World Bank · Financial Sector
Canada: International debt issues to GDP
62.05percent · 2020+63.8% since 2010
Total value of outstanding international debt issues both public and private, as a share of GDP. Offshore bank loan data from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 12A (Amount Outstanding): International debt securities - all issuers. Annual figures for Canada from 1980 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62.052 | |
| 2019 | 55.479 | |
| 2018 | 53.233 | |
| 2017 | 54.178 | |
| 2016 | 52.677 | |
| 2015 | 48.288 | |
| 2014 | 41.279 | |
| 2013 | 40.198 | |
| 2012 | 37.572 | |
| 2011 | 36.016 | |
| 2010 | 37.885 | |
| 2009 | 38.843 | |
| 2008 | 28.549 | |
| 2007 | 29.139 | |
| 2006 | 25.931 | |
| 2005 | 25.72 | |
| 2004 | 28.04 | |
| 2003 | 29.265 | |
| 2002 | 30.141 | |
| 2001 | 28.573 | |
| 2000 | 26.283 | |
| 1999 | 30.591 | |
| 1998 | 31.383 | |
| 1997 | 26.826 | |
| 1996 | 27.426 | |
| 1995 | 27.943 | |
| 1994 | 27.526 | |
| 1993 | 24.562 | |
| 1992 | 20.784 | |
| 1991 | 19.386 | |
| 1990 | 17.647 | |
| 1989 | 17.17 | |
| 1988 | 18.599 | |
| 1987 | 20.518 | |
| 1986 | 21.458 | |
| 1985 | 17.958 | |
| 1984 | 16.728 | |
| 1983 | 16.435 | |
| 1982 | 16.689 | |
| 1981 | 14.182 | |
| 1980 | 12.801 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by BIS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Cameroon
- Chile
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- Congo
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- Cyprus
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- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
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