Canada vs United States: Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 208.1% against 194.8% in Canada, a difference of 13.3%.
That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United States ahead.
Canada ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 59 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on other sectors of the domestic economy, Canada or United States?
- United States, at 208.1% against 194.8% in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on other sectors of the domestic economy between Canada and United States?
- 13.3%, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2006.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for claims on other sectors of the domestic economy?
- Canada ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy include gross credit from the financial system to households, nonprofit institutions serving households, nonfinancial corporations, state and local governments, and social security funds. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.