Uganda’s inflation rate

Prices were 4.1% higher in August 2026 than a year earlier. Inflation peaked at 10.7% in October 2022.

Uganda’s inflation rate

Annual % change in consumer prices

All items
Core

Month	All items	Core
Aug 2026	4.1%	3.5%
Jul 2026	4.0%	3.4%
Jun 2026	3.7%	3.4%
May 2026	3.2%	3.0%
Apr 2026	3.0%	3.0%
Mar 2026	2.8%	2.9%
Feb 2026	2.9%	3.0%
Jan 2026	3.2%	3.3%
Dec 2025	3.1%	3.1%
Nov 2025	3.1%	3.2%
Oct 2025	3.4%	3.4%
Sep 2025	4.0%	4.0%
Aug 2025	3.8%	4.1%
Jul 2025	3.8%	4.1%
Jun 2025	3.9%	4.2%
May 2025	3.8%	4.2%
Apr 2025	3.5%	3.9%
Mar 2025	3.4%	3.6%
Feb 2025	3.7%	3.9%
Jan 2025	3.6%	4.2%
Dec 2024	3.3%	3.9%
Nov 2024	2.9%	3.8%
Oct 2024	2.9%	3.9%
Sep 2024	3.0%	3.7%
Aug 2024	3.5%	3.9%
Jul 2024	4.0%	4.0%
Jun 2024	3.9%	3.8%
May 2024	3.6%	3.7%
Apr 2024	3.2%	3.5%
Mar 2024	3.3%	3.4%
Feb 2024	3.4%	3.4%
Jan 2024	2.8%	2.4%
Dec 2023	2.6%	2.3%
Nov 2023	2.6%	2.0%
Oct 2023	2.4%	2.0%
Sep 2023	2.7%	2.5%
Aug 2023	3.5%	3.3%
Jul 2023	3.9%	3.8%
Jun 2023	4.9%	4.8%
May 2023	6.2%	5.6%
Apr 2023	8.0%	6.8%
Mar 2023	9.0%	7.7%
Feb 2023	9.2%	7.8%
Jan 2023	10.4%	9.0%
Dec 2022	10.2%	8.4%
Nov 2022	10.6%	8.8%
Oct 2022	10.7%	8.9%
Sep 2022	10.0%	8.2%
Aug 2022	9.0%	7.2%
Jul 2022	7.9%	6.4%
Jun 2022	6.8%	5.5%
May 2022	6.3%	5.1%
Apr 2022	4.9%	4.3%
Mar 2022	3.8%	3.6%
Feb 2022	3.2%	3.1%
Jan 2022	2.7%	2.3%
Dec 2021	2.9%	2.9%
Nov 2021	2.6%	2.6%
Oct 2021	1.9%	2.1%
Sep 2021	2.2%	2.2%
Aug 2021	1.9%	2.2%
Jul 2021	2.1%	2.5%
Jun 2021	2.0%	2.7%
May 2021	1.9%	3.1%
Apr 2021	2.1%	2.9%
Mar 2021	2.7%	3.4%
Feb 2021	2.3%	3.4%
Jan 2021	2.0%	3.4%
Dec 2020	2.5%	3.9%
Nov 2020	2.5%	3.9%
Oct 2020	3.0%	4.1%
Sep 2020	2.7%	3.7%
Aug 2020	3.0%	3.6%
Jul 2020	3.2%	3.9%
Jun 2020	3.4%	3.7%
May 2020	2.7%	3.0%
Apr 2020	2.6%	2.8%
Mar 2020	2.0%	1.8%
Feb 2020	3.0%	2.5%
Jan 2020	2.6%	2.0%
Dec 2019	2.4%	1.8%
Nov 2019	2.0%	1.8%
Oct 2019	2.0%	1.8%
Sep 2019	1.8%	1.9%
Aug 2019	1.9%	2.0%
Jul 2019	1.8%	2.0%
Jun 2019	2.2%	2.9%
May 2019	2.1%	2.8%
Apr 2019	2.4%	3.0%
Mar 2019	2.6%	3.4%
Feb 2019	2.1%	2.8%
Jan 2019	2.6%	3.2%
Dec 2018	2.3%	2.6%
Nov 2018	2.7%	2.7%
Oct 2018	2.8%	2.9%
Sep 2018	3.2%	3.2%
Aug 2018	3.2%	3.2%
Jul 2018	3.1%	3.0%

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