International tourism, number of departures in Uganda
Uganda: International tourism, number of departures was 568,000 in 2016. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in Uganda, 1997–2016
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, number of departures in Uganda is 568,000, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.6% on the previous year and up 123.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in Uganda peaked at 568,000 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 148,000, in 1997.
Uganda ranks 78th of 117 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 148,000 | — |
| 1998 | 241,000 | +62.8% |
| 1999 | 327,000 | +35.7% |
| 2000 | 153,000 | -53.2% |
| 2001 | 152,000 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 184,000 | +21.1% |
| 2003 | 189,000 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 231,000 | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 189,000 | -18.2% |
| 2006 | 254,000 | +34.4% |
| 2007 | 272,000 | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 337,000 | +23.9% |
| 2009 | 311,000 | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 324,000 | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 367,000 | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 469,000 | +27.8% |
| 2013 | 471,000 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 511,000 | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 523,000 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 568,000 | +8.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 238,667 | 148,000 | 327,000 | 3 |
| 2000s | 227,200 | 152,000 | 337,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 461,857 | 324,000 | 568,000 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More private sector data for Uganda
- Merchandise trade 49.9% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 12.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 243.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2017 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 55.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, number of departures in Uganda?
- International tourism, number of departures in Uganda was 568,000 in 2016, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 568,000 in 2016.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 148,000 in 1997.
- How does Uganda rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- Uganda ranks 78th out of 117 countries with data for 2016.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.