Uganda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) was US$2.8 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 210.24% from US$901.87 million in 2015 (11.99% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$2.8 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$1.06 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$901.87 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$2.8 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$232.6 million | 1999 |
| Average since 2016 | US$1.43 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$232.6 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Uganda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) rose 95.8% on 2024 (from US$1.43 billion to US$2.8 billion).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +9.2% and a typical year strayed about 19.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 95.8% in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.4% in 2003. 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$104.06 million a year. A straight line explains 39% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Uganda had the 36th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | US$2.8 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$567.33 billion | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$54.16 billion | 2024 |
| Low income | US$11.87 billion | 2023 |
Closest to Uganda in the 2025 ranking
- Tunisia — 33rd of 109: US$3.32 billion
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 34th of 109: US$3.22 billion
- Tajikistan — 35th of 109: US$3.02 billion
- Italy — 37th of 109: US$2.7 billion
- United Kingdom — 38th of 109: US$2.65 billion
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 39th of 109: US$2.58 billion
What this measures
Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 27 values
| Year | Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,797,944,440 |
| 2024 | 1,429,341,866 |
| 2023 | 1,513,720,000 |
| 2022 | 1,250,300,000 |
| 2021 | 1,155,100,000 |
| 2020 | 1,061,836,299 |
| 2019 | 1,424,445,300 |
| 2018 | 1,337,810,000 |
| 2017 | 1,165,300,000 |
| 2016 | 1,145,540,000 |
Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$13.53 million (2025)
- Benin — US$313.86 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$143.36 million (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$537.52 million (2024)
- Burundi — US$240.45 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$338.3 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$593.65 million (2024)
- Comoros — US$301.04 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$3.22 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Uganda
- Exports of goods and services (current US$) — 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 personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP)?
- US$2.8 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 1,103% from US$232.6 million in 1999 (10.04% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$2.8 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$232.6 million in 1999.
- How does Uganda rank?
- 36th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) unusual for Uganda?
- In 2025, Uganda's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) rose 95.8% on 2024 (from US$1.43 billion to US$2.8 billion). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +9.2% and a typical year strayed about 19.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.PWKR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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