Summary
- Uganda → United Arab Emirates
- $2.6billion
- United Arab Emirates → Uganda
- $1.3billion
- Uganda’s balance
- $1.3billion
Balance
Uganda’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Uganda and the United Arab Emirates grew 62.8-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Uganda’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 2.6
- Imports 1.3
- Balance +1.3
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $479 thousand | $62 million | -$61 million |
| 1996 | $1 million | $50 million | -$48 million |
| 1997 | $2 million | $51 million | -$50 million |
| 1998 | $1 million | $57 million | -$56 million |
| 1999 | $1 million | $55 million | -$54 million |
| 2000 | $3 million | $47 million | -$44 million |
| 2001 | $6 million | $56 million | -$50 million |
| 2002 | $7 million | $62 million | -$55 million |
| 2003 | $13 million | $80 million | -$68 million |
| 2004 | $33 million | $85 million | -$51 million |
| 2005 | $106 million | $137 million | -$32 million |
| 2006 | $186 million | $325 million | -$139 million |
| 2007 | $193 million | $420 million | -$226 million |
| 2008 | $157 million | $518 million | -$361 million |
| 2009 | $86 million | $416 million | -$331 million |
| 2010 | $121 million | $391 million | -$270 million |
| 2011 | $143 million | $373 million | -$230 million |
| 2012 | $241 million | $458 million | -$217 million |
| 2013 | $129 million | $389 million | -$259 million |
| 2014 | $68 million | $401 million | -$333 million |
| 2015 | $143 million | $408 million | -$265 million |
| 2016 | $737 million | $416 million | $321 million |
| 2017 | $834 million | $670 million | $165 million |
| 2018 | $1.7 billion | $815 million | $866 million |
| 2019 | $2.9 billion | $841 million | $2.1 billion |
| 2020 | $3.5 billion | $524 million | $3 billion |
| 2021 | $2.7 billion | $859 million | $1.9 billion |
| 2022 | $1.2 billion | $1.5 billion | -$231 million |
| 2023 | $1.2 billion | $1.5 billion | -$311 million |
| 2024 | $2.6 billion | $1.3 billion | $1.3 billion |
What they sell each other
What Uganda sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Uganda
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Mombasa (Kenya) and Jebel Ali is 2,501 nautical miles (4,632 km) long: ≈ 6–7.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz.
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
The United Arab Emirates was Uganda’s largest trading partner (17% of its trade), and Uganda was the United Arab Emirates’ 27th (0.6%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Uganda’s trade
- 17.1%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Uganda’s partners
- 1st
- Uganda in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.6%
- Uganda’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 27th
Compare with
Other partners of Uganda
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
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.