Uganda GDP Annual Growth Rate

Last Release

Dec 31, 2022

Actual

4.4

Units In

7.5

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Mar 31, 2026

Time to Release

3 Months 12 Days 11 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
12.9 Jun 2021	-8.1 Sep 2014	5.02 %	2009-2022	Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The services sector is the most important sector of Uganda's economy and accounts for around 51 percent of total GDP. The biggest segments within services are trade & repairs (13 percent); education (8 percent); real estate (5 percent); and finance and insurance (4 percent). Agriculture, forestry & fishing account for 27 percent and the industrial sector represents around 22 percent of the GDP, mostly due to manufacturing (9 percent) and construction (8 percent).

Latest Updates

Uganda's economy expanded by 4.8% year-on-year in Q3 2025, easing from 5.5% growth in the prior period. This marked the weakest expansion since Q1 2023, due to a slowdown in agriculture, forestry, and fishing (3.1% vs 3.5%) and industrial activities (6.0% vs 7.6%). Meanwhile, services activity accelerated (5.7% vs 5.0%). On the expenditure side, household consumption (12.3% vs 8.6% in Q2), government spending (19.7% vs 13.5%), and fixed investment growth (13.2% vs 9.1%) all accelerated. Final consumption expenditure remained the leading contributor to growth, accounting for 83.4% of GDP expenditure. Meanwhile, external trade weighed on growth, with exports and imports rising by 69.6% and 49.3%, respectively. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, GDP grew by 1.6% in Q3, rebounding from an upwardly revised 0.8% contraction in Q2.