Economic Policy & Debt · Uganda
Yearly data from 1982 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Uganda's GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) was US$1,021 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 18.27% from US$862.93 in 2015 (1.69% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1,021 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$917.04 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$862.93 | 2015 |
| Highest | US$1,021 | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$329.58 | 1986 |
| Average since 2016 | US$929.37 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$359.21 | 1982 |
Over five years it is up 11.29% from US$917.04 in 2020 (2.16% a year on average, compounded). Since 1982 it is up 184.12% from US$359.21 in 1982 (2.46% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Uganda's GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) rose US$34.49 on 2024 (from US$986.09 to US$1,021).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$19.32 and a typical year strayed about US$13.38 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 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 US$47.89 in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was US$21.51 in 1985. 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 US$14.91 a year. A straight line explains 91% 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.
Extending that straight line gives about US$1,035 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 US$26.2, against US$54.38 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.
In 2025, Uganda had the 171st highest value of the 186 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | US$1,021 | 2025 |
| World | US$12,131 | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$1,615 | 2025 |
| Low income | US$719.74 | 2025 |
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,021 |
| 2024 | 986.09 |
| 2023 | 955.75 |
| 2022 | 933.09 |
| 2021 | 919.4 |
| 2020 | 917.04 |
| 2019 | 920.94 |
| 2018 | 895.08 |
| 2017 | 871.09 |
| 2016 | 874.65 |
| 2015 | 862.93 |
| 2014 | 845.98 |
| 2013 | 828.99 |
| 2012 | 823.58 |
| 2011 | 816.52 |
| 2010 | 768.62 |
| 2009 | 749.34 |
| 2008 | 722.57 |
| 2007 | 684.54 |
| 2006 | 650.27 |
| 2005 | 604.4 |
| 2004 | 585.34 |
| 2003 | 564.72 |
| 2002 | 547.41 |
| 2001 | 519.46 |
| 2000 | 509.2 |
| 1999 | 509.46 |
| 1998 | 487.01 |
| 1997 | 478.25 |
| 1996 | 468.43 |
| 1995 | 441.23 |
| 1994 | 406.59 |
| 1993 | 395.16 |
| 1992 | 377.61 |
| 1991 | 377.78 |
| 1990 | 369.84 |
| 1989 | 358.77 |
| 1988 | 348.37 |
| 1987 | 332.19 |
| 1986 | 329.58 |
| 1985 | 338 |
| 1984 | 359.51 |
| 1983 | 370.54 |
| 1982 | 359.21 |
Every indicator for Uganda is on the Uganda data page.
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