Canada vs United States: Interest payable, Transactions
Interest payable, Transactions over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 1.24 trillion against 110.06 billion in Canada, a difference of 1.13 trillion.
That makes United States's figure about 11.3 times Canada's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 8th and United States ranks 5th of 35 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.89 billion | 357.94 billion | 293.04 billion | United States |
| 2010s | 63.73 billion | 472.04 billion | 408.31 billion | United States |
| 2020s | 87.33 billion | 901.52 billion | 814.19 billion | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payable, transactions, Canada or United States?
- United States, at 1.24 trillion against 110.06 billion in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in interest payable, transactions between Canada and United States?
- 1.13 trillion, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for interest payable, transactions?
- Canada ranks 8th and United States ranks 5th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Interest payable, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.