Interest payments in Uganda

Uganda: Interest payments was 6.22 trillion current LCU in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
6.22 trillion current LCU
Change on year
up 5.2%
World rank
9th
of 155 countries
All-time high
6.22 trillion current LCU
in 2024
All-time low
1.21 trillion current LCU
in 2015
Years of data
10
2015–2024

Interest payments in Uganda, 2015–2024

2.0T4.0T6.0T2015201920242015: 1.2T current LCU2016: 1.7T current LCU2017: 2.4T current LCU2018: 2.3T current LCU2019: 2.5T current LCU2020: 2.9T current LCU2021: 4.1T current LCU2022: 5.0T current LCU2023: 5.9T current LCU2024: 6.2T current LCU

Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 6.22 trillion current LCU for interest payments in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 412.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, interest payments in Uganda peaked at 6.22 trillion current LCU in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.21 trillion current LCU, in 2015.

That places Uganda 9th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 2.01 trillion current LCU 1.21 trillion current LCU 2.53 trillion current LCU 5
2020s 4.82 trillion current LCU 2.93 trillion current LCU 6.22 trillion current LCU 5

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 6 India 8.33 trillion current LCU compare
  2. 7 Uzbekistan 8.30 trillion current LCU compare
  3. 8 Paraguay 6.64 trillion current LCU compare
  4. 10 Iran 5.90 trillion current LCU compare
  5. 11 Angola 4.78 trillion current LCU compare
  6. 12 Tanzania 4.23 trillion current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 155 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is interest payments in Uganda?
Interest payments in Uganda was 6.22 trillion current LCU in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest interest payments recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 6.22 trillion current LCU in 2024.
What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 1.21 trillion current LCU in 2015.
How does Uganda rank for interest payments?
Uganda ranks 9th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
Is interest payments rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is up 412.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 Interest payments (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.