Canada vs France

Canada vs France: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1 percentage points, or 2.08 times that in France.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs France: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1 percentage points, or 2.08 times that in France.
CanadaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2022, when it overtook France.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 105 and France ranked 125 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 1.8% a year and France at 1.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaFrance
20251.90.9
202421.4
202321.8
20224.72.8
202166.8
2020-5-7.6
20191.92.1
20182.71.6
201732.3
201610.7
20150.71
20142.91
20132.30.9
20121.80.2
20113.12.5
20103.11.8
2009-2.9-2.7
200810.3
20072.12.5
20062.62.9
20053.22
20043.12.5
20031.81
200231.1
20011.91.8
20005.14.4
19995.13.3
19983.93.5
19974.32.5
19961.71.3
19952.72.5
19944.52.4
19932.7-0.4
19920.91.4
1991-2.11.3
19900.22.8
19892.34.6
19884.44.7
19874.12.6
19862.12.3
19854.71.7
19845.91.7
19832.61.3
1982-3.22.4
19813.51.2
19802.21.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaFrance
20261.10.4
20271.70.7
20281.71.2
20291.71.1
20301.71.1
20311.81.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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