Canada vs Kenya

Canada vs Kenya: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 42.3 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Kenya.

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% of GDP · IMF

Canada vs Kenya: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 71.3% of GDP in Kenya, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 42.3 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Kenya.
CanadaKenyaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 8 and Kenya ranked 36 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 107% of GDP and Kenya at 74% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCanadaKenya
2025113.671.3
202411067.3
2023105.173.4
2022103.567.8
2021112.668.2
2020118.168
201990.159.1
201890.856.5
20179153.9
201692.550.4
201592.345.8
201485.841.3
201387.739.8
20128737.6
201184.335.7
20108436.7
200981.836
200870.434.3
200767.234.2
200669.937.1
200570.637.4
200471.940.8
200375.943.8
200279.642
200181.541.3
200080.443.1
19998938.4
199893.338.5
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
YearCanadaKenya
2026115.672.9
2027113.473.8
2028111.874.5
2029110.474.4
2030108.874.3
203110774

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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