Uganda: Services, value added (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Uganda's services, value added (current LCU) rose 9.1% on 2024 (from 87.88 trillion to 95.92 trillion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +15.5% and a typical year strayed about 16.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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 219.4% in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 9% in 2005. 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 5.51 trillion a year. A straight line explains 95% 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 103.78 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 12.83 trillion, against 19.41 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 16th highest value of the 158 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

• Lao PDR — 13th of 158: 163.02 trillion
• Russian Federation — 14th of 158: 126.15 trillion
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 15th of 158: 116.86 trillion
• Kazakhstan — 17th of 158: 92.07 trillion
• Guinea — 18th of 158: 87.47 trillion
• China — 19th of 158: 80.89 trillion

What this measures

Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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

Services, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Angola — 60.53 trillion (2025)
• Benin — 7.16 trillion (2025)
• Botswana — 173.9 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 6.67 trillion (2025)
• Burundi — 7.55 trillion (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 203.17 billion (2025)
• Cameroon — 17.27 trillion (2025)
• Central African Republic — 738.35 billion (2025)
• Chad — 4.23 trillion (2025)
• Comoros — 386.59 billion (2025)
• Congo, Dem. 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$17.83 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 65.54 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 28.76% (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's services, value added (current LCU)?

95.92 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 705.18 million% from 13.6 million in 1960 (27.46% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 95.92 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 13.6 million in 1960.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.SRV.TOTL.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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