IMF Global Debt Database · updated 2026-10-03 · 88 economies tracked
110.77 (2024)
##82 of 88 economies
2.2%
1.26×
1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1950 - 2024. Canada climbed from #7 to #82 (overtook Egypt, Arab Rep.). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Canada ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
Continental free trade deepens integration with the US and Mexico.
Trade collapse hits the open economy.
Crude collapse hurts energy-heavy provinces.
Sharpest contraction in decades despite fiscal support.
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP)
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