🇺🇬 Country Profile

Uganda

Affordable medicine reaching Uganda

🇺🇬 $127M
All data from DGCIS India export records (fiscal year, April–March).
$127M
Scale
Uganda's patients receive $127M in Indian pharmaceutical products annually — almost entirely finished medicines ready for dispensing.
78%
Medicine
Overwhelmingly finished medicines — drug formulations account for 78% of shipments.
Trajectory
India has maintained a consistent pharmaceutical supply to Uganda over the decade.
Context
Part of India's pharmaceutical supply network across Africa.
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Impact
Indian pharmaceutical companies have both exported to and invested directly in Uganda — building trade and operational presence.
Export Trend DGCIS FY
Pharmaceutical Composition Trend DGCIS CY 2014–2025

All pharmaceutical categories from DGCIS

Category Mix — FY 2025–26 DGCIS
Medicines $99.1M (78.0%) Vaccines $16.9M (13.3%) Medicine Ingredients $8.5M (6.7%) Surgical & Hospital Supplies $1.9M (1.5%) Traditional & Herbal $0.59M (0.5%)
Top Products — FY 2025–26 DGCIS
Indian Pharma Investment in Uganda Source: RBI ODI Data

Total RBI-approved ODI commitments by Indian pharmaceutical companies into Uganda: $2.2M across 18 filings (2019-2026).