Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda
Uganda: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 33.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda, 2015–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda stood at 33.7%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda peaked at 33.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.6%, in 2019.
Uganda ranks 36th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 29.7% | — |
| 2016 | 30.0% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 30.2% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 29.8% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 28.6% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 29.7% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 28.8% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 31.3% | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 33.7% | +7.6% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 33.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 22.4%, 1.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 33.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.5%, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 29.7% | 28.6% | 30.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 30.8% | 28.8% | 33.7% | 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 taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Uganda was 33.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 33.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.6% in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Uganda ranks 36th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. 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 Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.