Deficit, Percent of own spending in Uganda
Uganda: Deficit, Percent of own spending was -0.3996 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Deficit, Percent of own spending in Uganda, 2015–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Uganda recorded -0.3996 for deficit, percent of own spending in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 62.9% on the previous year and down 117.7% over ten years.
Uganda ranks 50th of 66 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Deficit, Percent of own spending in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -0.1836 | — |
| 2016 | -0.1877 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | -0.1959 | +4.3% |
| 2018 | -0.1951 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | -0.2453 | +25.8% |
| 2020 | -0.3996 | +62.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -0.2015 | -0.2453 | -0.1836 | 5 |
| 2020s | -0.3996 | -0.3996 | -0.3996 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More public sector data for Uganda
- Arms imports 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3288 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -75.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 22.33 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0207 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.12 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 79.79 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deficit, percent of own spending in Uganda?
- Deficit, percent of own spending in Uganda was -0.3996 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest deficit, percent of own spending recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1836 in 2015.
- What is the lowest deficit, percent of own spending recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.3996 in 2020.
- How does Uganda rank for deficit, percent of own spending?
- Uganda ranks 50th out of 66 countries with data for 2020.
- Is deficit, percent of own spending rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 117.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Deficit, Percent of own spending (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.