Personal remittances received in Uganda

Personal remittances received by Uganda were equal to 4.5% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2008.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1999 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2025 4.5% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.9percentage points 2024: 2.7%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Uganda over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period UgandaWorld
2025 4.5% 0.8%
2024 2.7% 0.8%
2023 3.1% 0.8%
2022 2.7% 0.8%
2021 2.9% 0.7%
2020 2.8% 0.8%
2019 4.0% 0.7%
2018 4.1% 0.7%
2017 3.8% 0.7%
2016 3.9% 0.7%
2015 2.8% 0.7%
2014 2.7% 0.7%
2013 3.3% 0.7%
2012 3.3% 0.7%
2011 2.9% 0.6%
2010 2.9% 0.6%
2009 3.1% 0.7%
2008 5.0% 0.6%
2007 3.8% 0.6%
2006 4.1% 0.6%
2005 3.5% 0.5%
2004 3.9% 0.5%
2003 4.5% 0.5%
2002 7.2% 0.5%
2001 6.0% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 2.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.8%, the figure has changed by +1.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2025 for Uganda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data