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Government Spending / Canada
Public Finance

Canada Government Spending

Current and historical government spending data for Canada, including latest value (20.91), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Canada
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Canada · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
83 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 19 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.1 / 20
External stability 14.8 / 15
Financial robustness 13.1 / 15
Structural stability 6.9 / 10
Future capacity 8.2 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2023 2015– 2023
2015 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Canada · general government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2023
20.91 percent of GDP
20.42 percent of GDP
21.03 percent of GDP
17 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
government spending rate reference line

Countries by government spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 37.92 high
Sweden 26.32 high
Finland 25.62 high
Iceland 25.14 high
Netherlands 24.91 high
Kuwait 24.6 medium
Belgium 23.53 medium
France 23.09 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
United States 13.94
Mexico 11.21
China 16.63
Germany 21.06
France 23.09

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.CON.GOVT.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00

Canada Snapshot

country profile
Population 41.29 m
GDP 2243.64 bn
Debt/GDP 64.89%
Inflation 2.38%
Unemployment 6.91%
Currency n/a
Region North America
Income group High income

Canada Government Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Spending for Canada. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: canada government spending rate, government spending data canada, canada government spending statistics, canada percent of gdp.