Uganda - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Uganda was 11.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.15 in 1997 and a minimum value of 7.88 in 1976.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1976 7.88
1994 15.89
1995 15.79
1996 14.42
1997 21.15
1998 17.36
1999 14.02
2000 14.06
2001 12.23
2002 14.02
2003 16.21
2004 16.28
2005 15.93
2006 13.61
2007 12.49
2008 12.97
2009 12.44
2010 12.41
2011 13.46
2012 10.79
2013 11.45
2014 13.57
2015 12.14
2016 13.33
2017 14.94
2018 11.80
2019 10.72
2020 11.50

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports