Canada vs United States: country risk compared

Canada currently carries the higher assessed risk (3.7 vs 3.2 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), driven by higher AML/CFT effectiveness risk (5.5 vs 3.3).

🇨🇦 Canada (3.7/10, Moderate) vs 🇺🇸 United States (3.2/10, Moderate).

Side by side

IndicatorCanadaUnited States
RegActions risk score3.7/10 (Moderate)3.2/10 (Moderate)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)1.9/102.4/10
Corruption (CPI)75/100 (rank #16)64/100 (rank #29)
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberYesYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20162016
BO registerPublic (live since 2024)Restricted (live since 2024)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Canada: last mutual evaluation 2016 · report
  • United States: last mutual evaluation 2016 · report

Full country reports

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Canada is complete with low confidence and United States is complete with low confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.