Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Uganda

Trade balance in Uganda in 2025 — -4,537,252,018 US$. Ranked 106 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 19,549.5%.

2025 -4.54B US$ +7.9% vs 2024
World rank 106of 138
Period maximum 57.82M US$1973
Period minimum -4.94B US$2023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Uganda, 1960–2025-6B-4B-2B02B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23,328,320 US$1962: 11,946,222 US$1964: 40,079,035 US$1966: 2,239,955 US$1968: 13,719,726 US$1970: 40,739,185 US$1972: 38,919,222 US$1974: -6,843,456 US$1976: 43,600,000 US$1978: -126,086,957 US$1980: -82,000,000 US$1982: -199,000,000 US$1984: -59,033,912 US$1986: -95,262,953 US$1988: -664,216,667 US$1990: -522,041,941 US$1992: -443,762,232 US$1994: -413,340,605 US$1996: -692,906,552 US$1998: -708,909,866 US$2000: -708,892,333 US$2002: -855,807,414 US$2004: -799,214,600 US$2006: -1,305,321,670 US$2008: -1,111,619,930 US$2010: -2,832,795,043 US$2012: -3,418,340,125 US$2014: -1,995,219,703 US$2016: -1,855,923,175 US$2018: -2,128,501,545 US$2020: -2,320,354,562 US$2022: -4,766,731,243 US$2024: -4,926,255,865 US$2025: -4,537,252,018 US$
Change over the period: −4.56B (−19,549.54%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Uganda -4.54B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -29.17B US$
Eastern Africa computed -43.36B US$
Low-income countries computed -37.41B US$
Trade balance — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -4.54B +389M +7.9%
2024 -4.93B +18.08M +0.37%
2023 -4.94B −178M −3.73%
2022 -4.77B −652M −15.85%
2021 -4.11B −1.79B −77.32%
2020 -2.32B −502M −27.62%
2019 -1.82B +310M +14.58%
2018 -2.13B −1.05B −96.97%
2017 -1.08B +775M +41.78%
2016 -1.86B +2.01B +51.98%
2015 -3.87B −1.87B −93.73%
2014 -2B +920M +31.57%
2013 -2.92B +503M +14.71%
2012 -3.42B +496M +12.67%
2011 -3.91B −1.08B −38.18%
2010 -2.83B −361M −14.61%
2009 -2.47B −1.36B −122.36%
2008 -1.11B +475M +29.92%
2007 -1.59B −281M −21.52%
2006 -1.31B −323M −32.85%
2005 -983M −183M −22.94%
2004 -799M +113M +12.42%
2003 -913M −56.75M −6.63%
2002 -856M −138M −19.19%
2001 -718M −9.13M −1.29%
2000 -709M −17.76M −2.57%
1999 -691M +17.78M +2.51%
1998 -709M −243M −51.99%
1997 -466M +226M +32.69%
1996 -693M −173M −33.18%
1995 -520M −107M −25.87%
1994 -413M +41.22M +9.07%
1993 -455M −10.8M −2.43%
1992 -444M +37M +7.7%
1991 -481M +41.28M +7.91%
1990 -522M +12.93M +2.42%
1989 -535M +129M +19.46%
1988 -664M −50.04M −8.15%
1987 -614M −519M −544.71%
1986 -95.26M −50.57M −113.15%
1985 -44.69M +14.34M +24.29%
1984 -59.03M +52.63M +47.13%
1983 -112M +87.33M +43.89%
1982 -199M −119M −148.75%
1981 -80M +2M +2.44%
1980 -82M −122M −305%
1979 40M +166M +131.72%
1978 -126M −166M −417.08%
1977 39.76M −3.84M −8.8%
1976 43.6M +97.04M +181.58%
1975 -53.44M −46.6M −680.96%
1974 -6.84M −64.66M −111.84%
1973 57.82M +18.9M +48.56%
1972 38.92M +97.58M +166.35%
1971 -58.66M −99.4M −243.99%
1970 40.74M +26.88M +193.94%
1969 13.86M +139,997 +1.02%
1968 13.72M +4.9M +55.56%
1967 8.82M +6.58M +293.75%
1966 2.24M −8.54M −79.22%
1965 10.78M −29.3M −73.1%
1964 40.08M +17.31M +76%
1963 22.77M +10.83M +90.62%
1962 11.95M −307,228 −2.51%
1961 12.25M −11.07M −47.47%
1960 23.33M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

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