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Uganda: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-5.16percent · 2025-0.1% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Uganda from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-5.164
2024-8.45
2023-7.433
2022-8.919
2021-8.894
2020-9.57
2019-7.444
2018-6.33
2017-4.883
2016-2.854
2015-5.16
2014-6.642
2013-6.057
2012-6.063
2011-7.489
2010-6.035
2009-4.171
2008-8.475
2007-4.729
2006-3.189
20050.58
2004-0.021
2003-0.582
2002-2.46
2001-5.232
2000-5.793
1999-4.888
1998-5.523
1997-5.036
1996-3.499
1995-4.891
1994-4.365
1993-5.314
1992-3.486
1991-5.111
1990-6.117
1989-4.918
1988-2.999
1987-1.787
1986-1.103
19850.131
19842.864
1983-3.224
1982-3.21
19811.899
1980-6.642

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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