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Uganda: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
17.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.0 pointsfrom 15.0%
Average, 2016–2025
13.8%10 years
Record high and low
23.0% (1966)low 6.21% (1987)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.0
202415.0
202315.9
202215.8
202115.1
202013.5
201912.7
201811.2
201710.7
201611.0

Sources

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

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Uganda documentation (PDF)

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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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