Canada External Debt: % of GDP

Key information about Canada External Debt: % of GDP

• Canada External Debt accounted for 147.8 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 145.0 % in the previous year.
• Canada External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1990 to Dec 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 149.1 % in Dec 2020 and a record low of 56.2 % in Dec 1990.

CEIC calculates External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly External Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. Statistics Canada provides External Debt in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.


Related information about Canada External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Canada, Current Account recorded a deficit of 7.0 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 18.0 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Canada Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 9.7 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 41.8 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• The country's External Debt reached 3,497,031.8 in Dec 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 590.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.

View Canada's External Debt: % of GDP from 1990 to 2025 in the chart:

What was Canada's External Debt: % of GDP in 2025?

Canada External Debt accounted for 147.8 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 145.0 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
147.8 2025	145.0 2024	56.2 1990	149.1 2020	%	yearly	1990 - 2025

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