Home > Countries > Uganda > Private Sector & Trade > Imports

Uganda - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 11.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 22.79 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1971.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.11
1966	0.08
1969	0.08
1970	0.08
1971	0.06
1972	0.09
1973	0.39
1974	0.21
1975	0.67
1976	0.66
1977	0.28
1978	0.60
1979	0.12
1980	0.13
1981	1.05
1982	4.25
1983	2.97
1984	3.51
1985	2.58
1986	1.60
1987	1.38
1988	1.86
1989	2.59
1990	2.53
1991	2.60
1992	3.72
1993	4.17
1994	2.96
1995	2.91
1996	2.42
1997	2.29
1998	2.47
1999	2.52
2000	6.66
2001	7.03
2002	7.35
2003	7.45
2004	6.74
2005	9.86
2006	19.27
2007	16.45
2008	16.84
2009	16.68
2010	16.79
2011	15.87
2012	16.47
2013	11.13
2014	12.85
2015	13.61
2016	16.32
2017	20.39
2018	22.79
2019	18.99
2020	11.35

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Uganda was 8,251,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,251,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 91,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	91,000,000
1961	95,000,000
1962	95,000,000
1963	114,000,000
1964	130,000,000
1965	161,000,000
1966	166,000,000
1967	159,000,000
1968	165,000,000
1969	175,000,000
1970	172,000,000
1971	250,000,000
1972	162,000,000
1973	163,000,000
1974	213,000,000
1975	207,000,000
1976	172,000,000
1977	241,000,000
1978	254,000,000
1979	197,000,000
1980	293,000,000
1981	345,000,000
1982	377,000,000
1983	377,000,000
1984	344,000,000
1985	327,000,000
1986	307,000,000
1987	848,000,000
1988	887,000,000
1989	271,000,000
1990	288,000,000
1991	196,000,000
1992	505,000,000
1993	535,000,000
1994	875,000,000
1995	1,056,000,000
1996	1,191,000,000
1997	1,316,000,000
1998	1,416,000,000
1999	1,342,000,000
2000	1,536,000,000
2001	1,594,000,000
2002	1,053,000,000
2003	1,375,000,000
2004	1,726,000,000
2005	2,054,000,000
2006	2,557,000,000
2007	3,493,000,000
2008	4,526,000,000
2009	4,247,000,000
2010	4,664,000,000
2011	5,631,000,000
2012	6,044,000,000
2013	5,818,000,000
2014	6,074,000,000
2015	5,528,000,000
2016	4,829,000,000
2017	5,596,000,000
2018	6,729,000,000
2019	7,518,000,000
2020	8,251,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 27.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.45 in 1965, while its lowest value was 27.25 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	77.31
1961	78.35
1962	80.00
1963	77.91
1964	81.29
1965	82.45
1966	79.33
1967	81.65
1968	62.27
1969	61.00
1970	58.78
1971	66.72
1972	57.10
1973	47.53
1974	50.54
1975	50.70
1976	43.01
1977	33.19
1978	56.46
1979	50.24
1980	52.70
1981	46.86
1982	53.89
1983	46.05
1984	53.49
1985	55.07
1986	47.02
1987	57.93
1988	52.28
1989	64.46
1990	54.31
1991	67.48
1992	63.36
1993	56.68
1994	47.52
1995	48.16
1996	44.97
1997	46.62
1998	44.12
1999	40.19
2000	44.83
2001	46.29
2002	45.86
2003	44.87
2004	44.07
2005	44.79
2006	53.93
2007	52.08
2008	50.79
2009	48.65
2010	45.84
2011	44.20
2012	37.39
2013	35.55
2014	34.72
2015	35.61
2016	36.60
2017	39.34
2018	38.80
2019	33.29
2020	27.25

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 36.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.78 in 2013, while its lowest value was 3.17 in 1976.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	5.49
1961	6.81
1962	6.41
1963	9.47
1964	10.39
1965	9.88
1966	11.75
1967	7.75
1968	6.40
1969	7.40
1970	6.77
1971	6.79
1972	6.16
1973	5.22
1974	7.59
1975	7.70
1976	3.17
1977	5.62
1978	10.33
1979	13.93
1980	13.83
1981	8.31
1982	9.82
1983	13.74
1984	4.74
1985	6.49
1986	16.48
1987	14.04
1988	18.56
1989	10.88
1990	5.43
1991	14.14
1992	10.42
1993	10.51
1994	9.74
1995	9.80
1996	8.33
1997	9.19
1998	10.68
1999	10.13
2000	15.33
2001	16.78
2002	13.68
2003	20.09
2004	22.22
2005	20.01
2006	21.78
2007	25.73
2008	28.82
2009	31.65
2010	35.29
2011	37.62
2012	45.62
2013	48.78
2014	48.68
2015	47.35
2016	47.12
2017	44.20
2018	41.01
2019	38.99
2020	36.63

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 20.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 24.91 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	0.75
1961	0.24
1962	0.26
1963	2.17
1964	0.77
1965	2.82
1966	4.92
1967	2.41
1968	2.20
1969	2.07
1970	2.02
1971	2.05
1972	1.61
1973	1.17
1974	2.08
1975	3.74
1976	0.80
1977	0.15
1978	0.02
1979	12.75
1980	1.43
1981	0.33
1982	0.43
1983	0.50
1984	1.61
1985	1.07
1986	0.92
1987	4.33
1988	10.92
1989	2.48
1990	0.93
1991	5.08
1992	2.65
1993	2.46
1994	2.62
1995	3.89
1996	2.53
1997	2.96
1998	2.54
1999	2.82
2000	7.58
2001	7.90
2002	4.54
2003	9.63
2004	11.74
2005	9.63
2006	9.00
2007	11.15
2008	12.78
2009	13.11
2010	14.82
2011	15.24
2012	17.39
2013	16.67
2014	18.57
2015	21.28
2016	24.91
2017	24.24
2018	22.73
2019	21.78
2020	20.88

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 1.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 2.85 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1969	0.03
1970	0.01
1971	0.01
1972	0.00
1974	0.00
1978	0.00
1979	0.01
1980	0.05
1982	0.04
1983	0.00
1989	0.15
1993	0.02
1994	0.15
1995	0.04
1996	0.10
1997	0.11
1998	1.34
1999	0.96
2000	0.04
2001	0.14
2002	0.24
2003	0.55
2004	0.39
2005	0.92
2006	2.85
2007	2.33
2008	2.82
2009	2.74
2010	2.65
2011	2.04
2012	2.62
2013	1.99
2014	2.51
2015	2.21
2016	1.87
2017	2.35
2018	2.56
2019	2.28
2020	1.82

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 0.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 2.18 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1969.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1963	0.39
1966	0.08
1969	0.00
1970	0.00
1971	0.03
1972	0.01
1973	0.01
1974	1.77
1975	0.19
1976	0.11
1977	2.18
1978	0.67
1979	0.14
1980	0.06
1981	0.01
1982	0.20
1983	0.31
1984	0.27
1985	0.15
1986	0.06
1987	0.33
1988	0.61
1989	0.42
1990	0.21
1991	0.19
1992	0.15
1993	0.12
1994	0.31
1995	0.13
1996	0.15
1997	0.27
1998	0.16
1999	0.06
2000	1.27
2001	0.80
2002	0.22
2003	0.42
2004	1.52
2005	1.53
2006	0.45
2007	0.81
2008	1.18
2009	1.81
2010	1.27
2011	1.22
2012	2.00
2013	0.92
2014	0.26
2015	0.31
2016	0.57
2017	1.38
2018	0.87
2019	1.00
2020	0.83

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 1.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 3.06 in 1964, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	3.06
1965	0.26
1966	0.50
1967	0.69
1968	0.18
1969	0.21
1970	0.22
1971	0.20
1972	0.28
1973	0.48
1974	0.43
1975	0.44
1976	0.36
1977	0.26
1978	0.21
1979	0.09
1980	0.13
1981	0.00
1982	0.03
1983	0.02
1984	0.05
1985	0.04
1986	0.07
1987	0.05
1988	0.08
1989	0.08
1990	0.84
1991	0.51
1992	0.13
1993	0.32
1994	0.12
1995	0.11
1996	0.09
1997	0.10
1998	0.19
1999	0.16
2000	0.78
2001	0.62
2002	0.59
2003	0.65
2004	0.75
2005	0.92
2006	0.88
2007	1.05
2008	1.18
2009	1.16
2010	1.22
2011	1.33
2012	1.63
2013	1.16
2014	1.27
2015	1.45
2016	1.34
2017	1.61
2018	1.88
2019	1.74
2020	1.32

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 11.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.04 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.94 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	4.74
1961	6.57
1962	6.15
1963	6.90
1964	6.56
1965	6.79
1966	6.25
1967	4.65
1968	4.03
1969	5.09
1970	4.52
1971	4.51
1972	4.26
1973	3.55
1974	3.30
1975	3.33
1976	1.90
1977	3.02
1978	9.43
1979	0.94
1980	12.16
1981	7.95
1982	9.12
1983	12.91
1984	2.81
1985	5.23
1986	15.43
1987	9.33
1988	6.95
1989	7.75
1990	3.46
1991	8.36
1992	7.49
1993	7.58
1994	6.54
1995	5.62
1996	5.45
1997	5.74
1998	6.46
1999	6.13
2000	5.65
2001	7.31
2002	8.08
2003	8.84
2004	7.82
2005	7.01
2006	8.60
2007	10.38
2008	10.87
2009	12.82
2010	15.33
2011	17.79
2012	21.99
2013	28.04
2014	26.07
2015	22.10
2016	18.43
2017	14.62
2018	12.97
2019	12.18
2020	11.78

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 27.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.43 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.52 in 1967.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	6.98
1961	6.08
1962	3.85
1963	2.17
1964	0.88
1965	0.88
1966	0.67
1967	0.52
1968	25.90
1969	27.41
1970	30.03
1971	23.39
1972	27.91
1973	40.94
1974	38.17
1975	34.41
1976	50.48
1977	57.43
1978	28.86
1979	33.61
1980	30.94
1981	42.41
1982	33.55
1983	35.79
1984	37.29
1985	33.46
1986	33.57
1987	18.42
1988	22.24
1989	21.25
1990	38.16
1991	14.77
1992	22.82
1993	30.51
1994	40.39
1995	39.98
1996	45.14
1997	44.20
1998	45.19
1999	49.68
2000	39.80
2001	36.91
2002	40.46
2003	35.02
2004	33.70
2005	35.19
2006	24.26
2007	22.12
2008	20.36
2009	19.35
2010	18.65
2011	17.99
2012	16.76
2013	15.47
2014	16.38
2015	16.80
2016	16.11
2017	15.49
2018	17.58
2019	23.83
2020	27.01

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 9.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.45 in 1963, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1999.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	10.22
1961	8.76
1962	9.74
1963	10.45
1964	7.44
1965	6.79
1966	8.25
1967	10.08
1968	5.43
1969	4.19
1970	4.42
1971	3.09
1972	8.82
1973	6.32
1974	3.70
1975	7.20
1976	3.33
1977	3.76
1978	4.35
1979	2.22
1980	2.53
1981	2.43
1982	2.73
1983	4.41
1984	4.48
1985	4.98
1986	2.94
1987	9.60
1988	6.92
1989	3.40
1990	2.09
1991	3.61
1992	3.40
1993	2.29
1994	2.35
1995	2.06
1996	1.56
1997	0.00
1998	0.00
1999	0.00
2000	0.05
2001	0.02
2002	0.00
2003	0.01
2004	0.01
2005	0.01
2006	0.04
2007	0.07
2008	0.03
2009	0.36
2010	0.22
2011	0.19
2012	0.22
2013	0.20
2014	0.22
2015	0.24
2016	0.16
2017	0.97
2018	2.60
2019	3.90
2020	9.12

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Uganda was $8,534,436,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $8,534,436,000 in 2020 and $39,000,000 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	$40,100,000
1961	$41,100,000
1962	$39,000,000
1963	$50,700,000
1964	$91,400,000
1965	$113,400,000
1966	$120,000,000
1967	$116,100,000
1968	$163,965,000
1969	$175,111,000
1970	$171,919,000
1971	$246,561,000
1972	$161,941,000
1973	$162,536,000
1974	$213,054,000
1975	$196,642,000
1976	$160,276,000
1977	$246,876,000
1978	$194,461,000
1979	$175,352,000
1980	$219,243,000
1981	$328,723,800
1982	$333,201,600
1983	$324,302,100
1984	$289,706,200
1985	$284,722,800
1986	$358,516,600
1987	$512,564,900
1988	$472,697,200
1989	$459,788,400
1990	$581,501,500
1991	$401,700,400
1992	$398,045,400
1993	$460,731,300
1994	$622,017,300
1995	$872,058,200
1996	$838,001,400
1997	$810,705,000
1998	$855,992,500
1999	$811,969,100
2000	$957,554,400
2001	$1,006,207,000
2002	$1,029,497,000
2003	$1,374,988,000
2004	$1,726,234,000
2005	$2,054,002,000
2006	$2,557,288,000
2007	$3,495,040,000
2008	$4,525,790,000
2009	$4,257,597,000
2010	$4,664,338,000
2011	$5,630,875,000
2012	$6,026,629,000
2013	$5,817,510,000
2014	$6,073,528,000
2015	$5,528,117,000
2016	$4,830,092,000
2017	$5,665,812,000
2018	$6,822,006,000
2019	$7,487,662,000
2020	$8,534,436,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Uganda was 27.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.43 in 1977, while its lowest value was 0.52 in 1967.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	6.98
1961	6.08
1962	3.85
1963	2.17
1964	0.88
1965	0.88
1966	0.67
1967	0.52
1968	25.90
1969	27.41
1970	30.03
1971	23.39
1972	27.91
1973	40.94
1974	38.17
1975	34.41
1976	50.48
1977	57.43
1978	28.86
1979	33.61
1980	30.94
1981	42.41
1982	33.55
1983	35.79
1984	37.29
1985	33.46
1986	33.57
1987	18.42
1988	22.24
1989	21.25
1990	38.16
1991	14.77
1992	22.82
1993	30.51
1994	40.39
1995	39.98
1996	45.14
1997	44.20
1998	45.19
1999	49.68
2000	39.80
2001	36.91
2002	40.46
2003	35.02
2004	33.70
2005	35.19
2006	24.26
2007	22.12
2008	20.36
2009	19.35
2010	18.65
2011	17.99
2012	16.76
2013	15.47
2014	16.38
2015	16.80
2016	16.11
2017	15.49
2018	17.58
2019	23.83
2020	27.01

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports