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Country or Region: Uganda › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (US Dollars) › See all Uganda indicators, › See Current Account Balance (US Dollars) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2019
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Ugandan Shilling
Currency Symbol: UGS

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. Source: Central Bank Latest actual data: 2014. Historical data are in CY, but projections are conversions using averages of FY. For example, the calendar year projection of 2018 is the average of 2017/18 and 2018/19. BOP Manual used: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6) Primary domestic currency: Uganda shilling Data last updated: 03/2016

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Uganda in year 2015 is US$ -2.193 Billion. Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.

This makes Uganda No. 143 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (US Dollars) in year 2015. The world's average Current Account Balance (US Dollars) value is US$ 7.04 Billion; Uganda is US$ 9.23 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2014, Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Uganda was US$ -2.63 Billion Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Uganda in 2015 was or will be 16.46% less than it was or will be in 2014.

In the following or forecasted year, 2016, Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Uganda was or will be US$-2.09 Billion, which is 4.74% less than the 2015 figure.