Tax revenue in Uganda

Central government tax revenue in Uganda was equal to 12.6% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2015 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2024 12.6% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 13.0%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Uganda over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2002 to 2024
Period UgandaWorld
2024 12.6% 13.9%
2023 13.0% 13.9%
2022 12.5% 14.5%
2021 12.5% 14.3%
2020 11.4% 13.7%
2019 12.2% 13.8%
2018 11.7% 13.9%
2017 11.6% 14.2%
2016 11.1% 13.9%
2015 10.8% 14.0%
2014 – 14.0%
2013 – 14.0%
2012 – 13.8%
2011 – 13.7%
2010 – 13.3%
2009 – 13.1%
2008 – 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 – 14.1%
2004 – 14.5%
2003 – 14.4%
2002 – 14.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 13.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.8%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2015 to 2024 for Uganda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics