Uganda - Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in Uganda was 71.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 92.97 in 1990, while its lowest value was 69.03 in 2014.

Definition: Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. This item also includes any statistical discrepancy in the use of resources relative to the supply of resources.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 74.96
1961 78.83
1962 76.86
1963 74.11
1964 72.45
1965 77.68
1966 78.18
1967 74.95
1968 74.83
1969 74.13
1982 88.86
1983 87.37
1984 82.72
1985 78.95
1986 86.41
1987 92.46
1988 91.69
1989 92.09
1990 92.97
1991 91.93
1992 90.61
1993 82.67
1994 80.55
1995 83.89
1996 77.49
1997 72.64
1998 81.10
1999 78.71
2000 77.46
2001 77.41
2002 77.45
2003 77.04
2004 75.89
2005 73.63
2006 77.64
2007 78.27
2008 73.51
2009 78.85
2010 76.48
2011 71.76
2012 77.65
2013 72.56
2014 69.03
2015 76.75
2016 71.78
2017 70.89
2018 72.30
2019 71.17
2020 71.25

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Household final consumption expenditure is often estimated as a residual, by subtracting all other known expenditures from GDP. The resulting aggregate may incorporate fairly large discrepancies. When household consumption is calculated separately, many of the estimates are based on household surveys, which tend to be one-year studies with limited coverage. Thus the estimates quickly become outdated and must be supplemented by estimates using price- and quantity-based statistical procedures. Complicating the issue, in many developing countries the distinction between cash outlays for personal business and those for household use may be blurred. Informal economic activities pose a particular measurement problem, especially in developing countries, where much economic activity is unrecorded. A complete picture of the economy requires estimating household outputs produced for home use, sales in informal markets, barter exchanges, and illicit or deliberately unreported activities. The consistency and completeness of such estimates depend on the skill and methods of the compiling statisticians.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts