Canada vs United Arab Emirates

Canada vs United Arab Emirates: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 79.7 percentage points, or 3.35 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of GDP · IMF

Canada vs United Arab Emirates: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 113.6% of GDP in Canada and 33.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 79.7 percentage points, or 3.35 times that in United Arab Emirates.
CanadaUnited Arab EmiratesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1999.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 8 and United Arab Emirates ranked 120 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 107% of GDP and United Arab Emirates at 26.1% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCanadaUnited Arab Emirates
2025113.633.9
202411033.2
2023105.131.9
2022103.531.5
2021112.635.7
2020118.130.1
201990.125.8
201890.820.7
20179121.2
201692.518.6
201592.315.6
201485.813.5
201387.715.3
20128720.2
201184.320.4
20108418.3
200981.821.1
200870.48.9
200767.28.9
200669.95.1
200570.64.5
200471.94.1
200375.93.3
200279.63.4
200181.52.7
200080.43.1
1999894.7
199893.3–
199795.3–
1996100.2–
1995100.1–
199497.5–
199394.7–
199288.2–
199181.7–
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
YearCanadaUnited Arab Emirates
2026115.632.8
2027113.430.8
2028111.829
2029110.427.4
2030108.827
203110726.1

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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