>
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[[Image:KampalaMarket.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A family in a market in [[Kampala]]]]

The '''economy of Uganda''' has great potential and appears poised for rapid growth and development.<ref name="8R">{{cite web|title=Uganda Economic Update, 10th Edition, December 2017 : Accelerating Uganda's Development, Ending Child Marriage, Educating Girls |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=December 2017 | url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29031?locale-attribute=en |publisher=[[World Bank Group]] |author=World Bank |location=Washington, DC|doi=10.1596/29031 }}</ref> [[Uganda]] is endowed with significant natural resources, including ample fertile land, regular rainfall, and mineral deposits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Invest in Uganda: A Guide to Africa's Investment Pearl |url=https://www.mktimothy.com/invest-in-uganda-guide.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.mktimothy.com |language=en}}</ref>

Chronic political instability and erratic economic management since the implementation of self-rule has produced a record of persistent economic decline that has left Uganda among of the world's poorest and least-developed countries.<ref name="9R">{{cite web|date=31 May 2016 | url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/wealth/125197/the-richest-and-poorest-countries-in-africa/ |title=The richest and poorest countries in Africa |author=Staff Writer |location=Johannesburg |publisher=Businesstech.co.za |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref>  The [[energy in Uganda|national energy needs]] have historically exceeded the domestic energy generation, though large petroleum reserves have been found in the country's west.<ref name="10R">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e057c978-1555-11e7-b0c1-37e417ee6c76 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e057c978-1555-11e7-b0c1-37e417ee6c76 |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |title=Uganda's oil reserves bring promise of work and infrastructure |author=John Aglionby |date=27 April 2017 |newspaper=[[The Financial Times]] |access-date=8 June 2018 | location=London}}</ref>

After the turmoil of the [[Idi Amin|Amin]] period, the country began a program of economic recovery in 1981 that received considerable foreign assistance. From mid-1984 onward, overly expansionist fiscal and monetary policies and the renewed outbreak of [[civil war|civil strife]] led to a setback in economic performance.<ref name="11R">{{cite web| url=https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/economic-cost-conflict-northern-uganda |title=Economic cost of the conflict in Northern Uganda |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=13 November 2002 | publisher=[[ReliefWeb]] |author=CARE International |
location=New York City}}</ref>

The economy has grown since the 1990s; real [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) grew at an average of 6.7% annually during the period 1990–2015,<ref name="12R">{{cite web|title=World Development Indicators |url=http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators |access-date=3 June 2018| author=World Bank |publisher=[[World Bank Group]] | location=Washington, DC}}</ref> whereas real GDP per capita grew at 3.3% per annum during the same period.<ref name="12R"/> During this period, the Ugandan economy experienced [[economic transformation]]: the share of agriculture value added in GDP declined from 56% in 1990 to 24% in 2015; the share of industry grew from 11% to 20% (with [[manufacturing]] increasing at a slower pace, from 6% to 9% of GDP); and the share of services went from 32% to 55%.<ref name="12R"/>

==International trade and finance==
[[Image:2006Ugandan exports.PNG|thumb|450px|Ugandan export destinations in 2006]]

Since assuming power in early 1986, [[Yoweri Museveni|Museveni]]'s government has taken important steps toward economic rehabilitation. The country's infrastructure, notably its transport and communications systems which were destroyed by war and neglect, is being rebuilt. Recognizing the need for increased external support, Uganda negotiated a policy framework paper with the IMF and the World Bank in 1987. Uganda subsequently began implementing economic policies designed to restore price stability and sustainable balance of payments, improve capacity utilization, rehabilitate infrastructure, restore producer incentives through proper price policies, and improve resource mobilization and allocation in the public sector. These so-called Structural Adjustment Programs greatly improved the shape of the Ugandan economy, but did not lead to economic growth in the first decade after their implementation. Since 1995, Uganda has experienced rapid economic growth, but it is not clear to what extent this positive development can be attributed to Structural Adjustment.<ref name="13R">{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg | title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present |date=2016 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=332–334| isbn=9781107507180}}</ref> Uganda has been a member of the [[World Trade Organization]], since January 1st 1995 and a member of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]], since October 25th 1962.<ref name="14R">{{cite web|title=Uganda and the WTO | url=https://www.wto.org/English/Thewto_E/countries_e/uganda_e.htm|access-date=8 June 2018 |date=8 June 2018 |author=WTO |
publisher=[[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) |location=Geneva}}</ref>

==Currency==
{{Main|Ugandan shilling}}
[[Uganda]] began issuing its own currency in 1966 through the [[Bank of Uganda]].<ref name="15R">{{cite web |title=History of Uganda Currency |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=8 June 2018 |url=https://www.bou.or.ug/bou/currency/history_of_the_currency.html |publisher=[[Bank of Uganda]] |author=Bank of Uganda |location=Kampala |author-link=Bank of Uganda |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143332/https://www.bou.or.ug/bou/currency/history_of_the_currency.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Agriculture==
{{Main|Agriculture in Uganda}}
{{See also|Fishing in Uganda|Forestry in Uganda |
Dairy industry in Uganda}}

Agricultural products supply a significant portion of Uganda's foreign exchange earnings, with coffee alone, of which Uganda is Africa's second largest producer after [[Ethiopia]],<ref name="16R">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/Uganda-posts-highest-coffee-export-volumes-at-4-6m-bags/688616-4152646-2anmhw/index.html |title=Uganda posts highest coffee export volumes at 4.6 million bags |date=25 October 2017 |first=Dorothy |last=Nakaweesi |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |location=Kampala | access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref> accounting for about 17% of the country's exports in 2017 and earning the country US$545 million.<ref name="16R"/> Exports of apparel, [[Hide (skin)|hides]], skins, [[vanilla]], [[vegetable]]s, [[fruit]]s, [[cut flowers]], and [[fish]] are growing, while [[cotton]], [[tea]], and [[tobacco]] continue to be mainstays.<ref name="17R">{{cite web| url=https://www.export.gov/article?id=Uganda-Agriculture | title=Uganda - Agriculture |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=8 March 2017 |publisher=United States Department of Commerce | author=International Trade Administration |location=Washington, DC}}</ref>

Uganda produced in 2018:

* 3.9 million tons of [[sugarcane]]
* 3.8 million tons of [[Cooking banana|plantain]] (4th largest producer in the world, losing only to Congo, Ghana and Cameroon)
* 2.9 million tons of [[maize]]
* 2.6 million tons of [[cassava]]
* 1.5 million tons of [[sweet potato]] (7th largest producer in the world)
* 1.0 million tons of [[bean]]
* 1.0 million tons of [[vegetable]]
* 532 thousand tons of [[banana]]
* 360 thousand tons of [[onion]]
* 298 thousand tons of [[sorghum]]
* 260 thousand tons of [[rice]]
* 245 thousand tons of [[sunflower seed]]
* 242 thousand tons of [[peanut]]
* 211 thousand tons of [[coffee]] (10th largest producer in the world)
* 209 thousand tons of [[millet]]

In addition, there are smaller productions of other agricultural products, like [[cotton]] (87 thousand tons), [[tea]] (62 thousand tons), [[tobacco]] (35 thousand tons) and [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] (27 thousand tons).<ref>[http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ Uganda production in 2018, by FAO]</ref>

==Transportation==
{{Main|Transport in Uganda}}
As of 2017, Uganda had about {{convert|130000|km|0}} of roads, with approximately {{convert|5300|km|0}} (4 percent) paved.<ref name="18R">{{cite web |url=http://www.works.go.ug/key-summary-statistics/ |title=Key Summary Statistics |publisher=[[Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda)|Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport]] |author=Ministry of Works & Transport |location=Kampala |date=2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730233749/http://www.works.go.ug/key-summary-statistics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most paved roads radiate from [[Kampala]], the country's capital and largest city.<ref name="19R">{{cite web |access-date=8 June 2018 |url=http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Uganda+Road+Network;jsessionid=33424C63E9836C9F20970F98F58B9A0F |title=Map of Uganda Showing Main Roads |date=2017 |publisher=Dlca.logcluster.org |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120195253/https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Uganda+Road+Network;jsessionid=33424C63E9836C9F20970F98F58B9A0F |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2017, Uganda's metre gauge railway network measures about {{convert|1250|km|0}} in length. Of this, about 56% ({{convert|700|km|0}}), is operational. A railroad originating at [[Mombasa]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] connects with [[Tororo]], where it branches westward to [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]], Kampala, and [[Kasese]] and northward to [[Mbale]], [[Soroti]], Lira, [[Gulu]], and [[Pakwach]]. The only railway line still operating, however, is the one to Kampala.<ref name="18R"/>

Uganda's important link to the port of Mombasa is now mainly by road, which serves its transport needs and also those of neighboring [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], parts of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and [[South Sudan]].<ref name="20R">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttcanc.org/page.php?id=11 |title=About the Northern Transportation Corridor |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=2018 |publisher=[[Northern Corridor|Northern Corridor Transit and Transportation Coordination Authority]] (NCTTCA) |author=NCTTCA |location=Mombasa |archive-date=3 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064253/http://www.ttcanc.org/page.php?id=11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

An [[Entebbe International Airport|international airport]] is at [[Entebbe]] on the northern shores of [[Lake Victoria]], about {{convert|41|km|mi}} south of Kampala.<ref name="21R">{{cite web| url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Post%20Office%20Building%2C%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Entebbe%20International%20Airport%2C%205536%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Entebbe%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJXyfX9IC8fRcRorrkbY-nufI&dt2=ChIJr4G6N82GfRcRHz1D1jmhq50 |title=Distance between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Entebbe International Airport, 5536 Kampala Road, Entebbe, Uganda |access-date=8 June 2018 |date=8 June 2018 |author=Globefeed.com |publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref> In January 2018, the [[government of Uganda]] began the construction of [[Hoima International Airport|Kabalega International Airport]], in the [[Western Region, Uganda|Western Region]] of Uganda. This will be Uganda's second international airport, which is planned to facilitate the construction of [[Uganda Oil Refinery|an oil refinery]] and boost tourism.<ref name="22R">{{cite web| url=http://www.ftwonline.co.za/article/129383/Second-international-airport-on-the-way-for-Uganda |title=Second international airport on the way for Uganda |date=11 December 2017 |access-date=8 June 2018 |last=Steenhoff-Snethlage | first=Erin |publisher=Ftwonline.co.za |location=Johannesburg}}</ref>

The transport union Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATWGU) is one of the more powerful trade unions in the country with about 100,000 members, many of whom are informal workers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schminke |first1=Tobias Gerhard |title=Labour-centred development and decent work : a structuralist perspective on informal employment and trade union organizing in Uganda |date=2019 |publisher=Saint Mary's University |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |url=https://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/29224 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>

==Communications==
{{Main|Communications in Uganda}}
{{See also|List of mobile network operators in Uganda}}

The Uganda Communications Commission regulates communications, primarily "delivered through an enabled private sector." The companies it regulates include television networks, radio stations, mobile network operators, and fixed-line telephone companies.<ref name="23R">{{cite web |author=Paul Mugume |date=23 January 2017 |title=Uganda Communications Commission Toughens on Local Content Prioritization |url=https://pctechmag.com/2017/01/uganda-communications-commission-toughens-on-local-content-prioritization/ |access-date=8 June 2018 |publisher=TCTech Magazine |location=Kampala}}</ref>

==Mining and petroleum==
{{main|Mining industry of Uganda}}
Uganda's predominant mineral occurrences are [[gold]], [[tungsten]], [[tin]], [[beryl]], and [[tantalite]] in the south; tungsten, [[clay]], and [[granite]] between [[latitude]] zero and two degrees north; and gold, [[mica]], [[copper]], [[limestone]], and [[iron]] in the north.<ref name="24R">{{cite web|first=Tabu
|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Study-shows-Uganda-s-vast-mineral-riches/688334-1491012-37pc7r/index.html |title=Study shows Uganda's vast mineral riches |access-date=8 June 2018 | date=31 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |last=Butagira 
|location=Kampala}}</ref>

In late 2012, the government of Uganda was taken to court over value added tax that it placed on goods and services purchased by [[Tullow Oil]], a foreign oil company operating in the country at the time.<ref name="25R">{{cite web|access-date=8 June 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Study-shows-Uganda-s-vast-mineral-riches/688334-1491012-37pc7r/index.html |date=17 December 2012 |title=Tullow sues government in new tax dispute 
|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |first=Tabu |last=Butagira | location=Kampala}}</ref> The court case was heard at an international court based in the [[United States]]. The Ugandan government insisted that Tullow could not claim taxes on supplies as recoverable costs before oil production starts.<ref name="26R">{{cite web|date=8 January 2013 |access-date=8 June 2018  |url=http://northsouthnews.com/index.php/africa/2752-tullow-oil-and-ugandan-government-in-second-tax-row |title=Tullow Oil and Ugandan government in second tax row |author=NorthSouthNews | publisher=NorthSouthNews.com}}</ref> Sources from within the government reveal that the main concern at present is the manner in which millions of dollars have been lost in the past decade, money that could allegedly have stayed in Uganda for investment in the public sector; a [[Global Financial Integrity]] report recently revealed that illicit money flows from Uganda between 2001 and 2012 totalled $680 million.<ref name="26R"/> Tullow Oil was represented in the court case by [[Kampala Associated Advocates]], whose founder is Elly Kurahanga, the President of Tullow Uganda.<ref name="25R"/> A partner at Kampala Associated Advocates, Peter Kabatsi, was also Uganda's solicitor general between 1990 and 2002, and he has denied claims that he negotiated contracts with foreign oil firms during his time in this role.<ref name="25R"/>

In June 2015, the Ugandan government and Tullow Oil settled a longstanding dispute regarding the amount of certain capital gains taxes that the company owed to the government.<ref name="27R">{{cite journal|access-date=8 June 2018 |date=22 June 2015
|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2015/0622/709735-tullow-oil/ |title=Tullow pays $250 million to settle Uganda tax dispute out of court |journal=RTÉ.ie
|publisher=[[RTÉ|Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |
location=Dublin, Ireland |author=RTÉ Ireland}}</ref> The government claimed that the company owed US$435 million.<ref name="28R">{{cite news|access-date=8 June 2018 |date=18 April 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/8459395/Tullow-Oil-sues-Heritage-over-unpaid-Ugandan-tax-bill.html |title=Tullow Oil sues Heritage over unpaid Ugandan tax bill |first=Rowena |last=Mason |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |
location=London}}</ref> The claim, however, was settled for US$250 million.<ref name="27R"/>

In April 2018, the government signed agreements with [[Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium]], an International consortium led by [[GE Energy|General Electric]] of the United States, to build a 60,000 barrels-per-day [[Uganda Oil Refinery]] in Western Uganda. The cost of the development is budgeted at about US$4 billion.<ref name="29R">{{cite web|first=Allan |last=Olingo |
newspaper=[[The EastAfrican]] |access-date=8 June 2018 | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Uganda-signs-USD4bn-refinery-plant-deal--/2560-4393822-oyqk9rz/index.html | title=Uganda signs $4 billion refinery plant deal |date=14 April 2018  | location=Nairobi}}</ref><ref name="30R">{{cite web| title=Uganda signs off Shs4 trillion for US in refinery | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Uganda-signs-off-Shs4-trillion-US-refinery/688334-4550148-sj5gxr/index.html |access-date=8 May 2018 |date=8 May 2018 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |first=Frederic |last=Musisi |location=Kampala}}</ref>

== GDP per capita ==
=== GDP per capita (PPP) according to Madisson ===

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'''Source: [[Maddison Project|Maddison Historical Statistics Project]]''' <ref name=madissonpercapita>{{cite web|title=Historical evolution of GDP per capita (PPP) of Uganda during the period 1950-2005|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-per-capita-maddison?tab=chart&yScale=log&country=~UGA|date=1950–1981|access-date=2023-11-03|website=ourworldindata.org|author=[[Our World in Data]]|language=English}}</ref>

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== Women in the economy ==
The [[informal economy]], which is predominantly female, is broadly defined as a group of vulnerable individuals without protections in regards to their work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/iesf/document/decent-work-and-informal-economy-ilo-2002|title=Decent work and the informal economy - ILO 2002 {{!}} capacity4dev.eu|website=europa.eu|access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref> Women face a plethora of barriers specific to gender when attempting to access the formal economy of Uganda, and research revealed prejudice against lending to women in the informal sector.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Women in African Economies: From Burning Sun to Boardroom|last=Snyder|first=Margarget|publisher=Fountain Publishers Ltd|year=2000|isbn=9970-02-187-7|location=Kampala|pages=5–6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Okurut|first1=F. N.|last2=Schoombee|first2=A.|last3=Berg|first3=S. Van Der|date=2005|title=Credit Demand and Credit Rationing in the Informal Financial Sector in Uganda1|journal=South African Journal of Economics|language=en|volume=73|issue=3|pages=482–497|doi=10.1111/j.1813-6982.2005.00033.x|issn=1813-6982|hdl=10019.1/50308|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The agriculture sector of the Ugandan economy, which composes roughly 40% of the country's GDP, is largely fulfilled by women laborers, especially in managing products, marketing, and the crop sub-sector.'''<ref name=":022">{{Cite book|title=Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda: Unleashing the Power of Women|last1=Ellis|first1=Amanda|last2=Manuel|first2=Claire|last3=Blackden|first3=C. Mark|publisher=The World Bank|year=2006|isbn=0-8213-6384-0|location=Washington D.C.|pages=27–37}}</ref>''' 76% of women work in the agriculture sector and roughly 66% of men do, and women provide for 80% of food crops and 60% of traditional exports such as coffee or tea.<ref name=":1" /> In the formal, non-agricultural economy, men constitute 61% of the workforce, whereas women predominate the informal economy, and this can be attributed to the lack of equity between men and women in the country.<ref name=":022" /> The Uganda Bureau of Statistics reported, when looking at the urban workforce in 2015, 88.6% of women were employed informally, and 84.2% of men were.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2017|title=2017 Statistical Report|url=https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/03_20182017_Statistical_Abstract.pdf|journal=Uganda Bureau of Statistics|pages=169}}</ref> Women are unable to enter into certain sectors, especially in the formal economy, due to the inability to provide substantial initial funding, and remain in the trade and service sectors of the economy. Comparatively, men dominate the more profitable sectors, such as manufacturing.<ref name=":1" /> Women traders make up 70% of those in markets and 40% in shops in addition to dominating other sectors such as the service industry, crafts, and tailoring.<ref name="Lange 2003 1–8">{{Cite journal|last=Lange|first=Siri|date=2003|title=When women grow wings: Gender relations in the informal economy of Kampala|url=https://www.cmi.no/publications/1563-when-women-grow-wings|journal=CMI Report|language=en|volume=R 2003: 8|pages=1–8}}</ref>

Women are often undervalued in data compilation, particularly when considering their role in their domestic home lives. For example, women commonly match the contribution of their husbands to their familial income, if not provide more, when taking into consideration the value of their labor and the profits made from selling excess food.<ref name=":1" /> Urban women on average earn between 50% and 70% of a household's income.<ref name="Lange 2003 1–8"/> Women are also discredited in data collection due to biases of data collectors resulting in inaccurate reports, as well as income being measured per house, rather than separating by gender.<ref name=":1" /> The barriers women face in furthering their entrepreneurial careers are different from those faced by men; this is inherent in the biased culture and institutions plaguing Uganda despite the passing of somewhat progressive policies, especially with the 1985 transition of government to the National Resistance Movement party.'''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guma|first=Prince Karakire|date=7 September 2015|title=Business in the urban informal economy: barriers to women's entrepreneurship in Uganda|journal=[[Journal of African Business]]|volume=16|issue=3|pages=305–321|doi=10.1080/15228916.2015.1081025|s2cid=216149652 }}</ref>'''

==Data==
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<small>(in bil. US$ PPP)</small>
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!GDP
<small>(in bil. US$ nominal)</small>
!GDP growth
<small>(real)</small>
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|5.9
|525
|7.5
| {{Decrease}}-3.4%
|{{Increase}}99.2%
|n/a
|-
|1981
|{{Increase}}6.7
|{{Increase}}580
|{{Increase}}12.1
|{{Increase}}3.9%
|{{Increase}}100.0%
|n/a
|-
|1982
|{{Increase}}7.7
|{{Increase}}646
|{{Decrease}}8.4
|{{Increase}}8.2%
|{{Increase}}100.0%
|n/a
|-
|1983
|{{Increase}}8.4
|{{Increase}}683
|{{Increase}}9.6
|{{Increase}}4.9%
|{{Increase}}150.0%
|n/a
|-
|1984
|{{Increase}}8.5
|{{Decrease}}665
|{{Decrease}}7.4
| {{Decrease}}-3.0%
|{{Increase}}16.7%
|n/a
|-
|1985
|{{Steady}}8.5
|{{Decrease}}644
|{{Decrease}}6.8
| {{Decrease}}-3.0%
|{{Increase}}100.0%
|n/a
|-
|1986
|{{Increase}}8.7
|{{Decrease}}640
|{{Decrease}}6.7
|{{Increase}}0.9%
|{{Increase}}143.8%
|n/a
|-
|1987
|{{Increase}}9.3
|{{Increase}}657
|{{Increase}}10.9
|{{Increase}}4.0%
|{{Increase}}215.4%
|n/a
|-
|1988
|{{Increase}}10.4
|{{Increase}}710
|{{Increase}}11.3
|{{Increase}}8.3%
|{{Increase}}166.7%
|n/a
|-
|1989
|{{Increase}}11.5
|{{Increase}}757
|{{Decrease}}9.1
|{{Increase}}6.4%
|{{Increase}}130.8%
|n/a
|-
|1990
|{{Increase}}12.7
|{{Increase}}807
|{{Decrease}}7.5
|{{Increase}}6.5%
|{{Increase}}45.4%
|n/a
|-
|1991
|{{Increase}}13.4
|{{Increase}}820
|{{Decrease}}3.9
|{{Increase}}1.8%
|{{Increase}}20.8%
|n/a
|-
|1992
|{{Increase}}14.5
|{{Increase}}860
|{{Decrease}}3.6
|{{Increase}}5.9%
|{{Increase}}42.2%
|n/a
|-
|1993
|{{Increase}}15.8
|{{Increase}}908
|{{Increase}}4.3
|{{Increase}}6.7%
|{{Increase}}30.0%
|n/a
|-
|1994
|{{Increase}}17.4
|{{Increase}}967
|{{Increase}}6.2
|{{Increase}}7.7%
|{{Increase}}5.9%
|n/a
|-
|1995
|{{Increase}}19.4
|{{Increase}}1,045
|{{Increase}}7.5
|{{Increase}}9.2%
|{{Increase}}6.8%
|n/a
|-
|1996
|{{Increase}}21.1
|{{Increase}}1,098
|{{Increase}}7.7
|{{Increase}}6.6%
|{{Increase}}7.5%
|n/a
|-
|1997
|{{Increase}}22.4
|{{Increase}}1,132
|{{Increase}}8.4
|{{Increase}}4.6%
|{{Increase}}7.7%
|44.2%
|-
|1998
|{{Increase}}24.1
|{{Increase}}1,177
|{{Decrease}}8.2
|{{Increase}}6.1%
|{{Increase}}5.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}45.1%
|-
|1999
|{{Increase}}26.4
|{{Increase}}1,249
|{{Decrease}}7.8
|{{Increase}}8.0%
|{{Increase}}5.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}47.7%
|-
|2000
|{{Increase}}28.0
|{{Increase}}1,284
|{{Increase}}7.8
|{{Increase}}3.9%
|{{Increase}}3.4%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}48.5%
|-
|2001
|{{Increase}}31.2
|{{Increase}}1,383
|{{Increase}}7.8
|{{Increase}}8.8%
|{{Increase}}1.9%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}51.4%
|-
|2002
|{{Increase}}33.9
|{{Increase}}1,456
|{{Increase}}8.4
|{{Increase}}7.1%
| {{Decrease}}-0.3%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}54.7%
|-
|2003
|{{Increase}}36.7
|{{Increase}}1,521
|{{Increase}}8.7
|{{Increase}}6.2%
|{{Increase}}8.7%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}55.1%
|-
|2004
|{{Increase}}39.8
|{{Increase}}1,597
|{{Increase}}10.8
|{{Increase}}5.8%
|{{Increase}}3.7%
|{{DecreasePositive}}49.0%
|-
|2005
|{{Increase}}45.2
|{{Increase}}1,753
|{{Increase}}12.5
|{{Increase}}10.0%
|{{Increase}}8.6%
|{{DecreasePositive}}42.6%
|-
|2006
|{{Increase}}49.9
|{{Increase}}1,870
|{{Increase}}14.1
|{{Increase}}7.0%
|{{Increase}}7.2%
|{{DecreasePositive}}27.8%
|-
|2007
|{{Increase}}55.4
|{{Increase}}2,006
|{{Increase}}17.5
|{{Increase}}8.1%
|{{Increase}}6.1%
|{{DecreasePositive}}17.0%
|-
|2008
|{{Increase}}62.3
|{{Increase}}2,181
|{{Increase}}22.4
|{{Increase}}10.4%
|{{Increase}}12.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}}15.7%
|-
|2009
|{{Increase}}67.8
|{{Increase}}2,294
|{{Increase}}24.1
|{{Increase}}8.1%
|{{Increase}}13.0%
|{{DecreasePositive}}14.8%
|-
|2010
|{{Increase}}73.7
|{{Increase}}2,416
|{{Increase}}24.7
|{{Increase}}7.5%
|{{Increase}}4.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}18.4%
|-
|2011
|{{Increase}}81.0
|{{Increase}}2,570
|{{Increase}}27.5
|{{Increase}}7.7%
|{{Increase}}18.7%
|{{DecreasePositive}}18.0%
|-
|2012
|{{Decrease}}77.2
|{{Decrease}}2,373
|{{Increase}}30.9
|{{Increase}}2.3%
|{{Increase}}14.0%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}19.5%
|-
|2013
|{{Increase}}80.3
|{{Increase}}2,395
|{{Increase}}32.3
|{{Increase}}3.9%
|{{Increase}}5.5%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}22.1%
|-
|2014
|{{Increase}}84.1
|{{Increase}}2,441
|{{Increase}}34.8
|{{Increase}}5.7%
|{{Increase}}4.3%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}24.8%
|-
|2015
|{{Increase}}85.4
|{{Decrease}}2,406
|{{Decrease}}29.8
|{{Increase}}8.0%
|{{Increase}}3.7%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}28.5%
|-
|2016
|{{Increase}}86.2
|{{Decrease}}2,359
|{{Increase}}30.6
|{{Increase}}0.2%
|{{Increase}}5.2%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}31.0%
|-
|2017
|{{Increase}}89.8
|{{Increase}}2,384
|{{Increase}}31.6
|{{Increase}}6.8%
|{{Increase}}5.6%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}33.6%
|-
|2018
|{{Increase}}97.0
|{{Increase}}2,498
|{{Increase}}34.1
|{{Increase}}5.5%
|{{Increase}}2.5%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}34.9%
|-
|2019
|{{Increase}}106.4
|{{Increase}}2,673
|{{Increase}}37.9
|{{Increase}}7.8%
|{{Increase}}2.1%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}37.6%
|-
|2020
|{{Decrease}}106.2
|{{Decrease}}2,577
|{{Increase}}37.9
| {{Decrease}}-1.4%
|{{Increase}}2.8%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}46.3%
|-
|2021
|{{Increase}}118.0
|{{Increase}}2,780
|{{Increase}}42.7
|{{Increase}}6.7%
|{{Increase}}2.2%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}51.8%
|}
Source: [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=66&pr.y=6&sy=1980&ey=2023&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=746&s=NGDP_RPCH,PPPGDP,PPPPC,GGXWDG_NGDP&grp=0&a=|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Uganda)]]
* [[Uganda Investment Authority]]
* [[Uganda Securities Exchange]]
* [[Banking in Uganda]]
* [[Tourism in Uganda]]
* [[Poverty in Uganda]]
* [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]]
* [[Economy of East Africa]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.finance.go.ug/ Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development]
* [http://www.ugandainvest.com/ Uganda Investment Authority; Sector analysis reports available]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050720074653/http://www.ubi.co.ug/ The Uganda Business Index]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080312142618/http://www.ugee.com/YellowPages Uganda Business Directory]
* [http://www.trademap.org/open_access/Index.aspx?proceed=true&reporter=800 Uganda latest trade data on ITC Trade Map]
* [https://www.independent.co.ug/uganda-economy-gets-bigger-by-20/2/ Uganda Economy Gets Bigger By 20%] As of 21 October 2019.

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