Uganda: Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Uganda's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) fell 0.54 percentage points on 2023 (from 15.02% to 14.48%).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2023), the average change was +0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.85 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.54 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.15 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 61% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Uganda in the 2024 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 4th of 7: 58.45%
• Namibia — 5th of 7: 56.53%
• Nicaragua — 6th of 7: 32.46%

What this measures

Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy include gross credit from the financial system to households, nonprofit institutions serving households, nonfinancial corporations, state and local governments, and social security funds. 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 14 values

Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 6.94% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 58.45% (2024)
• Kenya — 33.29% (2023)
• Namibia — 56.53% (2024)
• South Africa — 96.37% (2024)
• Zambia — 20.66% (2025)

More financial sector data for Uganda

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 12.55% (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3,676 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$3,603 (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 12.6% (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 50.81 trillion (2025)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 22.3% (2025)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 3.22 (2024)
• Broad money (annual % growth) — 20.04% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 50.23 trillion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP)?

14.48% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2011?

It is up 2.76 percentage points from 11.72% in 2011. The highest value was 15.32% in 2022 and the lowest 11.72% in 2011.

Is the latest change in claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) unusual for Uganda?

In 2024, Uganda's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) fell 0.54 percentage points on 2023 (from 15.02% to 14.48%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2023), the average change was +0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FS.AST.DOMO.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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