Uganda’s economy grew 6.6 per cent in April–June 2026 compared with a year earlier, with industry and services contributing more than half the expansion.

The growth rate is based on Uganda Business News calculations using seasonally adjusted figures from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos). Industry and services each added 1.9 percentage points to growth. Agriculture contributed 1.6 points and taxes on products 1.3.

Within those sectors, food crop farming and trade were the largest contributors, followed by manufacturing. Mining also supported growth, although part of the economy’s gains were offset by a contraction in administrative and support services.

Growth weakened compared with the previous quarter, however. Output rose 0.6 per cent from January–March, when it increased 1 per cent. Services contracted, partly offsetting continued expansion in industry and agriculture.

Higher import duties helped lift tax revenue. On Ubos’s unadjusted figures, taxes on products rose 19.3 per cent in real terms and accounted for about a fifth of the annual increase in GDP. Those figures put overall economic growth at 6.8 per cent.

The increase in import duties accompanied a rise in goods imports. Bank of Uganda data show the dollar value of imports, including freight and insurance, increased by about a fifth to $5.5bn compared with April–June 2025.

Growth in spending was more subdued. On the unadjusted expenditure estimates, household consumption barely increased, while government consumption fell 9.2 per cent. Fixed investment grew 3.4 per cent, less than half its pace a year earlier. A statistical discrepancy balances the expenditure estimates with GDP measured from production, limiting direct comparisons between the two accounts.

For the financial year ended June, Ubos’s preliminary estimates put economic growth at 6.4 per cent, little changed from 6.3 per cent a year earlier. GDP at current prices reached Shs250.4tn, an increase of 9.9 per cent.