Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Uganda

Uganda: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 21.1% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
21.1%
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
159th
of 187 countries
All-time high
28.2%
in 2008
All-time low
4.0%
in 1988
Years of data
62
1960–2021

Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Uganda, 1960–2021

51015202530196019902021

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

Annual values for Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%) in Uganda, 1960 to 2021.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 156 Zambia 23.0% compare
  2. 157 Madagascar 22.0% compare
  3. 158 Sierra Leone 21.8% compare
  4. 160 Angola 20.9% compare
  5. 161 Solomon Islands 20.5% compare
  6. 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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Indicator
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 8,670 data points, 1960–2021
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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).