{"id":"mining","title":"Mineral production","description":"Value and quantity of recorded mineral production by mineral, 2019–2023.","licence":"Figures are official statistics published by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and its partner agencies. Cite UBOS as the source; the links in each dataset point to the original files.","sources":[{"title":"Annual value of Mineral Production Value (UGX ’000), 2019– 2023","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Annual-value-of-Mineral-Production-Value-UGX-000-2019%E2%80%93-2023.xlsx"},{"title":"Annual mineral Production by Quantity (Tonnes), 2019-2023","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Annual-mineral-Production-by-Quantity-Tonnes-2019-2023.xlsx"}],"data":{"sources":{"value":{"title":"Annual value of Mineral Production Value (UGX ’000), 2019– 2023","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Annual-value-of-Mineral-Production-Value-UGX-000-2019%E2%80%93-2023.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"quantity":{"title":"Annual mineral Production by Quantity (Tonnes), 2019-2023","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Annual-mineral-Production-by-Quantity-Tonnes-2019-2023.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"}},"years":["2019","2020","2021","2022","2023"],"value_ugx_bn":[{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Limestone","values":[113.097,84.61,55.538,66.717,88.906]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Pozollana","values":[20.168,23.726,20.288,8.571,17.489]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Vermiculite","values":[5.601,8.205,9.17,16.7,22.586]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Marble","values":[null,null,null,0.517,0.683]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Graphite","values":[null,null,null,0.212,null]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Diatomite","values":[null,null,null,0.001,null]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Dimension Stone","values":[null,null,null,0.005,0.013]},{"group":"Non-Metalic","name":"Kaolin","values":[1.045,0.032,0.689,0.191,3.637]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Gold","values":[0.001,0.376,0.001,0.375,0.413]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Wolfram","values":[6.301,0.499,1.403,4.53,2.558]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Synthetic Aggregate","values":[0.189,0.097,0.008,1.399,3.269]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Iron Ore","values":[null,null,1.405,34.902,145.402]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Coltan (30% Purity)","values":[0.188,4.906,11.471,1.737,null]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Tin (75% Purity)","values":[1.094,null,0.166,null,null]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Beryl (1% Beryllium)","values":[0.131,1.623,4.12,0.297,null]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Volcanic Ash","values":[null,null,0.849,8.695,1.224]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Feldspar","values":[null,null,0.024,0.23,0.096]},{"group":"Metalic","name":"Granite","values":[0.203,0.113,0.222,0.007,0.003]}],"value_total_ugx_bn":[148.017,124.186,105.353,145.087,286.279],"quantity_tonnes":[{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Limestone","values":[942477,705081,462814,557319.33,728738.93]},{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Pozollana","values":[960363,1129801,966077,490229.19,821474.12]},{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Vermiculite","values":[9674,14170,15838,22947.4,21752.2]},{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Kaolin","values":[10448,323,6885,226,7186.31]},{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Marble","values":[0,0,0,4173,4532.62]},{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Diatomite","values":[0,0,0,21,null]},{"group":"Non-Metallic","name":"Dimension Stone","values":[0,0,0,112,179.91]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Gold","values":[0,3,0,0.00421,0]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Wolfram","values":[182,14,41,79.81,35.58]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Syenitic Aggregate","values":[126034,64746,5406,49152.49,106878.82]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Iron Ore","values":[null,null,10000,102500,278331.69]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Coltan (30% Purity)","values":[7,173,404,0,null]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Tin (75% Purity)","values":[20,null,3,0,null]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Beryllium (1%)","values":[15,186,473,532.5,null]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Volcanic Ash","values":[null,null,28307,187532.78,57470.03]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Lithium","values":[null,null,null,81,null]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Granite","values":[220,122,241,100,50.91]},{"group":"Metallic","name":"Feldspar","values":[null,null,95,1387.5,514.89]}],"quantity_total_tonnes":[2049439.08,1914620.4,1496583.82,1416394.01,2027146.02],"notes":["Mineral production is what the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development recorded; small-scale (artisanal) mining is often not recorded.","Values are in current shillings, so part of any change is price change.","Some minerals appear in only a few years (for example marble, lithium and iron ore); a blank means no production was recorded.","Fuel prices, sales and imports are on the Power and fuel page."]}}