Canada
National power in Canada
National power in Canada: 1.01% of world capability in 1920 and 0.81% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 0.81% of world capability
- Since 1920
- −0.21 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 25 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 1.85% of world capability in 1943, the lowest 0.79% of world capability in 2020.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Canada |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.81 |
| 2021 | 0.82 |
| 2020 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 0.81 |
| 2018 | 0.83 |
| 2017 | 0.84 |
| 2016 | 0.85 |
| 2015 | 0.85 |
| 2014 | 0.87 |
| 2013 | 0.87 |
| 2012 | 0.92 |
| 2011 | 0.94 |
| 2010 | 0.96 |
| 2009 | 0.96 |
| 2008 | 1.04 |
| 2007 | 1.08 |
| 2006 | 1.08 |
| 2005 | 1.09 |
| 2004 | 1.11 |
| 2003 | 1.13 |
| 2002 | 1.15 |
| 2001 | 1.08 |
| 2000 | 1.13 |
| 1999 | 1.15 |
| 1998 | 1.13 |
| 1997 | 1.12 |
| 1996 | 1.13 |
| 1995 | 1.15 |
| 1994 | 1.17 |
| 1993 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 1.2 |
| 1991 | 1.17 |
| 1990 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 1.2 |
| 1988 | 1.14 |
| 1987 | 1.13 |
| 1986 | 1.11 |
| 1985 | 1.11 |
| 1984 | 1.16 |
| 1983 | 1.12 |
| 1982 | 1.11 |
| 1981 | 1.17 |
| 1980 | 1.18 |
| 1979 | 1.18 |
| 1978 | 1.17 |
| 1977 | 1.17 |
| 1976 | 1.16 |
| 1975 | 1.17 |
| 1974 | 1.17 |
| 1973 | 1.16 |
| 1972 | 1.16 |
| 1971 | 1.15 |
| 1970 | 1.14 |
| 1969 | 1.11 |
| 1968 | 1.19 |
| 1967 | 1.2 |
| 1966 | 1.22 |
| 1965 | 1.28 |
| 1964 | 1.28 |
| 1963 | 1.25 |
| 1962 | 1.26 |
| 1961 | 1.26 |
| 1960 | 1.24 |
| 1959 | 1.28 |
| 1958 | 1.26 |
| 1957 | 1.32 |
| 1956 | 1.37 |
| 1955 | 1.32 |
| 1954 | 1.33 |
| 1953 | 1.42 |
| 1952 | 1.42 |
| 1951 | 1.35 |
| 1950 | 1.26 |
| 1949 | 1.28 |
| 1948 | 1.26 |
| 1947 | 1.32 |
| 1946 | 1.56 |
| 1945 | 1.7 |
| 1944 | 1.7 |
| 1943 | 1.85 |
| 1942 | 1.71 |
| 1941 | 1.51 |
| 1940 | 1.21 |
| 1939 | 0.91 |
| 1938 | 0.87 |
| 1937 | 0.89 |
| 1936 | 0.86 |
| 1935 | 0.87 |
| 1934 | 0.89 |
| 1933 | 0.84 |
| 1932 | 0.86 |
| 1931 | 0.92 |
| 1930 | 0.98 |
| 1929 | 0.98 |
| 1928 | 0.97 |
| 1927 | 0.94 |
| 1926 | 0.92 |
| 1925 | 0.87 |
| 1924 | 0.89 |
| 1923 | 0.99 |
| 1922 | 0.84 |
| 1921 | 1.05 |
| 1920 | 1.01 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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- Military spending1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$939 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel72,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workers0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports312 million TIV in 2025