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GDP growth in Canada

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Canada's gdp growth is 1.74 % — #89 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

1.74%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Canada over time

5.95 %0.46 %-5.04 %5.95 % · 2021-5.04 % · 20202000: 5.14 %2001: 1.88 %2002: 3.00 %2003: 1.81 %2004: 3.09 %2005: 3.21 %2006: 2.64 %2007: 2.05 %2008: 1.00 %2009: -2.92 %2010: 3.09 %2011: 3.14 %2012: 1.76 %2013: 2.33 %2014: 2.87 %2015: 0.65 %2016: 1.04 %2017: 3.03 %2018: 2.74 %2019: 1.91 %2020: -5.04 %2021: 5.95 %2022: 4.70 %2023: 1.95 %2024: 2.05 %2025: 1.74 %2000201220251.74 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#89 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
30 %
38 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.21 pp
peak 5.95 % in 2021
Full series
▼ 3.40 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #21 of 27vs median 2.90 %: −1.16 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Canada: ahead of 30 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthCanada 1.74 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Canada is ahead of 30 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Canada
87 Uruguay1.78 %+0.04 pp
88 Netherlands1.78 %+0.04 pp
89 Canada1.74 %—
90 Namibia1.73 %−0.01 pp
91 Sweden1.54 %−0.20 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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