Relationship dossier
India
Uganda
Relationship assessment
India–Uganda ties feature development assistance and bilateral agreements, including defence cooperation.
India toward Uganda
+40India announced concessional credit for agricultural and electricity projects during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2018 visit to Uganda. The two governments also signed a defence cooperation agreement during the visit.
Uganda toward India
+30Uganda entered into bilateral agreements with India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2018 visit, including an agreement on defence cooperation. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship includes concrete development assistance and formal cooperation, including a defence agreement and Indian credit commitments announced in 2018. These initiatives indicate a cooperative bilateral structure, though their implementation and the breadth of sustained cooperation are uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Uganda maintain a cooperative relationship, with development assistance and formal bilateral agreements as notable features. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2018 visit to Uganda, India announced concessional credit for agricultural and electricity projects, while the two governments signed agreements including one on defence cooperation. The scope and implementation of these initiatives, and the breadth of cooperation beyond them, are unclear.
Key developments
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Uganda, India announced concessional credit for agricultural and electricity projects, and the governments signed bilateral agreements including one on defence cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and present status of the credit-funded projects are unclear.
- The scope of defence cooperation and other bilateral agreements is uncertain.
- Details of the two governments’ cooperation beyond the 2018 initiatives are limited.