Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent in Uganda
Uganda: Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent was 0.1633 in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent in Uganda, 2015–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.1633 for vertical fiscal imbalance, percent in 2020. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 139.6% on the previous year and up 2,855.1% over ten years.
That places Uganda 19th out of 64 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -0.0059 | — |
| 2016 | -0.0038 | -36.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0133 | -450.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0692 | +420.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0682 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1633 | +139.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0282 | -0.0059 | 0.0692 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.1633 | 0.1633 | 0.1633 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 16 United Arab Emirates 0.1733 compare
- 17 Israel 0.1716 compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1634 compare
- 20 Brazil 0.1575 compare
- 21 Bulgaria 0.1379
- 22 El Salvador 0.1333 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 vertical fiscal imbalance, percent in Uganda?
- Vertical fiscal imbalance, percent in Uganda was 0.1633 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest vertical fiscal imbalance, percent recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1633 in 2020.
- What is the lowest vertical fiscal imbalance, percent recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0059 in 2015.
- How does Uganda rank for vertical fiscal imbalance, percent?
- Uganda ranks 19th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
- Is vertical fiscal imbalance, percent rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,855.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent (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.