IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 78 economies tracked
127.96 (2025)
##2 of 78 economies
35.8%
1.19×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Canada climbed from #1 to #2 (overtook Portugal). 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 Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP), Government Net Wealth Change from Other Economic Flows (% of GDP)
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