Uganda

Uganda's dollar economy has grown 10.0 times since 2000, from US$6.2 billion to US$62.0 billion in 2025, carrying it from 109th to 90th in the world. Last year alone it rose 1 place and now sits between Bolivia and Jordan.

Real growth ran at +6.3%, while US$ GDP climbed 15.0%; the difference was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output. Services make up 42.1% of output, agriculture 26.1% and industry 24.3%, with manufacturing at 14.5%. Inflation stood at 3.6% and unemployment at 2.8%, while government gross debt is 53.2% of GDP.

Income remains low. With 51.4 million people, GDP per capita of US$1,206 ranks 174th of 196, and 177th on a PPP basis. The 10th-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa is about the size of the North Port, FL metro area. The IMF projects GDP of US$106.5 billion by 2030, a +72% rise that would lift it to 85th.