Getting credit, legal rights index in Uganda
Uganda: Getting credit, legal rights index was 7 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Getting credit, legal rights index in Uganda, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit, legal rights index in Uganda is 7, measured in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Uganda peaked at 7 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2004.
That places Uganda 7th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More private sector data for Uganda
- Merchandise trade 49.9% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 12.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 243.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2017 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 55.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Uganda?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Uganda was 7 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2004.
- How does Uganda rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Uganda ranks 7th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.