Foreign direct investment inflows in Uganda
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Uganda were 5.4% of GDP in 2025.
Uganda, 2025
5.4%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Position in 2025
36th of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Uganda over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.4% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 5.8% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 6.1% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 2.6% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 5.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.3%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Uganda has the 36th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.