Uganda's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) was -5.2 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 193.03% from -1.78 trillion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -5.2 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -2.86 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -1.78 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | -104,700 | 1961 |
| Lowest | -5.63 trillion | 2024 |
| Average since 2016 | -3.62 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -116,700 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Uganda's net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) rose 421.63 billion on 2024 (from -5.63 trillion to -5.2 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −185.26 billion and a typical year strayed about 362.84 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 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 648.4 billion in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.16 trillion in 2023. 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 downward, about 356.79 billion a year. A straight line explains 81% 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 -6.13 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 1.1 trillion, against 1.69 trillion 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 142nd highest value of the 156 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
- Cambodia — 138th of 156: -3.63 trillion
- India — 139th of 156: -4.31 trillion
- Costa Rica — 140th of 156: -4.67 trillion
- Angola — 142nd of 156: -5.21 trillion
- Tanzania — 143rd of 156: -5.27 trillion
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 144th of 156: -9.02 trillion
What this measures
Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). 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 66 values
| Year | Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -5,203,501,226,291 |
| 2024 | -5,625,135,204,382 |
| 2023 | -4,618,734,897,293 |
| 2022 | -3,463,731,128,844 |
| 2021 | -3,243,480,427,135 |
| 2020 | -2,859,486,871,653 |
| 2019 | -3,507,883,814,100 |
| 2018 | -3,386,719,809,900 |
| 2017 | -2,554,464,154,100 |
| 2016 | -1,763,071,198,000 |
Net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — -5.21 trillion (2025)
- Benin — -162.98 billion (2025)
- Botswana — -9.61 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — -944.85 billion (2025)
- Burundi — -42.91 billion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — -3.88 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — -536 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 102.59 billion (2025)
- Chad — -565.98 billion (2025)
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 net primary income (net income from abroad) (current LCU)?
- -5.2 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 4.46 billion% from -116,700 in 1960. The highest value was -104,700 in 1961 and the lowest -5.63 trillion in 2024.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GSR.NFCY.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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