East Africa
Uganda
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Uganda's #5 import source (world lens). Uganda is the EU's #93 goods supplier.
Uganda on the world stage
Total imports
$13.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$8.0bn
174 partners
#1 import source
China
19.6%
#1 export dest.
United Arab Emirates
32.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Uganda and the EU
EU imports from
€1.6bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€713m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #93 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.44
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
94
EUR/MWh
Consumer
149
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
57
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
Single buyer (UETCL)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA)
An 85% hydro system built around Nile cascade dams (Bujagali, Karuma, Isimba), where installed capacity (~2 GW) now far exceeds peak demand (~800 MW), leaving UETCL paying take-or-pay capacity charges to IPPs for surplus…
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
16.7
→ 24 by 2050
Fertility
4.16
above replacement
Working-age
54.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
4
→ 6.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 50M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +71% (85.4M)