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Table 47
G-7 total government current receipts
National Economic and Financial Accounts
Year Canada United
States		 Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
(per cent of GDP)
1960 - 27.0 18.8 - 35.2 - 27.8 26.2
1961 27.0 27.1 19.3 - 36.3 - 27.2 26.5
1962 27.1 27.3 19.4 - 36.6 - 28.0 26.7
1963 27.0 27.8 19.6 - 36.9 37.3 28.4 28.0
1964 27.9 26.8 19.3 - 36.4 38.3 29.4 27.6
1965 28.5 26.7 19.5 - 35.8 38.7 28.9 27.5
1966 29.6 27.5 19.1 - 36.3 38.6 29.0 27.9
1967 30.8 28.0 19.3 - 37.0 38.5 29.9 28.4
1968 32.2 29.5 19.6 - 38.0 39.1 30.3 29.4
1969 34.0 30.8 19.7 - 39.4 40.1 29.5 30.3
1970 34.6 29.9 20.6 - 38.5 39.4 29.2 29.9
1971 35.1 29.3 21.6 - 39.6 38.7 29.9 30.0
1972 35.4 30.4 21.5 - 39.9 38.9 29.8 30.6
1973 35.5 30.6 22.5 - 42.3 38.9 29.0 31.0
1974 37.8 31.3 24.5 - 42.9 39.5 28.4 32.0
1975 36.7 29.9 24.0 - 42.8 41.0 29.0 31.3
1976 36.4 30.6 23.6 - 44.1 43.1 30.2 31.9
1977 36.5 31.0 24.7 - 45.2 42.8 31.2 32.5
1978 35.9 30.9 24.5 - 44.8 42.5 32.5 32.5
1979 35.6 31.3 26.3 - 44.6 44.1 31.9 33.1
1980 36.5 31.8 27.6 - 45.0 46.1 33.9 33.9
1981 38.9 32.6 29.0 - 45.0 46.7 35.1 34.9
1982 39.5 32.3 29.4 - 45.7 47.6 36.8 35.1
1983 38.9 31.7 29.6 - 45.3 48.2 38.6 35.0
1984 38.9 31.8 30.2 - 45.5 49.2 38.4 35.2
1985 38.7 32.2 30.8 - 45.8 49.3 38.9 35.7
1986 39.5 32.4 31.0 - 45.0 48.6 39.7 35.7
1987 39.9 33.0 32.5 41.1 44.8 49.0 39.8 36.7
1988 40.3 32.5 32.8 41.2 44.1 48.3 40.2 36.5
1989 40.6 32.7 33.1 40.8 44.9 47.9 42.0 36.7
1990 42.1 32.5 34.2 40.3 43.0 48.3 42.8 36.8
1991 42.9 32.5 33.8 40.6 44.5 48.3 43.8 37.1
1992 43.1 32.2 33.2 38.7 45.7 48.2 44.6 36.9
1993 42.4 32.4 32.1 37.4 45.9 49.0 47.8 36.9
1994 41.9 32.6 32.1 37.9 46.4 48.4 45.6 36.9
1995 41.9 33.1 32.0 38.6 46.3 48.9 45.0 37.1
1996 42.3 33.5 31.7 38.6 45.6 50.3 45.9 37.4
1997 43.2 33.9 31.7 39.0 45.1 50.8 47.5 37.8
1998 43.4 34.4 30.8 40.6 44.8 50.9 46.4 37.8
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 65 (June 1999).
Note: The United Kingdom has adopted the ESA95 national accounts methodology. ESA95 series prior to 1987 were not available at the time of publication.
Table 48
G-7 total government outlays
National Economic and Financial Accounts
Year Canada United
States		 Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
(per cent of GDP)
1960 - 26.3 17.0 - 32.1 - 28.8 25.2
1961 29.1 27.6 16.9 - 33.5 - 28.1 26.1
1962 29.1 27.8 18.0 - 35.2 - 29.1 26.7
1963 28.6 27.6 18.6 - 36.0 38.1 29.7 27.8
1964 28.0 27.0 18.5 - 35.7 38.1 30.3 27.5
1965 28.1 26.5 19.0 - 36.4 38.3 33.2 27.7
1966 29.0 27.6 19.4 - 36.5 38.6 33.2 28.4
1967 30.9 29.6 18.6 - 38.4 38.7 32.4 29.4
1968 31.9 30.0 18.7 - 38.8 40.1 33.4 29.9
1969 32.1 29.8 18.5 - 38.3 38.9 33.0 29.6
1970 34.1 31.0 19.0 - 38.3 38.5 33.1 30.3
1971 35.3 31.1 20.5 - 39.7 38.1 35.7 31.0
1972 35.6 30.8 21.7 - 40.4 38.2 38.1 31.4
1973 34.1 30.1 21.9 - 41.1 38.3 36.7 31.1
1974 35.8 31.6 24.1 - 44.2 39.2 36.0 32.6
1975 39.2 34.0 26.8 - 48.4 43.4 41.5 35.7
1976 38.3 32.9 27.3 - 47.5 43.8 39.7 35.0
1977 39.5 31.9 28.5 - 47.6 43.6 39.6 34.8
1978 39.6 31.0 30.0 - 47.3 44.6 42.8 35.0
1979 38.1 31.1 31.1 - 47.2 45.0 41.9 35.1
1980 39.6 33.2 32.0 - 47.9 46.1 42.2 36.6
1981 40.5 33.6 32.8 - 48.7 48.6 46.5 37.7
1982 45.2 35.7 33.0 - 49.0 50.3 48.0 39.2
1983 45.8 35.8 33.3 - 47.8 51.4 49.1 39.4
1984 45.3 34.8 32.3 - 47.4 51.9 50.0 38.8
1985 46.0 35.5 31.6 - 47.0 52.1 51.3 39.1
1986 45.4 35.8 31.9 - 46.4 51.3 51.2 39.1
1987 44.0 35.6 32.1 43.0 46.7 50.9 50.9 39.2
1988 43.4 34.6 31.3 40.6 46.3 50.0 51.0 38.4
1989 43.9 34.4 30.6 39.8 44.8 49.1 51.9 37.9
1990 46.7 35.2 31.3 41.8 45.1 49.8 54.0 39.0
1991 50.1 35.8 30.9 43.4 47.9 50.5 54.0 39.8
1992 51.1 36.6 31.7 45.2 48.5 52.3 54.3 40.7
1993 50.0 35.9 33.7 45.4 49.5 55.0 57.4 41.3
1994 47.5 34.9 34.4 44.7 49.0 54.4 54.9 40.5
1995 46.4 34.9 35.6 44.4 49.8 54.3 52.7 40.6
1996 44.5 34.4 35.9 43.0 49.1 55.0 52.5 40.2
1997 42.3 33.6 35.0 41.0 47.9 54.2 50.2 39.1
1998 42.1 32.8 36.9 40.2 46.9 54.3 49.1 38.8
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 65 (June 1999).
Note: The United Kingdom has adopted the ESA95 national accounts methodology. ESA95 series prior to 1987 were not available at the time of publication.
Table 49
G-7 total government budget balance
National Economic and Financial Accounts
Year Canada United States Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
(per cent of GDP)
1960 - 0.7 1.7 - 3.0 - -1.1 1.0
1961 -2.1 -0.6 2.4 - 2.8 - -0.9 0.4
1962 -1.9 -0.5 1.4 - 1.4 - -1.2 0.0
1963 -1.7 0.3 1.0 - 0.9 -0.8 -1.3 0.2
1964 0.0 -0.2 0.8 - 0.7 0.1 -0.9 0.1
1965 0.4 0.2 0.5 - -0.6 0.3 -4.3 -0.2
1966 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 - -0.2 0.1 -4.2 -0.4
1967 -0.1 -1.7 0.8 - -1.4 -0.2 -2.5 -1.0
1968 0.3 -0.5 0.8 - -0.8 -1.0 -3.1 -0.5
1969 1.9 1.0 1.2 - 1.1 1.2 -3.5 0.8
1970 0.5 -1.1 1.6 - 0.2 0.9 -3.9 -0.4
1971 -0.2 -1.7 1.1 - -0.2 0.6 -5.7 -1.0
1972 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 - -0.5 0.6 -8.3 -0.9
1973 1.4 0.5 0.5 - 1.2 0.6 -7.7 0.0
1974 2.0 -0.3 0.4 - -1.3 0.3 -7.6 -0.7
1975 -2.5 -4.1 -2.8 - -5.6 -2.4 -12.5 -4.5
1976 -1.8 -2.3 -3.7 - -3.4 -0.7 -9.6 -3.1
1977 -3.0 -1.0 -3.8 - -2.4 -0.8 -8.4 -2.3
1978 -3.8 -0.1 -5.5 -4.3 -2.4 -2.1 -10.2 -2.7
1979 -2.4 0.2 -4.7 -3.1 -2.6 -0.8 -9.9 -2.1
1980 -3.1 -1.4 -4.4 -3.3 -2.9 0.0 -8.4 -2.7
1981 -1.7 -1.1 -3.8 -3.9 -3.7 -1.9 -11.4 -2.9
1982 -5.7 -3.5 -3.6 -2.8 -3.3 -2.8 -11.2 -4.0
1983 -6.8 -4.1 -3.6 -3.3 -2.6 -3.2 -10.6 -4.3
1984 -6.5 -3.0 -2.1 -4.0 -1.9 -2.8 -11.6 -3.6
1985 -7.3 -3.2 -0.8 -2.9 -1.2 -2.9 -12.4 -3.4
1986 -5.9 -3.5 -0.9 -2.8 -1.3 -2.7 -11.5 -3.4
1987 -4.1 -2.6 0.5 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -11.1 -2.5
1988 -3.1 -2.1 1.5 0.6 -2.2 -1.7 -10.8 -1.9
1989 -3.3 -1.7 2.5 0.9 0.1 -1.2 -9.9 -1.2
1990 -4.5 -2.7 2.9 -1.5 -2.1 -1.6 -11.2 -2.2
1991 -7.2 -3.3 2.9 -2.8 -3.3 -2.0 -10.2 -2.7
1992 -8.0 -4.4 1.5 -6.5 -2.6 -3.9 -9.6 -3.8
1993 -7.6 -3.6 -1.6 -8.0 -3.2 -5.7 -9.6 -4.3
1994 -5.6 -2.3 -2.3 -6.8 -2.4 -5.7 -9.2 -3.5
1995 -4.5 -1.9 -3.6 -5.8 -3.3 -4.9 -7.7 -3.4
1996 -2.2 -0.9 -4.2 -4.4 -3.4 -4.1 -6.6 -2.7
1997 0.9 0.4 -3.4 -2.0 -2.6 -3.0 -2.7 -1.3
1998 1.3 1.7 -6.0 0.4 -2.0 -2.9 -2.7 -0.9
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 65 (June 1999).
Note: The balances for Germany (from 1992 onwards) and France (from 1991 onwards) are given by "Maastricht definition."
Table 50
G-7 total government net debt
National Economic and Financial Accounts
Year Canada United
States		 Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7
average
(per cent of GDP)
1960 - 45.1 - - -13.5 - - 34.7
1961 26.5 45.1 - - -15.6 - - 33.9
1962 25.8 43.0 - - -15.7 - - 32.2
1963 25.8 41.4 - - -13.5 - - 31.3
1964 23.9 39.2 - - -14.9 - 25.3 28.9
1965 21.5 36.5 - - -13.1 - 28.6 27.5
1966 19.1 33.9 - - -11.9 - 32.5 26.2
1967 18.7 32.9 - - -10.3 - 32.4 25.7
1968 16.8 31.0 - - -8.9 - 35.0 24.8
1969 12.7 29.0 -5.6 - -8.9 - 34.8 16.9
1970 11.4 29.3 -6.6 52.5 -11.4 -0.8 33.5 17.6
1971 10.5 29.5 -7.3 48.3 -10.2 -0.9 35.5 17.5
1972 9.8 27.7 -6.5 44.5 -8.9 -1.9 40.1 16.9
1973 7.0 24.7 -6.1 42.2 -10.4 -1.1 43.8 15.6
1974 4.8 23.6 -5.4 42.3 -8.3 -0.2 44.2 15.4
1975 7.2 26.7 -2.1 41.8 -2.8 -0.8 53.7 18.7
1976 8.3 26.8 1.9 41.7 1.1 0.5 52.6 19.9
1977 9.5 25.6 5.5 39.8 3.6 1.1 52.3 20.2
1978 11.3 23.7 11.3 38.3 5.2 1.9 56.9 20.9
1979 12.8 21.5 14.9 35.6 7.1 -0.2 55.5 20.3
1980 13.0 21.6 17.3 35.9 9.3 -3.3 53.5 20.6
1981 11.5 21.5 20.6 37.6 12.8 0.0 56.8 22.1
1982 17.5 25.2 23.1 37.3 16.3 2.1 63.1 25.5
1983 23.8 28.5 26.0 37.4 17.6 4.6 68.0 28.4
1984 28.2 29.7 27.0 30.3 19.2 7.5 73.6 29.7
1985 34.2 32.1 26.5 30.9 19.2 10.8 80.7 31.7
1986 38.2 35.0 25.5 31.3 19.6 13.8 84.9 33.7
1987 38.4 36.8 21.2 29.6 21.0 13.0 89.3 34.0
1988 37.3 37.7 18.0 23.9 21.3 14.2 91.6 33.6
1989 39.5 37.5 14.8 19.2 18.5 14.8 94.7 32.7
1990 42.6 38.4 9.5 18.6 18.4 16.3 85.1 31.7
1991 48.0 41.6 4.8 18.9 19.0 16.5 90.1 32.9
1992 55.8 44.8 4.2 25.9 25.2 18.8 99.1 36.5
1993 61.5 46.5 5.2 35.2 33.3 27.2 107.2 40.4
1994 65.0 47.1 7.7 35.2 38.5 29.8 112.7 42.4
1995 67.0 46.7 13.0 41.0 43.2 36.4 110.6 44.6
1996 67.6 46.0 16.4 42.6 45.9 41.9 111.0 45.7
1997 63.8 44.1 17.9 44.4 46.5 41.8 109.4 45.1
1998 60.9 41.2 29.9 42.1 47.6 43.6 107.5 45.8
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 65 (June 1999).
Table 51
G-7 total government gross debt
National Economic and Financial Accounts
Year Canada United
States		 Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7
average
(per cent of GDP)
1960 - 56.8 - - 17.7 - - 49.9
1961 67.2 57.2 - - 17.0 - - 51.3
1962 66.2 55.1 - - 16.5 - - 49.6
1963 65.9 53.7 - - 17.2 - - 48.5
1964 62.5 51.6 - - 17.1 - 32.9 45.1
1965 59.0 48.6 - - 17.3 - 35.7 43.2
1966 55.5 45.6 - - 18.0 - 36.0 41.1
1967 55.7 45.3 - - 20.7 - 35.6 41.3
1968 54.7 43.5 - - 21.4 - 39.3 40.5
1969 51.5 41.1 - - 19.4 - 39.9 38.4
1970 52.1 41.3 10.6 78.0 18.1 - 38.4 35.8
1971 53.0 41.8 11.8 74.6 18.3 - 43.3 36.5
1972 51.3 40.2 15.6 69.4 18.5 - 49.7 36.5
1973 45.5 37.6 15.1 65.0 17.0 - 51.7 34.5
1974 43.5 36.6 16.0 65.3 18.2 - 51.9 34.3
1975 42.7 39.7 20.2 62.1 23.8 - 58.1 37.5
1976 41.2 39.8 25.6 61.7 26.1 - 56.9 38.7
1977 42.5 38.5 30.9 60.6 27.9 30.0 56.8 38.5
1978 45.5 37.6 39.0 58.1 28.9 31.0 62.0 40.0
1979 42.8 36.3 43.5 54.8 29.3 31.4 61.2 39.9
1980 43.3 36.8 47.9 54.5 31.1 30.9 58.6 40.9
1981 44.1 36.0 52.8 55.1 35.0 30.1 60.8 42.0
1982 49.0 40.5 56.6 53.9 39.0 34.2 65.8 46.0
1983 54.5 43.5 61.7 53.9 40.3 35.3 70.8 49.1
1984 58.1 45.1 62.6 60.8 41.8 37.1 76.2 51.3
1985 63.1 49.4 64.2 59.4 42.8 38.6 83.0 54.3
1986 67.0 52.3 66.7 58.6 42.7 39.3 87.1 56.6
1987 67.6 53.6 68.9 56.3 43.4 40.7 91.3 57.9
1988 67.5 54.0 65.5 49.9 43.4 40.6 93.5 57.2
1989 68.6 54.0 62.6 43.2 41.0 40.6 96.5 56.2
1990 71.5 55.3 61.4 39.1 43.2 40.2 105.4 57.3
1991 78.6 59.5 58.2 40.1 41.3 41.0 109.3 59.0
1992 86.1 61.9 59.8 46.9 44.4 45.5 118.3 62.5
1993 92.8 63.4 63.0 56.2 50.1 52.7 119.9 65.9
1994 95.0 62.6 69.4 53.7 50.2 56.1 126.1 67.4
1995 96.7 62.2 76.0 58.9 60.5 60.1 125.2 70.2
1996 96.5 61.3 80.6 58.5 63.0 63.0 124.3 71.0
1997 92.7 59.1 84.7 59.1 63.6 65.3 122.4 70.7
1998 89.8 56.7 97.3 56.6 63.1 66.5 119.9 71.5
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 65 (June 1999).

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