Canada vs United States of America: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing over time
- Canada
- United States of America
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1.19 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States of America, a difference of 0.19 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United States of America ahead.
Canada ranks 32nd and United States of America ranks 34th of 51 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.02 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.0226 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1913 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.23 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.226 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.23 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.2264 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.26 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.2601 National currency per US dollar | Canada |
| 2020s | 1.19 National currency per US dollar | 1 National currency per US dollar | 0.1876 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 — purchasing, Canada or United States of America?
- Canada, at 1.19 National currency per US dollar against 1 National currency per US dollar in United States of America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing between Canada and United States of America?
- 0.19 National currency per US dollar, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States of America?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Canada and United States of America rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
- Canada ranks 32nd and United States of America ranks 34th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption. 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