Uganda

Uganda is best known as a robusta producer, centred on the Lake Victoria basin, and it also produces washed and natural arabica on Mount Elgon and the Rwenzori mountains. Most coffee is processed at home by smallholders, and the country has pioneered 'fine robusta' quality standards since the sector was liberalised in the early 1990s.

ArabicaRobusta / Conilon Harvesting in November

Production 2026/27
7.16Mbags430k t · USDA PSD
Exports 2026/27
6.83Mbags95% of the harvest
Arabica share
16%
World rank
6of 403.8% of origin output
Area harvested 2024
737khaFAOSTAT
Altitude
not published

Production and exports

60 kg bags · USDA PSD market years
02M4M6M8M201020122014201620182020202220242026Production7.2MExports6.8MDomestic use0.3M
02M4M6M8M’10’20Production7.2MExports6.8MDomestic use0.3M

Market years 2010/11 to 2026/27; the last year is USDA's current estimate. Domestic use is PSD's domestic consumption line.

Area harvested, hectares · FAOSTAT

200k400k600k800k1M’10’15’20Area737k

FAOSTAT crops and livestock products, item green coffee (CC BY 4.0). Values flagged as estimates by FAO are included as published.

Where the coffee goes

Supply and use
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Production, Supply and Distribution (PSD), market years. Supply on the left equals use on the right.
Stocks carried in334k
Production7.16M
Imports0
Exports6.83M
Domestic use335k
Stocks carried out329k
Share of the harvest exported95%
Rank among producing origins by exports6 of 37

Where the exports go is not published here. Shipments by destination, including US imports from Uganda, come from USITC DataWeb and the Census trade API, which need credentials we do not hold yet.

Harvest

Harvest calendar for every origin
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Main cropFly cropTypical US arrival

Single source main cropSingle source fly crop

  • Whole country · main cropOct–Feb · US Mar–May
    Single source

    Main crop October-February, available from late March/early April (Mercanta only).

  • Whole country · fly cropApr–Aug
    Single source

    Fly crop April-August (Mercanta only).

Growing regions

4 regions

Varieties, processing and grading

Main varieties

Robusta (cultivated Coffea canephora, Congolese SG2 group)SL14SL28Kent

Common processing

Natural (dry process)Washed (wet, fully washed)

Export grading

No grading system recorded.

Character and protected names

Flavour tendencies

The sources used do not describe a typical cup for Uganda; this page does not invent one.

General tendencies from importer origin notes, not a promise about any lot. The claims behind them are listed with their sources at the foot of the page.

Geographical indications and protected names

None recorded for Uganda.