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Canada
United StatesCentral Government Debt (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: World Bank databases [GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS]
Measurement definition and metadata source
Publisher measure: Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Publisher metadata, retrieved . That is when the definition was last checked, not when these figures were published.
Label correction: The source covers central government, not the entire general-government sector. Correction record.
Same-year comparison · 2024
Every value is for 2024, the latest year before 2026 in this history range with a figure for every selected country, so the values compare directly. Figures for past years can still be revised.
| Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 64.1% | 2024 |
| United States | 115.8% | 2024 |
Displayed values are rounded. Downloads retain stored numerical precision and identify missing readings.
Values come from the source named above for the year shown. Figures for earlier years can still be revised.
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History · 2000–2024
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Key indicators · latest available
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Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank. The year under each value is the year it describes. IMF figures for 2026 and later are projections, revised at each release; figures for earlier years can still be estimates. Read the methodology.
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