Canada vs Mexico

Canada vs Mexico: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 0.5% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.4 percentage points, or 3.73 times that in Mexico.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs Mexico: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 0.5% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.4 percentage points, or 3.73 times that in Mexico.
CanadaMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mexico.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 105 and Mexico ranked 132 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 1.8% a year and Mexico at 2.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaMexico
20251.90.5
202421.5
202323.1
20224.73.7
202166
2020-5-8.4
20191.9-0.4
20182.72
201731.9
201611.8
20150.72.7
20142.92.5
20132.30.9
20121.83.6
20113.13.4
20103.15
2009-2.9-6.3
200810.9
20072.12.1
20062.64.8
20053.22.1
20043.13.6
20031.81.2
20023-0.2
20011.9-0.5
20005.15
19995.12.8
19983.96.2
19974.37.2
19961.76.2
19952.7-5.9
19944.54.4
19932.72.9
19920.93.6
1991-2.14
19900.25.3
19892.33.6
19884.41.2
19874.12.1
19862.1-3.9
19854.71.9
19845.93.5
19832.6-4.6
1982-3.2-0.1
19813.59.6
19802.29.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaMexico
20261.11.5
20271.71.8
20281.72.2
20291.72.1
20301.72.1
20311.82.1

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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