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Canada: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
44.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 44.4%
Average, 2016–2025
43.2%10 years
Record high and low
52.5% (1992)low 2.01% (1891)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203142.4Forecast
203042.5Forecast
202942.7Forecast
202842.9Forecast
202743.2Forecast
202643.5Forecast
202544.1
202444.4
202342.5
202241.0
202145.4
202052.4
201940.6
201840.7
201740.5
201640.8

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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