Goods and services expense in Uganda
Uganda: Goods and services expense was 25.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in Uganda, 2015–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goods and services expense in Uganda is 25.6%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.6% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Uganda peaked at 34.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 25.6%, in 2023.
Uganda ranks 27th of 154 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Goods and services expense in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31.4% | — |
| 2016 | 34.1% | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 25.8% | -24.3% |
| 2018 | 27.8% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 33.8% | +21.6% |
| 2020 | 25.8% | -23.6% |
| 2021 | 31.0% | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 30.7% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 25.6% | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.6% | 25.8% | 34.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 28.3% | 25.6% | 31.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 24 Saudi Arabia 27.4% compare
- 25 Congo 27.1% compare
- 26 Marshall Islands 25.9% compare
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 25.4% compare
- 29 Zambia 25.4% compare
- 30 Ecuador 24.6% compare
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 goods and services expense in Uganda?
- Goods and services expense in Uganda was 25.6% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 34.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.6% in 2023.
- How does Uganda rank for goods and services expense?
- Uganda ranks 27th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.