World Bank · Economy
Uganda: Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI)
1.74percent · 2025+483.5% since 2015
Total interest payments to gross national income. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Uganda from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.736 | |
| 2024 | 1.553 | |
| 2023 | 1.531 | |
| 2022 | 1.278 | |
| 2021 | 1.334 | |
| 2020 | 0.993 | |
| 2019 | 0.52 | |
| 2018 | 0.448 | |
| 2017 | 0.398 | |
| 2016 | 0.429 | |
| 2015 | 0.297 | |
| 2014 | 0.269 | |
| 2013 | 0.239 | |
| 2012 | 0.107 | |
| 2011 | 0.098 | |
| 2010 | 0.089 | |
| 2009 | 0.092 | |
| 2008 | 0.156 | |
| 2007 | 0.147 | |
| 2006 | 0.309 | |
| 2005 | 0.41 | |
| 2004 | 0.488 | |
| 2003 | 0.431 | |
| 2002 | 0.429 | |
| 2001 | 0.325 | |
| 2000 | 0.458 | |
| 1999 | 0.595 | |
| 1998 | 0.493 | |
| 1997 | 0.7 | |
| 1996 | 0.717 | |
| 1995 | 0.67 | |
| 1994 | 0.966 | |
| 1993 | 1.103 | |
| 1992 | 1.231 | |
| 1991 | 1.376 | |
| 1990 | 0.849 | |
| 1989 | 0.884 | |
| 1988 | 0.672 | |
| 1987 | 0.695 | |
| 1986 | 1.293 | |
| 1985 | 1.436 | |
| 1984 | 1.39 | |
| 1983 | 1.615 | |
| 1982 | 1.318 | |
| 1981 | 1.352 | |
| 1980 | 0.992 | |
| 1979 | 0.111 | |
| 1978 | 0.093 | |
| 1977 | 0.105 | |
| 1976 | 0.072 | |
| 1975 | 0.11 | |
| 1974 | 0.195 | |
| 1973 | 0.277 | |
| 1972 | 0.305 | |
| 1971 | 0.333 | |
| 1970 | 0.364 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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