Canada vs Ethiopia: GDP growth

GDP growth: 1.9% a year in Canada in 2025 and 8.1% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 6 percentage points, or 3.93 times that in Canada.

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% a year · IMF

CanadaEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Canada.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 1.8% a year and Ethiopia at 7.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Canada	Ethiopia
2025	1.9	9.2
2024	2	8.1
2023	2	7.2
2022	4.7	6.4
2021	6	6.3
2020	-5	6.1
2019	1.9	9
2018	2.7	7.7
2017	3	10.2
2016	1	8
2015	0.7	10.4
2014	2.9	10.3
2013	2.3	9.9
2012	1.8	8.7
2011	3.1	11.4
2010	3.1	10.6
2009	-2.9	10
2008	1	11.2
2007	2.1	11.8
2006	2.6	11.5
2005	3.2	12.6
2004	3.1	11.7
2003	1.8	-2.1
2002	3	1.6
2001	1.9	7.4
2000	5.1	9.8
1999	5.1	6.3
1998	3.9	-4.2
1997	4.3	2.8
1996	1.7	13.5
1995	2.7	6.1
1994	4.5	3.5
1993	2.7	13.4
1992	0.9	-8.9
1991	-2.1	-7.2
1990	0.2	2.6
1989	2.3	-0.5
1988	4.4	0.6
1987	4.1	13.9
1986	2.1	9.7
1985	4.7	-11.4
1984	5.9	-2.3
1983	2.6	7.8
1982	-3.2	1
1981	3.5	–
1980	2.2	4

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Canada	Ethiopia
2026	1.1	9.2
2027	1.7	7.8
2028	1.7	8.2
2029	1.7	8.2
2030	1.7	8
2031	1.8	7.7

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How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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