Imports (% of GDP) — all countries

Imports (% of GDP) — Uganda

Imports (% of GDP) in Uganda in 2025 — 28.76%. Ranked 101 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.94 pp.

2025 28.76% +2.86 pp vs 2024
World rank 101of 138
Period maximum 31.98%2008
Period minimum 7.8%1977

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Imports (% of GDP) — Uganda, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.82%1962: 21.45%1964: 23.1%1966: 25.33%1968: 22.62%1970: 20.12%1972: 16.78%1974: 15.05%1976: 9.61%1978: 18.86%1980: 26.03%1982: 17.52%1984: 14.33%1986: 15.24%1988: 17.78%1990: 19.37%1992: 24.29%1994: 19.1%1996: 23.42%1998: 20.4%2000: 22.1%2002: 25.06%2004: 22.76%2006: 28.36%2008: 31.98%2010: 24.44%2012: 28.01%2014: 21.07%2016: 18.78%2018: 21.55%2020: 21.59%2022: 22.48%2024: 25.9%2025: 28.76%
Change over the period: +6.94 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uganda

Uganda 28.76%
World 28.5%
Eastern Africa computed 28.92%
Low-income countries computed 27.75%
Imports (% of GDP) — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.76 +2.86 pp
2024 25.9 +4.16 pp
2023 21.74 −0.74 pp
2022 22.48 −3.45 pp
2021 25.93 +4.35 pp
2020 21.59 −0.67 pp
2019 22.25 +0.7 pp
2018 21.55 +1.38 pp
2017 20.18 +1.39 pp
2016 18.78 −6.03 pp
2015 24.81 +3.75 pp
2014 21.07 −5.53 pp
2013 26.6 −1.41 pp
2012 28.01 +1.11 pp
2011 26.9 +2.45 pp
2010 24.44 −4.01 pp
2009 28.45 −3.53 pp
2008 31.98 +1.93 pp
2007 30.05 +1.69 pp
2006 28.36 +3.54 pp
2005 24.81 +2.05 pp
2004 22.76 −2.44 pp
2003 25.2 +0.13 pp
2002 25.06 +1.25 pp
2001 23.81 +1.71 pp
2000 22.1 −1.68 pp
1999 23.77 +3.37 pp
1998 20.4 −0.39 pp
1997 20.8 −2.63 pp
1996 23.42 +2.59 pp
1995 20.83 +1.73 pp
1994 19.1 −2.08 pp
1993 21.18 −3.11 pp
1992 24.29 +2.35 pp
1991 21.94 +2.57 pp
1990 19.37 +1.28 pp
1989 18.09 +0.32 pp
1988 17.78 −0.27 pp
1987 18.04 +2.81 pp
1986 15.24 +0.23 pp
1985 15.01 +0.68 pp
1984 14.33 +0.68 pp
1983 13.64 −3.88 pp
1982 17.52 −4.54 pp
1981 22.06 −3.97 pp
1980 26.03 +8.5 pp
1979 17.53 −1.33 pp
1978 18.86 +11.06 pp
1977 7.8 −1.81 pp
1976 9.61 −1.31 pp
1975 10.92 −4.13 pp
1974 15.05 +1.89 pp
1973 13.15 −3.63 pp
1972 16.78 −7.18 pp
1971 23.96 +3.84 pp
1970 20.12 −0.22 pp
1969 20.34 −2.28 pp
1968 22.62 −1.77 pp
1967 24.39 −0.94 pp
1966 25.33 +0.97 pp
1965 24.36 +1.26 pp
1964 23.1 −0.78 pp
1963 23.88 +2.43 pp
1962 21.45 −0.2 pp
1961 21.64 −0.17 pp
1960 21.82

About the indicator

Imports of goods and services as a percent of GDP — a measure of how far an economy depends on supplies from abroad. High values are typical both of small open economies and of countries embedded in global supply chains, where imported components are processed and shipped back out.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.