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Canada: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1926–2025 · 100 observations · forecasts to 2026 · gcons_GDP

2025
22.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 21.7%
Average, 2016–2025
21.3%10 years
Record high and low
42.1% (1944)low 6.89% (1928)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202622.1Forecast
202522.2
202421.7
202321.2
202220.7
202121.4
202022.7
201920.7
201820.7
201720.7
201621.0

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Canada documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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