The latest official general government figures for Canada, as stored in Bullion API’s scheduled cache. Each figure shows its own period. Cached, not live.
Each figure keeps the government scope and definition its publisher uses. Scopes, periods and definitions differ between countries and aggregates, so these figures are not comparable across geographies.
GET /v1/government-debt/caMacroCached observations, not live. Each value keeps its own date and definition. Government scopes and debt definitions differ. Only debt-to-GDP ratios are shown; monetary amounts in different currencies are excluded.
5 of 5 geographies have cached values for the measures shown.
| Measure | Canada This page | United States | United Kingdom | Australia | Iceland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt to GDP (quarterly) | 131.28% of GDPGross debt to GDP, quarter end. Canada: general-government gross debt as a percentage of gross domestic product at the end of the quarter, as published by Statistics Canada in table 38-10-0237-01 (financial indicators of the general government sector, national balance sheet accounts). Statistics Canada defines gross debt there as outstanding loan and debt security liabilities at nominal value and other financial liabilities at market value, excluding equity and investment fund shares and including social security plans, so it is a wider measure than the debt in table 36-10-0467-01. A Statistics Canada-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation.General government; quarterly; At 30 Jun 2026 | 121.19% of GDPFederal debt to GDP (Bullion API calculation). Bullion API calculation: total public debt outstanding at the end of the quarter divided by that quarter’s nominal GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, multiplied by 100. Not a Treasury, FRED or BEA published ratio. This product uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.Central government; quarterly; 1 Apr 2026 to 30 Jun 2026; Bullion API calculation using U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service data via FRED and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data. This product uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Debt to GDP (monthly) | Not offered | Not offered | 93.80% of GDPPublic sector net debt to GDP. UK public sector net debt excluding public sector banks as a percentage of gross domestic product at the end of each calendar month, not seasonally adjusted, as published by the ONS in Public sector finances (series HF6X). The ONS denominator is GDP for the 12 months centred on the month, which includes projected GDP for months not yet published, so recent ratios are revised as outturn GDP arrives. This is the ONS-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation.Public sector; monthly; At 31 Aug 2026 | Not offered | Not offered |
| Debt to GDP (annual) | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | 51.75% of GDPGeneral-government gross L2 debt to GDP (annual, Bullion API calculation). Bullion API calculation, not an ABS-published ratio: All Australia general-government gross L2 debt at 30 June, valued at current market value using the ABS creditor approach, divided by the sum of current-price original quarterly GDP for the four quarters in the matching July-to-June financial year, multiplied by 100. The numerator is ABS Government Finance Statistics, Annual Table 14 (row "Equals L2", column "All Australia general government"); the denominator is ABS Australian National Accounts SDMX series ANA_AGG version 1.0.0, key M3.GPM.10.AUS.Q. See the ABS debt valuation methodology (https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/detailed-methodology-information/concepts-sources-methods/australian-system-government-finance-statistics-concepts-sources-and-methods/2015/13-treatment-selected-items/part-b-treatment-debt-australian-gfs). This is not the net L2 debt-to-GDP ratio shown in Table 16. The calculated value is stored to eight decimal places.General government; annual; At 30 Jun 2025; Bullion API calculation using Australian Bureau of Statistics Government Finance Statistics, Annual and Australian National Accounts data. ABS website material is reused under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International subject to the exclusions and third-party rights in the ABS copyright terms (https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer#copyright-and-creative-commons); those terms require attribution to the ABS. The ABS does not endorse Bullion API. | 88.25% of GDPstatice gross debt to gdp annual. Iceland: general-government total liabilities at 31 December as a Statistics Iceland-published percentage of annual GDP (THJ05181). Includes pension/insurance liabilities and payables; not Maastricht debt and not a Bullion API calculation. Full PX decimal precision.General government; annual; At 31 Dec 2025 |
Unavailable means no cached observation is held. Not offered means no registered series exists for that measure. Dates may differ; older observations have not been updated to a common period.
Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0467-01, 38-10-0237-01 and 36-10-0477-01, reference date as given by each observation. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0467-01, 38-10-0237-01 and 36-10-0477-01, reference date shown on each observation. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence, https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The underlying U.S. Treasury data is a U.S. federal government work; Bullion API is not endorsed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
This product uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Public Sector Finances.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Monthly, not seasonally adjusted; ONS revises earlier months in each monthly release.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, Annual (https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/government/government-finance-statistics-annual) and Australian National Accounts (https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/national-accounts/australian-national-accounts-national-income-expenditure-and-product), via the ABS Data API (https://data.api.abs.gov.au).
ABS website material is provided under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits commercial reuse, subject to the exclusions and third-party rights identified in the ABS copyright terms (https://www.abs.gov.au/website-privacy-copyright-and-disclaimer#copyright-and-creative-commons). Those terms require attribution to the ABS for material obtained from its website. This product uses the ABS Data API (Beta), whose availability and performance are not guaranteed and whose service may change. Bullion API is not endorsed by the ABS. ABS revises Government Finance Statistics regularly.
Source: Statistics Iceland, general government finances, THJ05181 and THJ05121.
CC BY 4.0 (https://www.statice.is/publications/open-data-access/). Full PX decimal precision; debt includes pension/insurance liabilities and payables and is not Maastricht debt. Bullion API is not endorsed by Statistics Iceland; modifications are not attributed to Statistics Iceland.
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross debt, quarter endCanada: general-government gross debt outstanding at the end of the quarter, in millions of Canadian dollars, from Statistics Canada table 36-10-0467-01 (member "Debt"). Statistics Canada notes the data are consolidated for debt securities only. Gross, not net. | CA$4,150,748.00 million | General government | |
| Gross debt to GDP, quarter endCanada: general-government gross debt as a percentage of gross domestic product at the end of the quarter, as published by Statistics Canada in table 38-10-0237-01 (financial indicators of the general government sector, national balance sheet accounts). Statistics Canada defines gross debt there as outstanding loan and debt security liabilities at nominal value and other financial liabilities at market value, excluding equity and investment fund shares and including social security plans, so it is a wider measure than the debt in table 36-10-0467-01. A Statistics Canada-published ratio, not a Bullion API calculation. | 131.28% of GDP | General government |
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net lending (+) or borrowing (-), quarterCanada: general-governments net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) (revenue less expenditure in the national accounts) for the calendar quarter, unadjusted, in millions of Canadian dollars at current prices, from Statistics Canada table 36-10-0477-01. A negative value is net borrowing (a deficit); a positive value is net lending (a surplus). Recent quarters are revised. | CA$4,400.00 million | General government |
| Measure | Latest cached value | Period | Government scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest expenditure, quarterCanada: general-governments interest on debt (national accounts expense) for the calendar quarter, unadjusted, in millions of Canadian dollars at current prices, from Statistics Canada table 36-10-0477-01. Reported as a positive amount. Recent quarters are revised. | CA$28,857.00 million | General government |
Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0467-01, 38-10-0237-01 and 36-10-0477-01, reference date as given by each observation. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0467-01, 38-10-0237-01 and 36-10-0477-01, reference date shown on each observation. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence, https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
GET /v1/government-debt/ca, GET /v1/government-borrowing/ca, GET /v1/debt-interest/ca returns the latest stored observation for each supported category as decimal strings, with its scope, unit, period and definition. Each endpoint is available on every plan, including the free plan for non-commercial Service use.