Bangladesh vs Canada

Bangladesh vs Canada: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 113.6% of GDP in Canada, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 71.6 percentage points, or 2.7 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · IMF

Bangladesh vs Canada: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 113.6% of GDP in Canada, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 71.6 percentage points, or 2.7 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshCanadaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 98 and Canada ranked 8 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Canada at 107% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearBangladeshCanada
202542113.6
202441110
202339.7105.1
202237.9103.5
202135.6112.6
202034.5118.1
20193290.1
201829.690.8
201728.391
201627.792.5
201528.292.3
201428.785.8
201328.387.7
201229.187
201129.484.3
201029.684
20093381.8
200833.970.4
20073567.2
200635.369.9
200535.670.6
200436.671.9
20033775.9
2002–79.6
2001–81.5
2000–80.4
1999–89
1998–93.3
1997–95.3
1996–100.2
1995–100.1
1994–97.5
1993–94.7
1992–88.2
1991–81.7
1990–73.7
1989–71
1988–69.8
1987–69.8
1986–69.3
1985–65.2
1984–60.2
1983–57.2
1982–51.7
1981–46.1
1980–44.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshCanada
202640.5115.6
202740.4113.4
202842.8111.8
202945.5110.4
203047.6108.8
203149.4107

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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