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Canada: General government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
42.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 42.1%
Average, 2016–2025
41.4%10 years
Record high and low
43.6% (1998)low 4.45% (1906)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.1Forecast
203042.0Forecast
202942.0Forecast
202842.0Forecast
202742.2Forecast
202642.4Forecast
202542.4
202442.1
202341.9
202241.1
202142.5
202041.4
201940.6
201841.0
201740.3
201640.3

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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