Expense, Transactions in Canada
Canada: Expense, Transactions was 1.40 trillion in 2025. β² Rising
Expense, Transactions in Canada, 1990β2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for expense, transactions in Canada is 1.40 trillion, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 76.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expense, transactions in Canada peaked at 1.40 trillion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 328.13 billion, in 1990.
Canada ranks 14th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 382.21 billion | 328.13 billion | 420.35 billion | 10 |
| 2000s | 537.21 billion | 444.43 billion | 659.46 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 792.90 billion | 688.29 billion | 931.66 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 trillion | 1.15 trillion | 1.40 trillion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More public sector data for Canada
- Arms imports 149.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.61 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 96.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 149.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 8.65 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 13.7% (2024)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 1,337 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 53.9% (2024)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 57.89 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expense, transactions in Canada?
- Expense, transactions in Canada was 1.40 trillion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest expense, transactions recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 trillion in 2025.
- What is the lowest expense, transactions recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 328.13 billion in 1990.
- How does Canada rank for expense, transactions?
- Canada ranks 14th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is expense, transactions rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Expense, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.