Services, value added (% of GDP) in Uganda
Uganda: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 42.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Uganda, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 42.1% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Uganda peaked at 52.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 18.8%, in 1977.
Uganda ranks 182nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 33.7% | — |
| 1961 | 33.7% | +0.1% |
| 1962 | 34.8% | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 32.8% | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 31.5% | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 32.1% | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 32.9% | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 32.8% | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 32.6% | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 31.4% | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 30.9% | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 29.5% | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 30.5% | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 28.3% | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 25.7% | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 19.2% | -25.2% |
| 1976 | 18.8% | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 18.8% | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 20.4% | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 30.1% | +47.6% |
| 1980 | 23.4% | -22.3% |
| 1981 | 34.8% | +48.6% |
| 1982 | 32.6% | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 30.4% | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 31.2% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 34.3% | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 31.1% | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 32.0% | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 31.7% | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 31.1% | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 30.5% | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 32.5% | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 33.6% | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 33.1% | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 33.5% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 33.3% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 35.2% | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 36.7% | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 36.2% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 37.8% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 44.7% | +18.1% |
| 2001 | 44.8% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 47.7% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 46.5% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 52.0% | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 45.3% | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 47.1% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 46.9% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 46.9% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 44.6% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 44.8% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 45.8% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 44.4% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 44.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 44.0% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 44.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 44.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 43.5% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 43.3% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 43.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 42.8% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 41.8% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 41.7% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 42.5% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 43.1% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 42.1% | -2.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 42.1% is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.9%, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 42.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48.7%, 86% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added (% of GDP) in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +48.6% | 23.4% | 34.8% |
| 1979 | +47.6% | 20.4% | 30.1% |
| 1975 | -25.2% | 25.7% | 19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.8% | 31.4% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 25.2% | 18.8% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 31.2% | 23.4% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.3% | 30.5% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.7% | 44.6% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.2% | 43.0% | 45.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 41.7% | 43.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 179 Vietnam 42.7% compare
- 180 Mauritania 42.4% compare
- 181 Gabon 42.3% compare
- 183 Burundi 42.1% compare
- 184 Mozambique 42.0% compare
- 185 Papua New Guinea 42.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Uganda
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.29 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.99 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -31.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 2.4 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -34.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.76 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Uganda?
- Services, value added in Uganda was 42.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 52.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8% in 1977.
- How does Uganda rank for services, value added?
- Uganda ranks 182nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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.