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Uganda: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1954–2025 · 72 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−6.07%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.4 pointsfrom −4.66%
Average, 2016–2025
−4.57%10 years
Record high and low
1.61% (2010)low −13.4% (1984)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-6.07
2024-4.66
2023-4.75
2022-6.27
2021-7.67
2020-6.07
2019-3.25
2018-2.48
2017-2.34
2016-2.18

Sources

  • Mitchell1954–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2015–2023
  • World Development Indicators2015–2024

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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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