Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda
Uganda: Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status was 1.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 1.3% for average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda peaked at 2.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2017.
Uganda ranks 176th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.1% | — |
| 2005 | 1.9% | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -27.9% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +0.2% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1.3% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.3%, 5.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4%, 3.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -27.9% | 1.9% | 1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 173 Tajikistan 1.3% compare
- 174 Turkmenistan 1.3% compare
- 175 Kenya 1.3% compare
- 177 Cameroon 1.3% compare
- 178 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.2% compare
- 179 Zambia 1.1% compare
More development goals data for Uganda
- Red List Index 0.942 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 22.55 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 152.94 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 33 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 33 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 30 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 14 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 14 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 14 (2025)
- Infant deaths 61,371 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda?
- Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status in Uganda was 1.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2017.
- How does Uganda rank for average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status?
- Uganda ranks 176th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status, by type of product (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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