Tanzania vs Uganda: Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)

Tanzania
-3.70 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Uganda
-1.74 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Tanzania rank
50th
Uganda rank
48th

Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU) over time

  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
-4.0T-3.0T-2.0T-1.0T0198119962011

How they compare

Uganda currently reports -1.74 trillion current LCU against -3.70 trillion current LCU in Tanzania, a difference of 1.96 trillion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Uganda ahead.

Tanzania ranks 50th and Uganda ranks 48th of 51 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tanzania Uganda Difference Ahead
1980s -15.70 billion current LCU -12.11 billion current LCU 3.59 billion current LCU Uganda
1990s -106.14 billion current LCU -357.01 billion current LCU 250.87 billion current LCU Tanzania
2000s -1.21 trillion current LCU -1.13 trillion current LCU 86.76 billion current LCU Uganda
2010s -3.61 trillion current LCU -1.55 trillion current LCU 2.06 trillion current LCU Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Tanzania or Uganda?
Uganda, at -1.74 trillion current LCU against -3.70 trillion current LCU in Tanzania as of 2011.
What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Tanzania and Uganda?
1.96 trillion current LCU, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?
28 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2011.
How do Tanzania and Uganda rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
Tanzania ranks 50th and Uganda ranks 48th of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,403 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.