Uganda: Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Uganda's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) rose 1.08 percentage points on 2020 (from -1.38% to -0.3%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 32.87 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.65 percentage points in 1984. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Uganda had the 103rd highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Uganda in the 2021 ranking

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 100th of 137: 0.05%
• Nicaragua — 101st of 137: -0.12%
• Viet Nam — 102nd of 137: -0.28%
• Tajikistan — 104th of 137: -0.31%
• Bhutan — 105th of 137: -0.32%
• Malaysia — 106th of 137: -0.45%

What this measures

Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Limitations: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 39 values

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.89% (2021)
• Benin — 5.53% (2021)
• Botswana — 1.7% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — -7.68% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 6.87% (2021)
• Cameroon — -3.7% (2021)
• Central African Republic — -2.29% (2021)
• Chad — 2.36% (2021)
• Comoros — 0.2% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Uganda

• Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$13.29 billion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 48.86 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 21.44% (2025)
• Gross capital formation (current US$) — US$14.04 billion (2025)
• Gross capital formation (current LCU) — 51.61 trillion (2025)
• Gross capital formation (% of GDP) — 22.65% (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$) — US$17.83 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 65.54 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 28.76% (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)?

-0.3% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is down 28.18 percentage points from 27.88% in 1983. The highest value was 27.88% in 1983 and the lowest -10.12% in 1992.

How does Uganda rank?

103rd highest of 137 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Uganda?

In 2021, Uganda's adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) rose 1.08 percentage points on 2020 (from -1.38% to -0.3%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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