Central government debt, total in Uganda
Uganda: Central government debt, total was 54.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Central government debt, total in Uganda, 2018–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for central government debt, total in Uganda is 54.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 57.0% over ten years.
That places Uganda 40th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Central government debt, total in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 34.7% | — |
| 2019 | 38.5% | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 44.2% | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 51.3% | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 53.9% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 53.1% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 54.4% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.6% | 34.7% | 38.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 51.4% | 44.2% | 54.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 37 Maldives 57.3%
- 38 Mauritius 57.1%
- 39 Pakistan 55.0%
- 41 Netherlands 54.2%
- 42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.7%
- 43 Cyprus 53.7%
More economy & growth data for Uganda
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.29 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.99 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 16.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 273.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 13.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 832.53 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 1.00 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 7.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2293 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is central government debt, total in Uganda?
- Central government debt, total in Uganda was 54.4% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest central government debt, total recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 54.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest central government debt, total recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.7% in 2018.
- How does Uganda rank for central government debt, total?
- Uganda ranks 40th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is central government debt, total rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.