Canada vs Saudi Arabia

Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 81.8 percentage points, or 3.57 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of GDP · IMF

Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 31.8% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 81.8 percentage points, or 3.57 times that in Saudi Arabia.
CanadaSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 8 and Saudi Arabia ranked 122 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 107% of GDP and Saudi Arabia at 48.7% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCanadaSaudi Arabia
2025113.631.8
202411025.9
2023105.123
2022103.521.3
2021112.625.5
2020118.129.7
201990.120.3
201890.816.8
20179116
201692.512.3
201592.35.5
201485.81.5
201387.72.1
2012873
201184.35.3
2010848.4
200981.814
200870.412.1
200767.217.1
200669.925.8
200570.637.3
200471.962.9
200375.981.6
200279.696.4
200181.593.2
200080.486.7
199989103
199893.3101.5
199795.376.7
1996100.275.2
1995100.174.3
199497.567.9
199394.758.6
199288.247.8
199181.739.4
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
YearCanadaSaudi Arabia
2026115.635.4
2027113.437.3
2028111.840.2
2029110.443.1
2030108.845.9
203110748.7

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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