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Government debt to GDP in Canada

Latest: 64.1%
Previous: 60.5%
Change: +3.68 (+6.1%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government debt to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Government debt to GDP in Canada
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	61.8%
Dec 31, 1991	67.4%
Dec 31, 1992	70.7%
Dec 31, 1993	75.2%
Dec 31, 1994	75.9%
Dec 31, 1995	77.3%
Dec 31, 1996	78.0%
Dec 31, 1997	74.9%
Dec 31, 1998	72.5%
Dec 31, 1999	66.2%
Dec 31, 2000	58.7%
Dec 31, 2001	57.5%
Dec 31, 2002	54.1%
Dec 31, 2003	51.3%
Dec 31, 2004	46.8%
Dec 31, 2005	46.1%
Dec 31, 2006	43.3%
Dec 31, 2007	39.2%
Dec 31, 2008	45.3%
Dec 31, 2009	53.2%
Dec 31, 2010	53.1%
Dec 31, 2011	54.1%
Dec 31, 2012	55.7%
Dec 31, 2013	53.2%
Dec 31, 2014	51.5%
Dec 31, 2015	56.0%
Dec 31, 2016	56.0%
Dec 31, 2017	54.5%
Dec 31, 2018	53.1%
Dec 31, 2019	53.4%
Dec 31, 2020	74.6%
Dec 31, 2021	68.8%
Dec 31, 2022	59.4%
Dec 31, 2023	60.5%
Dec 31, 2024	64.1%
Dec 31, 2025	—

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