World Bank · Public Sector

Uganda: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

-4.32percent · 2024

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Uganda from 2015 to 2024.

20152024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-4.323
2023-4.942
2022-6.743
2021-7.931
2020-6.139
2019-3.448
2018-2.666
2017-2.455
2016-2.237
2015-2.113

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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