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Uganda: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2024
51.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.4 pointsfrom 50.4%
Average, 2015–2024
41.5%10 years
Record high and low
141.2% (1991)low 9.41% (1979)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203153.3Forecast
203053.4Forecast
202953.5Forecast
202853.9Forecast
202754.4Forecast
202655.0Forecast
202554.2Forecast
202451.8
202350.4
202249.9
202150.3
202046.8
201938.0
201835.0
201733.6
201631.3
201528.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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