Canada vs South Korea

Canada vs South Korea: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 1.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in South Korea.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs South Korea: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 1.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in South Korea.
CanadaSouth KoreaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 105 and South Korea ranked 119 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 1.8% a year and South Korea at 1.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaSouth Korea
20251.91.1
202422.2
202321.5
20224.72.9
202164.7
2020-5-0.7
20191.92.3
20182.73.2
201733.4
201613.2
20150.72.9
20142.93.2
20132.33.3
20121.82.5
20113.13.7
20103.17
2009-2.90.8
200813
20072.15.8
20062.65.2
20053.24.4
20043.15.2
20031.83.1
200237.7
20011.94.7
20005.19.2
19995.111.6
19983.9-4.9
19974.36.3
19961.78
19952.79.7
19944.59.4
19932.77
19920.96.4
1991-2.110.9
19900.210
19892.37.2
19884.412.1
19874.112.9
19862.111.5
19854.77.9
19845.910.6
19832.613.5
1982-3.28.5
19813.57.4
19802.2-1.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaSouth Korea
20261.13.3
20271.72.8
20281.72.3
20291.72.1
20301.71.9
20311.81.9

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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