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Uganda raises benchmark rate to 12% as shilling slides
The central bank raises its rate by 2.25 percentage points and lowers its growth forecast, under pressure from the exchange rate and energy prices.
Country
Ouganda
Ouganda in figures
GDP growth
6.7%
2025 · 2026 : 7.5% (projection)
Inflation
3.6%
2025 · 2026 : 4.0% (projection)
Public debt
54.2%
2025 · % of GDP · 2026 : 55.0% (projection)
Fiscal balance
-7.1%
2025 · % of GDP · 2026 : -5.9% (projection)
Current account balance
-6.2%
2025 · % of GDP · 2026 : -3.9% (projection)
Nominal GDP
66.0 bn USD
2025 · 2026 : 73.4 bn USD (projection)
GDP per capita
1,375 USD
2025 · 2026 : 1,476 USD (projection)
Population
51.4 million
2025
En %
Source : IMF World Economic Outlook
Voir les données
| Observed or estimated | IMF projection | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | — |
| 2016 | 0,2 | — |
| 2017 | 6,8 | — |
| 2018 | 5,6 | — |
| 2019 | 7,6 | — |
| 2020 | -1,2 | — |
| 2021 | 5,5 | — |
| 2022 | 6,2 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | — |
| 2025 | 6,7 | 6,7 |
| 2026 | — | 7,5 |
| 2027 | — | 8,2 |
| 2028 | — | 7 |
| 2029 | — | 6,7 |
| 2030 | — | 6,2 |
| 2031 | — | 5,9 |
En %
Source : IMF World Economic Outlook
Voir les données
| Observed or estimated | IMF projection | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,7 | — |
| 2016 | 5,2 | — |
| 2017 | 5,6 | — |
| 2018 | 2,5 | — |
| 2019 | 2,1 | — |
| 2020 | 2,8 | — |
| 2021 | 2,2 | — |
| 2022 | 7,2 | — |
| 2023 | 5,4 | — |
| 2024 | 3,3 | — |
| 2025 | 3,6 | 3,6 |
| 2026 | — | 4 |
| 2027 | — | 4,9 |
| 2028 | — | 4,8 |
| 2029 | — | 5 |
| 2030 | — | 5 |
| 2031 | — | 5 |
- Access to electricity
- 55% (2024)
- Internet users
- 9% (2024)
- Foreign direct investment
- +5.4% (2025)
- Personal remittances
- 4.5% (2025)
Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook (key figures, growth and inflation; estimates and projections from 2026); World Bank World Development Indicators (population and structural indicators). The latest available year is shown for each figure.
