Canada vs Netherlands

Canada vs Netherlands: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 68.9 percentage points, or 2.54 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · IMF

Canada vs Netherlands: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 44.7% of GDP in Netherlands, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 68.9 percentage points, or 2.54 times that in Netherlands.
CanadaNetherlandsIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 8 and Netherlands ranked 93 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 107% of GDP and Netherlands at 48% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCanadaNetherlands
2025113.644.7
202411044
2023105.145.9
2022103.548.4
2021112.650.5
2020118.153.4
201990.147.7
201890.851.6
20179156
201692.560.9
201592.363.8
201485.867.2
201387.767.2
20128765.7
201184.361.2
20108458.9
200981.856.3
200870.454.4
200767.242.7
200669.945
200570.649.6
200471.950.1
200375.949.8
200279.648.7
200181.549.4
200080.452.2
19998958.6
199893.362.7
199795.365.7
1996100.271.3
1995100.173
199497.573.5
199394.776.7
199288.275.6
199181.774.8
199073.775
19897173.7
198869.873.7
198769.871.3
198669.369
198565.267.1
198460.261.9
198357.258.4
198251.752.4
198146.146.9
198044.643.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaNetherlands
2026115.645.4
2027113.445.7
2028111.845.8
2029110.446.3
2030108.847.1
203110748

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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