Canada vs United States: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.4 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States, a difference of 0.4 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 35th and United States ranks 37th of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 7 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9936 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.0064 National currency per US dollar | United States |
| 1960s | 1.06 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.0597 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.04 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.0402 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.26 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.2625 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.33 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.3267 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.29 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.2935 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.17 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1679 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2020s | 1.34 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.3357 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, Canada or United States?
- Canada, at 1.4 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Canada and United States?
- 0.4 National currency per US dollar, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Canada ranks 35th and United States ranks 37th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, average. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org