Canada vs United States of America: Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of insurance
Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of insurance over time
- Canada
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 48.31 Percentage of GDP against 44.92 Percentage of GDP in Canada, a difference of 3.39 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 12th and United States of America ranks 10th of 27 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.78 Percentage of GDP | 37.23 Percentage of GDP | 7.46 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 2000s | 35.52 Percentage of GDP | 47.4 Percentage of GDP | 11.88 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 2010s | 42.57 Percentage of GDP | 51.46 Percentage of GDP | 8.89 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 2020s | 44.4 Percentage of GDP | 50.18 Percentage of GDP | 5.78 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of insurance, Canada or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 48.31 Percentage of GDP against 44.92 Percentage of GDP in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of insurance between Canada and United States of America?
- 3.39 Percentage of GDP, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States of America?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Canada and United States of America rank globally for institutional investors' indicators — financial assets of insurance?
- Canada ranks 12th and United States of America ranks 10th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of insurance corporations. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Institutional Investors’ Indicators table shows total financial assets and liabilities of the three types of institutional investor - investment funds, insurance corporations and pension funds - as a percentage of GDP. It also provides a breakdown of the total assets (liabilities) of each type of institutional investor by main financial instrument category: currency and deposits; debt securities; loans; equity and investment fund shares; insurance, pensions and standardised guarantees; financial derivatives and employee stock options; and other accounts receivable/payable. The financial instrument categories are shown as a share (percentage) of the total assets (liabilities) of each type of institutional investor. For investment funds, there is also a breakdown of total assets by type of investment fund: real estate, equity, bond, mixed, hedge and other funds; and a breakdown of total assets and liabilities by whether they belong to money market funds (MMFs) or non-MMFs and to open-ended or closed-ended funds. All the indicators in this dataset are derived from the Institutional Investors' Assets and Liabilities dataset.