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