Uganda's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 1.8 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 229.04% from 545.68 billion in 2015 (12.65% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.8 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 972.9 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 545.68 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.8 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -212.3 billion | 1995 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.06 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -196,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Uganda's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 270.32 billion on 2024 (from 1.53 trillion to 1.8 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +50.77 billion and a typical year strayed about 109.81 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 408.2 billion in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 214.39 billion in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 134.49 billion a year. A straight line explains 98% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1.95 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 232.22 billion, against 326.36 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Uganda had the 13th highest value of the 109 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 2025 ranking
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 58 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,795,501,021,300 |
| 2024 | 1,525,178,761,400 |
| 2023 | 1,332,321,172,100 |
| 2022 | 1,224,638,165,400 |
| 2021 | 1,101,455,183,800 |
| 2020 | 972,904,886,900 |
| 2019 | 825,113,167,700 |
| 2018 | 693,962,665,700 |
| 2017 | 607,494,855,700 |
| 2016 | 545,677,942,200 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.59 billion (2024)
- Benin — 56.5 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 2.51 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 74.62 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 233.9 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -97.75 billion (2025)
- Chad — 495.84 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 7.91 billion (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.98 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 28.87 billion (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire
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$17.83 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 65.54 trillion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 28.76% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Uganda's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 1.8 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1963?
- It is up 916.07 million% from -196,000 in 1963. The highest value was 1.8 trillion in 2025 and the lowest -212.3 billion in 1995.
- How does Uganda rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, 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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