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Canada: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

-1.17percent · 2024-223.2% since 2014

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Canada from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-1.169
20230.588
20220.614
2021-2.409
2020-9.539
20190.238
20180.891
20170.44
20160.413
20150.999
20140.949
2013-0.072
2012-0.517
2011-0.911
2010-2.221
2009-1.204
20080.778
20071.787
20061.532
20050.743
20041.492
20031.106
20021.475
20011.641
20002.192
19990.965
19980.67
19970.398
1996-2.373
1995-3.979
1994-4.698
1993-5.503
1992-5.005
1991-5.028
1990-4.522

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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