International Monetary Fund · Public Sector
Canada: General Government Debt (IMF)
110.77percent · 2024+29.5% since 2014
Total stock of debt liabilities issued by the general government as a share of GDP. Annual figures for Canada from 1950 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 110.769 | |
| 2023 | 107.711 | |
| 2022 | 104.207 | |
| 2021 | 112.617 | |
| 2020 | 118.066 | |
| 2019 | 90.21 | |
| 2018 | 90.776 | |
| 2017 | 90.942 | |
| 2016 | 92.397 | |
| 2015 | 92.029 | |
| 2014 | 85.541 | |
| 2013 | 87.605 | |
| 2012 | 87.151 | |
| 2011 | 84.286 | |
| 2010 | 83.976 | |
| 2009 | 81.804 | |
| 2008 | 70.355 | |
| 2007 | 67.181 | |
| 2006 | 69.92 | |
| 2005 | 70.64 | |
| 2004 | 71.889 | |
| 2003 | 75.912 | |
| 2002 | 79.604 | |
| 2001 | 81.462 | |
| 2000 | 80.437 | |
| 1999 | 88.966 | |
| 1998 | 93.29 | |
| 1997 | 95.272 | |
| 1996 | 100.244 | |
| 1995 | 100.084 | |
| 1994 | 97.48 | |
| 1993 | 94.73 | |
| 1992 | 88.23 | |
| 1991 | 81.658 | |
| 1990 | 73.744 | |
| 1989 | 70.987 | |
| 1988 | 69.745 | |
| 1987 | 69.761 | |
| 1986 | 69.323 | |
| 1985 | 65.166 | |
| 1984 | 60.213 | |
| 1983 | 57.211 | |
| 1982 | 51.707 | |
| 1981 | 46.077 | |
| 1980 | 44.59 | |
| 1979 | 44.161 | |
| 1978 | 47.118 | |
| 1977 | 44.3 | |
| 1976 | 42.836 | |
| 1975 | 49.877 | |
| 1974 | 49.503 | |
| 1973 | 52.331 | |
| 1972 | 56.69 | |
| 1971 | 57.892 | |
| 1970 | 56.745 | |
| 1969 | 54.425 | |
| 1968 | 56.32 | |
| 1967 | 57.024 | |
| 1966 | 57.071 | |
| 1965 | 58.309 | |
| 1964 | 62.025 | |
| 1963 | 65.378 | |
| 1962 | 66.641 | |
| 1961 | 67.36 | |
| 1960 | 64.875 | |
| 1959 | 64.175 | |
| 1958 | 63.096 | |
| 1957 | 57.632 | |
| 1956 | 58.405 | |
| 1955 | 66.456 | |
| 1954 | 68.277 | |
| 1953 | 67.193 | |
| 1952 | 70.054 | |
| 1951 | 76.521 | |
| 1950 | 87.75 |
Source
Published by International Monetary Fund, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: IMF Terms and Conditions. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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International Monetary Fund (2026). General Government Debt (IMF). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/imf-general-government-debt (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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