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Canada: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1870–2025 · 156 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
44.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 44.3%
Average, 2016–2025
43.1%10 years
Record high and low
52.5% (1992)low 2.01% (1891)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203143.1Forecast
203043.2Forecast
202943.4Forecast
202843.7Forecast
202744.1Forecast
202644.3Forecast
202544.0
202444.3
202341.8
202240.4
202145.5
202052.4
201940.6
201840.7
201740.5
201640.8

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1870–2023
  • OECD Economic Outlook1970–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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