Uganda — Economy, Markets & Global Data

Uganda (UG) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.

A landlocked East African economy of coffee, oil prospects and a very young population. Kampala's services and the region's trade keep activity moving. Politics is personalised, and infrastructure plus electricity are still binding constraints.

Region: Africa. Population: 49M (rank #30). GDP: $50.0 billion. GDP per capita: $1,476 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +5.3%. Inflation: +5.4%. Policy rate: 10.25%. Currency: UGX. Equity market cap: $3.0 billion.

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Currency: UGX

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