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Uganda: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 51 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
51.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.6 pointsfrom 50.2%
Average, 2015–2024
41.4%10 years
Record high and low
141.2% (1991)low 7.75% (1979)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202451.8
202350.2
202250.2
202150.3
202046.3
201937.5
201834.9
201733.6
201631.3
201528.0

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1981–1982
  • World Development Indicators2018–2024

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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