Canada vs Spain

Canada vs Spain: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 2.6% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in Canada.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs Spain: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1.9% a year in Canada and 2.6% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in Canada.
CanadaSpainIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Spain has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 105 and Spain ranked 88 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 1.8% a year and Spain at 1.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaSpain
20251.92.6
202423.7
202322.4
20224.76.4
202166.7
2020-5-10.9
20191.92
20182.72.4
201732.9
201612.9
20150.74.1
20142.91.5
20132.3-1.4
20121.8-2.9
20113.1-0.6
20103.10.1
2009-2.9-3.8
200810.8
20072.13.5
20062.64
20053.23.6
20043.13.1
20031.82.9
200232.8
20011.93.9
20005.15.1
19995.14.7
19983.94.5
19974.33.9
19961.72.4
19952.74.1
19944.52.3
19932.7-1.3
19920.90.9
1991-2.12.5
19900.23.8
19892.35
19884.45.3
19874.15.7
19862.13.4
19854.72.4
19845.91.7
19832.61.7
1982-3.21.2
19813.5-0.4
19802.21.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaSpain
20261.12.5
20271.71.8
20281.71.8
20291.71.7
20301.71.7
20311.81.7

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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