Canada - Government Debt to GDP 2009
81.80%
+11.45% from 2008
Canada's government debt to gdp was 81.80% in 2009, increased +11.45% from 70.36% in 2008. This was the 164th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.66% | -33.2% |
| 2nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.11% | 17.8% |
| 3rd | Turkmenistan | 3.09% | -13.3% |
| 4th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.34% | 788.7% |
| 5th | Azerbaijan | 4.73% | 46.7% |
| 6th | Oman | 5.81% | 81.5% |
| 7th | Chile | 5.85% | 18.9% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 6.12% | 18.4% |
| 9th | Kuwait | 6.65% | 23.8% |
| 10th | Uzbekistan | 7.30% | -12.4% |
| 11th | Estonia | 7.98% | 70.7% |
| 12th | Algeria | 8.92% | 16.8% |
| 13th | Russian Federation | 9.92% | 33.2% |
| 14th | Kazakhstan | 10.23% | 51.2% |
| 15th | Kiribati | 10.28% | -25.8% |
| 16th | Eswatini | 10.61% | -27.4% |
| 17th | Cameroon | 11.26% | 0.9% |
| 18th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.49% | 8.7% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 13.99% | 16.0% |
| 20th | Bulgaria | 14.54% | -1.1% |
| 21st | Suriname | 14.65% | -0.9% |
| 22nd | Uganda | 14.79% | -5.5% |
| 23rd | Paraguay | 14.94% | -6.9% |
| 24th | Luxembourg | 15.29% | 4.5% |
| 25th | Namibia | 15.85% | -17.0% |
| 26th | Niger | 15.94% | 12.5% |
| 27th | Afghanistan | 16.25% | -14.7% |
| 28th | Australia | 16.62% | 41.6% |
| 29th | Rwanda | 18.49% | 1.2% |
| 30th | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.65% | 30.9% |
| 31st | Benin | 18.75% | 2.4% |
| 32nd | Solomon Islands | 18.87% | -34.8% |
| 33rd | Haiti | 19.41% | -42.8% |
| 34th | Ecuador | 19.67% | -20.9% |
| 35th | San Marino | 20.07% | 29.6% |
| 36th | Central African Republic | 20.30% | -43.2% |
| 37th | Bahrain | 20.49% | 70.0% |
| 38th | Zambia | 20.52% | 6.9% |
| 39th | Tuvalu | 20.56% | 4.1% |
| 40th | Vanuatu | 21.12% | -0.4% |
| 41st | United Arab Emirates | 21.14% | 136.2% |
| 42nd | Papua New Guinea | 21.72% | 0.7% |
| 43rd | Mali | 21.86% | 8.7% |
| 44th | Botswana | 22.43% | 187.7% |
| 45th | Romania | 22.45% | 72.6% |
| 46th | Guatemala | 22.78% | 16.4% |
| 47th | Malawi | 23.49% | -0.2% |
| 48th | Cambodia | 23.68% | 3.2% |
| 49th | North Macedonia | 23.73% | 15.0% |
| 50th | Honduras | 23.79% | 6.6% |
| 51st | Chad | 23.87% | 52.4% |
| 52nd | Tanzania | 23.93% | 10.5% |
| 53rd | West Bank and Gaza | 23.96% | 4.3% |
| 54th | New Zealand | 24.27% | 28.0% |
| 55th | Ghana | 25.39% | 9.5% |
| 56th | Burundi | 25.69% | -74.9% |
| 57th | Burkina Faso | 25.87% | 4.0% |
| 58th | Gabon | 25.99% | 29.6% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | 26.03% | 8.4% |
| 60th | Indonesia | 26.48% | -12.5% |
| 61st | South Africa | 27.00% | 12.3% |
| 62nd | Lithuania | 27.90% | 91.3% |
| 63rd | Peru | 28.18% | 0.2% |
| 64th | Korea | 28.79% | 11.4% |
| 65th | Nicaragua | 29.26% | 12.5% |
| 66th | Djibouti | 29.53% | - |
| 67th | Senegal | 29.94% | 57.0% |
| 68th | Bahamas, The | 30.09% | 18.7% |
| 69th | Sierra Leone | 31.07% | -32.5% |
| 70th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 31.12% | 6.7% |
| 71st | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.21% | -16.4% |
| 72nd | Comoros | 31.73% | -4.5% |
| 73rd | Belarus | 32.55% | 60.4% |
| 74th | Moldova | 32.61% | 46.9% |
| 75th | Serbia | 32.63% | 10.9% |
| 76th | Bangladesh | 33.01% | -2.5% |
| 77th | Samoa | 33.26% | 18.0% |
| 78th | Czechia | 33.43% | 18.7% |
| 79th | Andorra | 33.51% | 20.8% |
| 80th | Georgia | 33.65% | 27.7% |
| 81st | China | 33.99% | 27.2% |
| 82nd | Madagascar | 34.86% | 12.4% |
| 83rd | Slovenia | 34.94% | 59.6% |
| 84th | Colombia | 35.39% | 9.3% |
| 85th | Ukraine | 35.43% | 73.5% |
| 86th | Lesotho | 35.87% | -23.7% |
| 87th | Kenya | 35.96% | 5.0% |
| 88th | Qatar | 35.98% | 216.8% |
| 89th | Viet Nam | 36.17% | 16.5% |
| 90th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.37% | 19.9% |
| 91st | Slovak Republic | 36.41% | 27.2% |
| 92nd | Palau | 36.60% | 14.2% |
| 93rd | Dominican Republic | 36.76% | 9.3% |
| 94th | Tajikistan | 36.94% | 22.2% |
| 95th | Latvia | 37.64% | 94.8% |
| 96th | Gambia, The | 38.87% | -1.7% |
| 97th | Panama | 39.05% | -2.4% |
| 98th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.21% | 6.6% |
| 99th | Mozambique | 39.33% | 20.1% |
| 100th | Nepal | 39.46% | 7.4% |
| 101st | Tonga | 39.73% | 16.8% |
| 102nd | Zimbabwe | 39.74% | -3.9% |
| 103rd | Armenia | 40.16% | 148.8% |
| 104th | Tunisia | 40.30% | -2.6% |
| 105th | Sweden | 41.19% | 8.5% |
| 106th | Marshall Islands | 41.20% | -6.5% |
| 107th | Finland | 41.53% | 27.5% |
| 108th | Mexico | 41.67% | 2.6% |
| 109th | Thailand | 42.36% | 21.2% |
| 110th | Norway | 42.54% | -10.5% |
| 111th | Morocco | 42.62% | 1.5% |
| 112th | Türkiye | 42.91% | 14.4% |
| 113th | Denmark | 43.05% | 21.1% |
| 114th | Switzerland | 43.09% | -3.9% |
| 115th | Montenegro | 43.87% | 28.2% |
| 116th | Uruguay | 46.18% | -0.1% |
| 117th | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.48% | -9.3% |
| 118th | Puerto Rico (US) | 46.51% | 14.1% |
| 119th | Croatia | 47.91% | 23.1% |
| 120th | Maldives | 48.39% | 24.2% |
| 121st | Angola | 48.45% | 72.3% |
| 122nd | Mongolia | 48.54% | 56.6% |
| 123rd | Aruba | 48.79% | 21.0% |
| 124th | Poland | 49.70% | 6.7% |
| 125th | Philippines | 49.81% | -0.4% |
| 126th | Yemen, Republic of | 49.84% | 36.8% |
| 127th | St. Lucia | 50.24% | 7.1% |
| 128th | Malaysia | 50.41% | 28.1% |
| 129th | Fiji | 51.50% | 7.4% |
| 130th | Lao PDR | 51.82% | 0.2% |
| 131st | Guyana | 52.32% | 8.4% |
| 132nd | Cyprus | 52.82% | 19.7% |
| 133rd | Spain | 53.08% | 34.0% |
| 134th | Mauritania | 54.34% | -5.1% |
| 135th | Pakistan | 54.57% | 10.3% |
| 136th | Argentina | 55.40% | 2.9% |
| 137th | Jordan | 55.45% | 4.3% |
| 138th | Netherlands | 56.29% | 3.6% |
| 139th | Myanmar | 56.42% | -5.7% |
| 140th | Mauritius | 56.84% | 16.6% |
| 141st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.25% | 14.0% |
| 142nd | Togo | 57.65% | -14.4% |
| 143rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 58.49% | 19.3% |
| 144th | Cabo Verde | 58.79% | 2.3% |
| 145th | Albania | 59.67% | 8.2% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 61.04% | 0.8% |
| 147th | Guinea | 61.33% | 4.9% |
| 148th | Ireland | 61.77% | 45.3% |
| 149th | Dominica | 62.51% | -2.9% |
| 150th | Brazil | 64.70% | 5.3% |
| 151st | United Kingdom | 64.92% | 27.7% |
| 152nd | El Salvador | 65.78% | 21.3% |
| 153rd | Malta | 66.05% | 7.3% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 69.45% | 4.0% |
| 155th | Belize | 69.73% | 7.8% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 70.32% | 15.9% |
| 157th | Sudan | 71.00% | 27.3% |
| 158th | Germany | 72.36% | 11.0% |
| 159th | Israel | 72.57% | 3.3% |
| 160th | India | 72.74% | -2.2% |
| 161st | Sri Lanka | 72.75% | 5.8% |
| 162nd | Hungary | 78.19% | 8.9% |
| 163rd | Austria | 80.75% | 16.1% |
| 164th | Canada | 81.80% | 16.3% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 83.84% | 20.5% |
| 166th | France | 84.06% | 20.4% |
| 167th | United States | 87.07% | 17.9% |
| 168th | Iraq | 87.38% | 17.8% |
| 169th | Portugal | 87.80% | 16.1% |
| 170th | Barbados | 88.20% | 19.5% |
| 171st | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.15% | 33.4% |
| 172nd | Grenada | 91.09% | 8.6% |
| 173rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 91.62% | 14.1% |
| 174th | Belgium | 99.85% | 7.2% |
| 175th | Singapore | 101.69% | 3.9% |
| 176th | Seychelles | 106.13% | -44.8% |
| 177th | Italy | 116.14% | 9.8% |
| 178th | Iceland | 128.21% | 17.3% |
| 179th | Greece | 128.48% | 15.8% |
| 180th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 129.07% | 4.6% |
| 181st | Liberia | 132.16% | -43.8% |
| 182nd | Jamaica | 138.34% | 11.7% |
| 183rd | Lebanon | 144.50% | -10.5% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | 148.26% | -0.4% |
| 185th | Japan | 198.81% | 9.9% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 207.05% | -20.3% |
| 187th | Nauru | 295.58% | - |
FAQ
What was Canada's government debt to gdp in 2009?▾
Canada's government debt to gdp in 2009 was 81.80%. This ranked 164th globally.
How did Canada's government debt to gdp change in 2009?▾
Canada's government debt to gdp increased by 16.3% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest government debt to gdp in 2009?▾
Nauru had the highest government debt to gdp in 2009 at 295.58%.
What is the government debt to gdp of Canada in 2009?▾
The government debt to gdp of Canada in 2009 was 81.80%. This ranked 164th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Canada's government debt to gdp?▾
Canada's government debt to gdp went from 70.36% in 2008 to 81.80% in 2009, a 16.3% increase.
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