The Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) inflows to Uganda registered a growth – expanding by 1.4 percent, rising from net inflows of USD2,952.9 million in 2022 to USD2,993.5 million in 2023. The increase was primarily driven by intensified activity in the Mining (oil) sector, transitioning from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase following the Final Investment Decision (FID) concluded in February 2022. This milestone initiated major construction works towards the development of the Tilenga, Kingfisher, and EACOP projects.

This report presents the estimates of the volume and value of informal (unrecorded) trade between Uganda and her neighbors.

Tourism Trends and Statistics play a critical role in shaping the Uganda’s Tourism Development Programme, including: informing policy and planning; guiding investment and business development; marketing and promotion; performance monitoring; and stakeholder engagement. The 2024 edition of the publication presents the Tourism performance statistics including among others Tourist Arrivals, Accommodation Statistics, Visitation to Attraction Sites and Foreign exchange earnings for the year 2024.

The 2024 Agricultural Finance Yearbook, which is the thirteenth edition in the series, offers the key highlights of Uganda’s Agricultural financing environment. The theme for this edition is “Achieving sustainable financing of Agriculture leveraging Wealth Creation Funds.

Energy employment includes jobs in fuel supply (coal, oil, natural gas, bio energy, nuclear fuel, low emissions hydrogen and critical minerals), the power sector (generation, transmission, distribution and storage), and end-uses (vehicle manufacturing and energy efficiency in buildings and industry)

The Oil and Gas Investment Statistics report monitors the development in estimated and final investments within the oil and gas sector. These include; i) exploration, development, operating expenses; ii) service costs; and iii) general and administrative expenses.

The key objective of the oil and gas investment statistics is to provide information on current and future anticipated investments in the Oil and Gas sector.

The Oil and Gas Investment Statistics report monitors the development in estimated and final investments within the oil and gas sector. These include; i) exploration, development, operating expenses; ii) service costs; and iii) general and administrative expenses.

The key objective of the oil and gas investment statistics is to provide information on current and future anticipated investments in the Oil and Gas sector.

EAC regional trade maintained steady growth and is projected to continue on the same trajectory driven by accelerated trade, economic integration and global transformation (EAC Trade and Investment Report, 2023). Trade in services outperformed trade in merchandise goods driven by the recovery of tourism and travel-related services.

EAC regional trade maintained steady growth and is projected to continue on the same trajectory driven by accelerated trade, economic integration and global transformation (EAC Trade and Investment Report, 2023). Trade in services outperformed trade in merchandise goods driven by the recovery of tourism and travel-related services.

The National Development Plan III (NDP III) identified textiles, apparel, and fisheries as priority sectors for building a resilient, integrated, independent, and self-sufficient economy. However, the plan highlighted a significant gap in textile and fish yields between research stations and actual farms, primarily due to the use of an unskilled labour force in agricultural production.