Overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda
Uganda: Overall budget balance, including grants was -1.74 trillion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda, 1984–2011
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda is -1.74 trillion current LCU, measured in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 28.4% on the previous year and down 80.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda peaked at -223.00 million current LCU in 1984 and was at its lowest, -1.74 trillion current LCU, in 2011.
Uganda ranks 48th of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda, year by year
| Year | current LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | -223.00 million current LCU | — |
| 1985 | -774.90 million current LCU | +247.5% |
| 1986 | -1.88 billion current LCU | +142.3% |
| 1987 | -5.23 billion current LCU | +178.6% |
| 1988 | -21.75 billion current LCU | +315.8% |
| 1989 | -42.79 billion current LCU | +96.7% |
| 1990 | -80.73 billion current LCU | +88.7% |
| 1991 | -138.31 billion current LCU | +71.3% |
| 1992 | -395.54 billion current LCU | +186.0% |
| 1993 | -436.91 billion current LCU | +10.5% |
| 1994 | -452.91 billion current LCU | +3.7% |
| 1995 | -371.30 billion current LCU | -18.0% |
| 1996 | -363.77 billion current LCU | -2.0% |
| 1997 | -385.59 billion current LCU | +6.0% |
| 1998 | -432.69 billion current LCU | +12.2% |
| 1999 | -512.38 billion current LCU | +18.4% |
| 2000 | -1.23 trillion current LCU | +140.8% |
| 2001 | -967.11 billion current LCU | -21.6% |
| 2002 | -1.19 trillion current LCU | +23.5% |
| 2003 | -1.29 trillion current LCU | +7.7% |
| 2004 | -1.48 trillion current LCU | +15.1% |
| 2005 | -1.19 trillion current LCU | -20.0% |
| 2006 | -797.12 billion current LCU | -32.7% |
| 2007 | -972.58 billion current LCU | +22.0% |
| 2008 | -892.30 billion current LCU | -8.3% |
| 2009 | -1.26 trillion current LCU | +40.9% |
| 2010 | -1.36 trillion current LCU | +8.0% |
| 2011 | -1.74 trillion current LCU | +28.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's -1.74 trillion current LCU is below the median for low income countries, which is -26.39 billion current LCU, 66.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Uganda's -1.74 trillion current LCU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -21.76 billion current LCU, 80.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -315.8% | -5.23 billion current LCU | -21.75 billion current LCU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -12.11 billion current LCU | -42.79 billion current LCU | -223.00 million current LCU | 6 |
| 1990s | -357.01 billion current LCU | -512.38 billion current LCU | -80.73 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.13 trillion current LCU | -1.48 trillion current LCU | -797.12 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.55 trillion current LCU | -1.74 trillion current LCU | -1.36 trillion current LCU | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 45 Senegal -599.10 billion current LCU compare
- 46 Democratic Republic of Congo -1.03 trillion current LCU compare
- 47 Madagascar -1.70 trillion current LCU compare
- 49 Zambia -2.75 trillion current LCU compare
- 50 Tanzania -3.70 trillion current LCU compare
- 51 Mozambique -46.61 trillion current LCU compare
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 83.17 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.8317 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 41.60 million (2024)
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 9 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda?
- Overall budget balance, including grants in Uganda was -1.74 trillion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest overall budget balance, including grants recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was -223.00 million current LCU in 1984.
- What is the lowest overall budget balance, including grants recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.74 trillion current LCU in 2011.
- How does Uganda rank for overall budget balance, including grants?
- Uganda ranks 48th out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
- Is overall budget balance, including grants rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.