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Uganda tourism statistics

Uganda, 162,493 tourist arrivals in December

Monthly arrivals, spend since 1991. Latest 2025-12, 10 months behind.

+31.5%vs Dec 2024
n/aYear to date
1991Figures since
10 moBehind
Where Uganda stands, December 2025

Uganda in December: up on a year

Uganda recorded 162,493 tourist arrivals in December 2025, +31.5% on a year.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when January is published

At a glance

Latest monthDecember 2025
Tourist arrivals162,493
On a year+31.5%
Growth rank in Middle East and Africa2 of 10
Best month on recordAugust 2025
Jet fuel, a gallon$1.97-6.3% on a year/v1/fuel
Growth 20256.7%outturn/v1/economy/UG
This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/UG/briefAnalyst

Tourist arrivals to Uganda, and the change on a year

Tourist arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %
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Uganda against other destinations

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Uganda.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=UGDeveloper
CountryLatestFigureOn a yearVs 2019Year to dateRivalry with Uganda

The last six months

MonthTourist arrivalsOn a yearVs 2019Vs 3-year average
Dec 2025162,493+31.5%n/a+41.4%
Nov 2025136,035+27.5%n/a+37.3%
Sep 2025139,396+32.1%n/a+44.8%
Aug 2025170,273+30.6%n/a+55.3%

The next three months

No forecast for Uganda yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

How it is worked outSee the full outlook

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=UG
Spend/v1/spend?country=UG
Recovery against 2019n/aNot worked out for Uganda yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Analyst
Forecast, next 12 monthsn/aNot worked out for Uganda yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel
Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Uganda yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Uganda

MeasureFrequencyBreakdownSeriesFromLatest
ArrivalsMonthlyTotal21991-012025-12
SpendQuarterlyTotal81980-Q12026-Q1
SpendQuarterlyPurpose22000-Q32026-Q1
SpendAnnualTotal819802025
SpendAnnualPurpose219992025

Monthly arrivals: 67.8% of months held since 2021, 19 missing and being looked for. See every month

Get Uganda in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=UG" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o ug.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/UG.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"
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