Summary
- Tanzania → Uganda
- $1.7billion
- Uganda → Tanzania
- $145million
- Tanzania’s balance
- $1.6billion
Balance
Tanzania’s trade balance with Uganda
Trade between Tanzania and Uganda grew 135.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Tanzania’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.7
- Imports 0.1
- Balance +1.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $12 million | $2 million | $9 million |
| 1996 | $12 million | $9 million | $3 million |
| 1997 | $16 million | $8 million | $7 million |
| 1998 | $28 million | $13 million | $15 million |
| 1999 | $12 million | $7 million | $5 million |
| 2000 | $13 million | $8 million | $5 million |
| 2001 | $9 million | $16 million | -$7 million |
| 2002 | $10 million | $7 million | $3 million |
| 2003 | $16 million | $12 million | $3 million |
| 2004 | $35 million | $15 million | $20 million |
| 2005 | $46 million | $15 million | $31 million |
| 2006 | $54 million | $11 million | $42 million |
| 2007 | $38 million | $19 million | $18 million |
| 2008 | $76 million | $22 million | $54 million |
| 2009 | $49 million | $26 million | $23 million |
| 2010 | $66 million | $33 million | $33 million |
| 2011 | $54 million | $52 million | $2 million |
| 2012 | $59 million | $121 million | -$62 million |
| 2013 | $63 million | $72 million | -$9 million |
| 2014 | $87 million | $55 million | $32 million |
| 2015 | $60 million | $56 million | $4 million |
| 2016 | $63 million | $49 million | $14 million |
| 2017 | $99 million | $47 million | $52 million |
| 2018 | $358 million | $69 million | $290 million |
| 2019 | $486 million | $72 million | $414 million |
| 2020 | $756 million | $90 million | $666 million |
| 2021 | $833 million | $121 million | $712 million |
| 2022 | $351 million | $169 million | $183 million |
| 2023 | $1.4 billion | $138 million | $1.2 billion |
| 2024 | $1.7 billion | $145 million | $1.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What Tanzania sells to Uganda
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Uganda sells to Tanzania
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
Tanzania and Uganda traded $1.9 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Uganda was Tanzania’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Tanzania was Uganda’s 4th (8%).
- Uganda in Tanzania’s trade
- 6.3%
- Uganda’s rank among Tanzania’s partners
- 5th
- Tanzania in Uganda’s trade
- 8.1%
- Tanzania’s rank among Uganda’s partners
- 4th
Compare with
Other partners of Tanzania
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.