Summary
- China → Uganda
- $2.7billion
- Uganda → China
- $106million
- China’s balance
- $2.6billion
Balance
China’s trade balance with Uganda
Trade between China and Uganda grew 119.4-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 2.7
- Imports 0.1
- Balance +2.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $24 million | $116 thousand | $24 million |
| 1996 | $16 million | $2 million | $14 million |
| 1997 | $15 million | $3 million | $12 million |
| 1998 | $20 million | $144 thousand | $19 million |
| 1999 | $26 million | $7 million | $19 million |
| 2000 | $31 million | $917 thousand | $30 million |
| 2001 | $38 million | $1 million | $37 million |
| 2002 | $51 million | $6 million | $45 million |
| 2003 | $78 million | $4 million | $73 million |
| 2004 | $115 million | $16 million | $99 million |
| 2005 | $116 million | $25 million | $91 million |
| 2006 | $149 million | $22 million | $128 million |
| 2007 | $271 million | $33 million | $238 million |
| 2008 | $383 million | $28 million | $355 million |
| 2009 | $394 million | $28 million | $366 million |
| 2010 | $438 million | $39 million | $399 million |
| 2011 | $545 million | $50 million | $495 million |
| 2012 | $685 million | $41 million | $644 million |
| 2013 | $651 million | $68 million | $583 million |
| 2014 | $766 million | $113 million | $653 million |
| 2015 | $888 million | $75 million | $813 million |
| 2016 | $908 million | $35 million | $873 million |
| 2017 | $1.2 billion | $45 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2018 | $1.2 billion | $42 million | $1.1 billion |
| 2019 | $1.3 billion | $45 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2020 | $1.4 billion | $40 million | $1.3 billion |
| 2021 | $1.7 billion | $44 million | $1.6 billion |
| 2022 | $1.9 billion | $77 million | $1.8 billion |
| 2023 | $2.3 billion | $90 million | $2.2 billion |
| 2024 | $2.7 billion | $106 million | $2.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Uganda
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Uganda sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Mombasa (Kenya) is 6,329 nautical miles (11,722 km) long: ≈ 14.5–19 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Uganda is landlocked: it ships through Mombasa (Kenya).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Uganda was China’s 109th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Uganda’s 2nd (12%).
- Uganda in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Uganda’s rank among China’s partners
- 109th
- China in Uganda’s trade
- 12.5%
- China’s rank among Uganda’s partners
- 2nd
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Uganda
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.