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Uganda: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1997–2024 · 28 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−3.93%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.9 pointsfrom −4.87%
Average, 2015–2024
−4.67%10 years
Record high and low
0.343% (2004)low −7.76% (2021)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-4.64Forecast
2030-4.55Forecast
2029-5.15Forecast
2028-4.56Forecast
2027-4.92Forecast
2026-5.92Forecast
2025-7.13Forecast
2024-3.93
2023-4.87
2022-5.44
2021-7.76
2020-7.76
2019-4.82
2018-3.02
2017-3.83
2016-2.64
2015-2.59

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1997–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1997–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2015–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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