Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Uganda
Uganda: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 21.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Uganda, 1960–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Uganda stood at 21.1%.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Uganda peaked at 28.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 1988.
That places Uganda 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.9% | — |
| 1961 | 7.1% | +3.1% |
| 1962 | 8.3% | +16.8% |
| 1963 | 9.6% | +16.2% |
| 1964 | 11.5% | +19.5% |
| 1965 | 11.8% | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 9.5% | -19.2% |
| 1967 | 9.1% | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 10.6% | +16.6% |
| 1969 | 12.1% | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 12.4% | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 11.4% | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 15.2% | +32.9% |
| 1973 | 18.4% | +21.0% |
| 1974 | 20.1% | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 13.6% | -32.4% |
| 1976 | 14.4% | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 9.0% | -37.9% |
| 1978 | 9.0% | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 6.4% | -28.2% |
| 1980 | 6.8% | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 7.6% | +13.2% |
| 1982 | 6.0% | -21.1% |
| 1983 | 4.8% | -20.9% |
| 1984 | 4.4% | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 5.9% | +34.0% |
| 1986 | 7.0% | +17.9% |
| 1987 | 5.6% | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 4.0% | -28.8% |
| 1989 | 4.1% | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 4.7% | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 4.9% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 5.1% | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 5.5% | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 6.3% | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 6.4% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 7.4% | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 8.6% | +15.4% |
| 1998 | 9.1% | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 11.2% | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 12.4% | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | +27.1% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 16.8% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 28.2% | +67.5% |
| 2009 | 14.1% | -49.9% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 15.7% | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 21.7% | +43.7% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | -29.0% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 16.9% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 17.1% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 21.5% | +21.5% |
| 2021 | 21.1% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.6% | 6.9% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 13.0% | 6.4% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.6% | 4.0% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.8% | 4.7% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.8% | 11.2% | 28.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.8% | 14.8% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.3% | 21.1% | 21.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 156 Zambia 23.0% compare
- 157 Madagascar 22.0% compare
- 158 Sierra Leone 21.8% compare
- 160 Angola 20.9% compare
- 161 Solomon Islands 20.5% compare
- 162 Yemen 20.4% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Uganda?
- Deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Uganda was 21.1% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 1988.
- How does Uganda rank for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp?
- Uganda ranks 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is deposit money bank claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Deposit money bank assets (IFS lines 22, a-d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).