Tax revenue in Uganda
Uganda: Tax revenue was 12.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Uganda, 2015–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue in Uganda is 12.6%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Uganda peaked at 13.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2015.
Uganda ranks 110th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tax revenue in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.8% | — |
| 2016 | 11.1% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 12.2% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 11.4% | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 12.5% | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 13.0% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 12.6% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.5% | 10.8% | 12.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 11.4% | 13.0% | 5 |
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 tax revenue in Uganda?
- Tax revenue in Uganda was 12.6% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2015.
- How does Uganda rank for tax revenue?
- Uganda ranks 110th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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 Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.