Canada vs Israel

Canada vs Israel: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 67.9% of GDP in Israel, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 45.7 percentage points, or 1.67 times that in Israel.

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% of GDP · IMF

Canada vs Israel: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 67.9% of GDP in Israel, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 45.7 percentage points, or 1.67 times that in Israel.
CanadaIsraelIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Israel.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 8 and Israel ranked 40 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 107% of GDP and Israel at 72.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCanadaIsrael
2025113.667.9
202411067.7
2023105.161.9
2022103.560.9
2021112.668.2
2020118.171.4
201990.159.5
201890.860.3
20179160.1
201692.562
201592.363.2
201485.866.1
201387.766.4
20128767.2
201184.367.5
20108469.4
200981.873
200870.470.6
200767.271.2
200669.978.1
200570.685.7
200471.988.7
200375.990.1
200279.687.6
200181.581.4
200080.477.5
199989–
199893.3–
199795.3–
1996100.2–
1995100.1–
199497.5–
199394.7–
199288.2–
199181.7–
199073.7–
198971–
198869.8–
198769.8–
198669.3–
198565.2–
198460.2–
198357.2–
198251.7–
198146.1–
198044.6–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaIsrael
2026115.668.8
2027113.469.5
2028111.870.5
2029110.471.2
2030108.871.9
203110772.7

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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