The Business Tendency Index in Uganda dropped to 55 in January 2026 from a downwardly revised 56.4 in the previous month. This marked the lowest reading since September 2024, amid declines in sub-indices for present business situation (51.3 vs 53.1 in December), current employment (48.2 vs 50.3), financial situation (51.4 vs 53.1), access to credit (40.2 vs 42.7), and order books (52.9 vs 55.9). On the other hand, improvements were seen in business situation over the next three months (62.2 vs 60.7), order volumes with suppliers (61.5 vs 60.6), and expected employment (54.7 vs 54.5). Among sectors, confidence fell in construction (44.7 vs 47.8), manufacturing (56.8 vs 57.9), agriculture (53 vs 55.2), other services (57.2 vs 57.8), and financial services (70.1 vs 77.1), while increased in wholesale trade (52.3 vs 51.8). source: Bank of Uganda
Business Confidence in Uganda decreased to 55.01 points in January from 56.37 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Uganda averaged 55.82 points from 2012 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 65.29 points in January of 2013 and a record low of 33.78 points in May of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Uganda Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Uganda Business Confidence - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.
Business Confidence in Uganda decreased to 55.01 points in January from 56.37 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Uganda is expected to be 57.80 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Uganda Business Confidence is projected to trend around 59.00 points in 2027, according to our econometric models.