Canada: Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Canada's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 0.65 percentage points on 2024 (from 77.03% to 77.69%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.36 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.95 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.34 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 36% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Canada had the 74th highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Canada in the 2025 ranking

• Bangladesh — 70th of 132: 78.02%
• Costa Rica — 71st of 132: 78.01%
• Burkina Faso — 72nd of 132: 77.8%
• Morocco — 74th of 132: 77.29%
• Botswana — 75th of 132: 77.26%
• Uganda — 76th of 132: 76.88%

What this measures

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. 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.

All 65 values

Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Bermuda — 55.02% (2024)
• United States — 81.53% (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Canada

• Trade in services (% of GDP) — 14.75% (2025)
• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 48.08% (2025)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$196.83 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$747.73 billion (2025)
• Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$577.62 billion (2025)
• Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$170.11 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$944.56 billion (2025)
• Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) — 16.84% (2025)
• Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) — 25.55% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Canada's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?

77.69% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 1.63 percentage points from 79.32% in 1961. The highest value was 82.15% in 1992 and the lowest 73.38% in 2005.

How does Canada rank?

74th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Canada?

In 2025, Canada's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 0.65 percentage points on 2024 (from 77.03% to 77.69%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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