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Ugandan Shilling
UGXUganda · Issued by Bank of Uganda
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+3.32%
10y M2 change
+174%
M69 Score
72.1
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
42.33T UGX
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+3.32%
World Bank · annual
Country
Uganda
ISO 4217 · UGX
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Ugandan Shilling M2 money supply
Broad money in UGX (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Ugandan Shilling inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Uganda. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Ugandan Shilling be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 UGX in 2001 buys today
6.36 UGXworth of goods
Lost 94% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
1,572.39 UGX
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:06:18
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- UGA
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/UGX
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Ugandan Shilling?+
The Ugandan Shilling (UGX) is issued by Bank of Uganda. As the monetary authority for Uganda, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Ugandan Shilling?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Ugandan Shilling: 3.32% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Ugandan Shilling been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 174% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between UGX as accounting unit and UGX as a store of value.
Is the Ugandan Shilling sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Ugandan Shilling currently scores 72.1. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Ugandan Shilling compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.