Uganda UG: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 13.500 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 13.100 % for 2016. Uganda UG: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 13.400 % from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2019, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.500 % in 1989 and a record low of 11.700 % in 1996. Uganda UG: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Annualized average growth rate in per capita real survey mean consumption or income, total population (%) in Uganda was reported at --0.1 % in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Annualized average growth rate in per capita real survey mean consumption or income, total population - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Uganda: Income from natural resources, percent of GDP: The latest value from 2021 is 7.48 percent, a decline from 7.56 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 6.83 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Uganda from 1970 to 2021 is 14.49 percent. The minimum value, 6.67 percent, was reached in 1971 while the maximum of 44.66 percent was recorded in 1980.

Annualized average growth rate in per capita real survey mean consumption or income, bottom 40% of population (%) in Uganda was reported at 0.21 % in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Uganda - Annualized average growth rate in per capita real survey mean consumption or income, bottom 40% of population - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Explore the progression of average salaries for graduates in Uganda Certificate Of Education from 2020 to 2023 through this detailed chart. It compares these figures against the national average for all graduates, offering a comprehensive look at the earning potential of Uganda Certificate Of Education relative to other fields. This data is essential for students assessing the return on investment of their education in Uganda Certificate Of Education, providing a clear picture of financial prospects post-graduation.

Uganda: Percent income earned by the top 10 percent of earners: The latest value from 2019 is 34.5 percent, an increase from 34.2 percent in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 27.07 percent, based on data from 75 countries. Historically, the average for Uganda from 1989 to 2019 is 34.34 percent. The minimum value, 31.3 percent, was reached in 1996 while the maximum of 37.5 percent was recorded in 2002.

Uganda: Personal income per capita, U.S. dollars: The latest value from is U.S. dollars, unavailable from U.S. dollars in . In comparison, the world average is 0 U.S. dollars, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Uganda from to is U.S. dollars. The minimum value, U.S. dollars, was reached in while the maximum of U.S. dollars was recorded in .

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The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Uganda was last recorded at 986.84 US dollars in 2024. The GDP per Capita in Uganda is equivalent to 8 percent of the world's average. This dataset provides - Uganda GDP per capita - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Uganda UG: External Debt: Public and Publicly Guaranteed Debt Service: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 2.246 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.883 % for 2015. Uganda UG: External Debt: Public and Publicly Guaranteed Debt Service: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 6.662 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2016, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.031 % in 1991 and a record low of 1.320 % in 2012. Uganda UG: External Debt: Public and Publicly Guaranteed Debt Service: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Public and publicly guaranteed debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Exports refer to exports of goods, services, and income.; ; World Bank.; Weighted average;

Uganda: External debt, percent of Gross National Income: The latest value from 2022 is 43.6 percent, a decline from 48.68 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 56.76 percent, based on data from 113 countries. Historically, the average for Uganda from 1970 to 2022 is 40.04 percent. The minimum value, 8.88 percent, was reached in 1975 while the maximum of 106.53 percent was recorded in 1992.

Historical chart and dataset showing Uganda GDP per capita by year from 1960 to 2023.

Uganda UG: GDP: USD: Gross National Income per Capita: Atlas Method data was reported at 600.000 USD in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 630.000 USD for 2016. Uganda UG: GDP: USD: Gross National Income per Capita: Atlas Method data is updated yearly, averaging 295.000 USD from Jun 1984 (Median) to 2017, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 670.000 USD in 2015 and a record low of 180.000 USD in 1994. Uganda UG: GDP: USD: Gross National Income per Capita: Atlas Method data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Gross Domestic Product: Nominal. GNI per capita (formerly GNP per capita) is the gross national income, converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, divided by the midyear population. GNI is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. GNI, calculated in national currency, is usually converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for comparisons across economies, although an alternative rate is used when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large margin from the rate actually applied in international transactions. To smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates, a special Atlas method of conversion is used by the World Bank. This applies a conversion factor that averages the exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of inflation between the country, and through 2000, the G-5 countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States). From 2001, these countries include the Euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted Average;

Uganda UG: External Debt: Short-Term Debt: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 10.431 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11.651 % for 2015. Uganda UG: External Debt: Short-Term Debt: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 14.455 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2016, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 87.973 % in 1991 and a record low of 0.523 % in 2012. Uganda UG: External Debt: Short-Term Debt: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted Average;

Uganda UG: GDP: Growth: Adjusted Net National Income data was reported at -3.155 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.783 % for 2015. Uganda UG: GDP: Growth: Adjusted Net National Income data is updated yearly, averaging 4.869 % from Jun 1983 (Median) to 2016, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.046 % in 1983 and a record low of -6.672 % in 1992. Uganda UG: GDP: Growth: Adjusted Net National Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Annual Growth Rate. Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in 'The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018: Building a Sustainable Future' (Lange et al 2018).; Weighted average;

Uganda UG: External Debt: Present Value: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 79.767 % in 2017. Uganda UG: External Debt: Present Value: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 79.767 % from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. Uganda UG: External Debt: Present Value: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Present value of debt is the sum of short-term external debt plus the discounted sum of total debt service payments due on public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term external debt over the life of existing loans. The exports denominator is a three-year average.; ; World Bank, Global Development Finance.; ;

Uganda UG: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: South Asia data was reported at 18.431 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.096 % for 2015. Uganda UG: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: South Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 6.903 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.038 % in 2013 and a record low of 0.945 % in 1979. Uganda UG: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: South Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Uganda UG: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Middle East & North Africa data was reported at 1.345 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.447 % for 2015. Uganda UG: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Middle East & North Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 0.322 % from Dec 1964 (Median) to 2016, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.063 % in 1964 and a record low of 0.003 % in 1981. Uganda UG: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Middle East & North Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Uganda UG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: East Asia & Pacific data was reported at 2.870 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.063 % for 2015. Uganda UG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: East Asia & Pacific data is updated yearly, averaging 0.984 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.966 % in 1965 and a record low of 0.004 % in 1986. Uganda UG: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: East Asia & Pacific data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Uganda UG: External Debt: Interest Payments: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 1.811 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.342 % for 2016. Uganda UG: External Debt: Interest Payments: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 4.146 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2017, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.813 % in 1991 and a record low of 0.569 % in 2012. Uganda UG: External Debt: Interest Payments: % of Exports of Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Uganda – Table UG.World Bank.WDI: External Debt: Debt Outstanding, Debt Ratio and Debt Service. Total interest payments to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total interest payment is the sum of interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and charges to the IMF.; ; World Bank, International Debt Statistics.; Weighted average; The denominator for this indicator in previous versions of Global Development Finance included workers' remittances. Workers' remittances are no longer included.