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International Fiscal Comparisons

Table 53
G-7 total government current receipts (per cent of GDP)
 National Accounts Basis
Year Canada(1) United States Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7 average
1960 - 25.4 24.4 - 34.2 - 26.9 -
1961 27.8 25.4 25.3 - 35.2 - 26.3 -
1962 28.0 25.6 25.8 - 35.6 - 27.1 -
1963 27.9 26.0 26.5 - 35.8 37.4 27.6 28.3
1964 28.9 24.9 25.5 - 35.4 38.3 28.6 27.8
1965 29.5 24.9 25.9 - 34.7 38.7 28.2 27.8
1966 30.6 25.6 25.3 - 35.3 38.7 28.1 28.1
1967 32.0 26.0 25.4 - 35.9 38.6 28.9 28.5
1968 33.3 27.5 25.1 - 36.9 39.1 29.5 29.5
1969 35.1 28.7 24.7 - 38.3 40.0 28.6 30.2
1970 35.6 27.6 25.4 - 37.4 39.2 28.2 29.6
1971 36.2 26.9 26.7 - 38.4 38.5 28.8 29.7
1972 36.5 27.9 26.8 - 38.7 38.8 28.7 30.3
1973 36.5 28.2 27.7 - 41.1 38.8 27.9 30.8
1974 38.6 28.8 29.7 - 41.6 39.4 27.4 31.6
1975 37.5 27.1 29.4 - 41.6 40.8 28.0 30.9
1976 37.4 27.7 29.4 - 42.8 42.8 29.3 31.6
1977 37.3 28.0 30.5 - 43.9 42.5 30.4 32.1
1978 36.8 28.2 30.1 - 43.6 42.3 31.6 32.1
1979 36.6 28.5 31.6 - 43.3 44.3 31.0 32.6
1980 37.4 28.7 33.2 - 43.7 45.5 32.8 33.4
1981 39.7 29.5 34.9 - 43.7 45.9 34.0 34.3
1982 40.3 28.9 35.5 - 44.4 47.2 35.8 34.5
1983 39.8 28.3 36.1 - 44.0 47.8 37.5 34.4
1984 39.8 28.3 36.6 - 44.2 48.7 37.3 34.6
1985 39.5 28.7 37.5 - 44.5 48.9 37.5 35.0
1986 40.5 28.9 38.0 - 43.8 48.0 38.2 35.1
1987 40.7 29.6 40.3 41.2 43.5 48.3 38.6 36.3
1988 41.2 29.3 40.4 41.2 42.8 47.4 39.0 36.1
1989 41.4 29.5 40.5 40.8 43.6 47.1 40.7 36.4
1990 43.1 29.3 40.2 40.4 41.8 47.4 41.3 36.2
1991 43.9 29.2 39.3 40.7 41.2 47.6 42.2 36.0
1992 44.2 28.9 39.3 38.8 42.5 47.5 42.9 35.9
1993 43.5 29.2 37.9 37.5 43.0 47.9 46.0 36.0
1994 43.1 29.4 38.0 37.9 43.5 48.2 43.7 36.1
1995 43.2 29.8 38.0 38.6 43.0 48.0 43.5 36.2
1996 43.8 30.2 37.9 38.6 43.9 49.7 44.2 36.6
1997 44.1 30.5 37.9 38.9 43.7 49.7 45.8 36.9
1998 44.4 30.8 37.3 40.2 43.8 49.6 44.5 37.0
1999 44.0 31.0 37.6 40.5 44.5 50.5 44.9 37.3
2000 44.3 31.6 39.0 41.1 44.4 50.0 44.1 37.8
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 69 (June 2001), Department of Finance calculations.
(1) The OECD data overstate Canadian government receipts relative to those of other countries because Canadian government revenues from the sale of goods and services are classified as receipts, whereas such revenues are netted off of outlays in the data for other countries. On a comparable basis, Canadian government receipts relative to GDP would be about 3 percentage points lower than shown in the table.

 

Table 54
G-7 total government outlays (per cent of GDP)
 National Accounts Basis
Year Canada(1) United States Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7 average
1960 - 25.5 23.2 - 31.2 - 27.9 -
1961 30.6 26.8 23.5 - 32.5 - 27.2 -
1962 30.6 26.9 24.8 - 34.2 - 28.3 -
1963 30.2 26.7 25.8 - 34.9 37.5 28.9 28.6
1964 29.6 26.1 24.9 - 34.7 37.4 29.5 28.2
1965 29.8 25.6 25.6 - 35.3 37.6 32.4 28.4
1966 30.7 26.6 25.5 - 35.4 37.8 32.2 28.9
1967 32.8 28.5 24.9 - 37.3 38.0 31.4 30.0
1968 33.7 28.8 24.5 - 37.7 39.4 32.6 30.4
1969 33.9 28.5 23.9 - 37.2 38.1 32.0 29.9
1970 36.0 29.6 24.2 - 37.2 37.6 32.1 30.5
1971 37.2 29.6 25.9 - 38.6 37.1 34.5 31.2
1972 37.5 29.2 26.9 - 39.3 37.1 37.0 31.5
1973 35.9 28.4 27.3 - 40.0 37.1 35.6 31.1
1974 37.5 29.7 29.5 - 42.9 38.2 34.9 32.6
1975 41.0 32.3 31.4 - 47.1 42.3 40.4 35.7
1976 40.1 31.0 32.1 - 46.2 42.8 38.8 34.9
1977 41.4 30.1 33.3 - 46.3 42.5 38.7 34.7
1978 41.5 29.4 34.1 - 45.9 43.6 41.7 34.9
1979 40.0 29.4 35.0 - 45.8 44.5 40.8 34.9
1980 41.5 31.3 36.4 - 46.5 45.5 41.1 36.4
1981 42.5 31.7 37.7 - 47.3 48.1 45.3 37.5
1982 47.3 33.7 38.1 - 47.6 50.1 47.0 39.1
1983 48.0 33.9 38.8 - 46.4 50.6 47.9 39.3
1984 47.6 33.1 38.2 - 46.1 51.6 48.7 38.9
1985 48.1 33.8 38.1 - 45.6 51.9 49.8 39.3
1986 47.6 34.2 38.7 - 45.0 51.2 49.5 39.4
1987 46.2 33.9 39.9 43.0 45.3 50.2 49.5 39.7
1988 45.5 32.9 39.3 40.6 44.9 49.8 49.7 38.9
1989 46.0 32.8 38.7 39.9 43.5 48.9 50.5 38.5
1990 48.9 33.6 38.3 41.9 43.8 49.5 52.4 39.3
1991 52.3 34.2 37.5 43.5 44.2 50.0 52.2 39.7
1992 53.4 34.8 38.5 45.3 45.0 51.7 52.4 40.6
1993 52.2 34.1 40.3 45.5 46.2 54.0 55.4 41.1
1994 49.9 33.1 40.8 44.7 45.9 53.8 52.8 40.3
1995 48.5 32.9 42.2 44.4 46.3 53.5 51.1 40.3
1996 46.6 32.4 42.8 43.0 47.3 53.8 51.3 40.1
1997 43.9 31.4 41.7 40.9 46.4 52.8 48.5 38.9
1998 44.2 30.5 42.8 39.7 45.8 52.3 47.3 38.4
1999 41.8 30.0 44.6 39.2 45.9 52.1 46.7 38.3
2000 40.9 29.4 45.3 39.2 42.9 51.4 44.4 37.6
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 69 (June 2001), Department of Finance calculations.
(1) The OECD data overstate Canadian government receipts relative to those of other countries because Canadian government revenues from the sale of goods and services are classified as receipts, whereas such revenues are netted off of outlays in the data for other countries. On a comparable basis, Canadian government receipts relative to GDP would be about 3 percentage points lower than shown in the table.

 

Table 55
G-7 total government financial balance (per cent of GDP)
 National Accounts Basis
Year Canada United States Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7 average
1960 - -0.2 1.3 - 3.0 - -1.0 -
1961 -2.7 -1.4 1.8 - 2.7 - -0.9 -
1962 -2.6 -1.4 1.0 - 1.4 - -1.1 -
1963 -2.3 -0.7 0.7 - 0.9 -0.1 -1.3 -0.3
1964 -0.7 -1.2 0.6 - 0.7 0.9 -0.9 -0.4
1965 -0.2 -0.7 0.3 - -0.6 1.0 -4.2 -0.6
1966 -0.1 -1.0 -0.2 - -0.2 0.8 -4.2 -0.8
1967 -0.8 -2.5 0.5 - -1.4 0.6 -2.5 -1.5
1968 -0.4 -1.3 0.6 - -0.8 -0.4 -3.1 -0.9
1969 1.2 0.2 0.9 - 1.1 1.8 -3.4 0.3
1970 -0.4 -2.0 1.2 - 0.2 1.5 -3.9 -0.9
1971 -1.0 -2.7 0.8 - -0.2 1.4 -5.7 -1.6
1972 -1.0 -1.3 -0.1 - -0.5 1.6 -8.2 -1.3
1973 0.6 -0.2 0.4 - 1.2 1.7 -7.6 -0.3
1974 1.1 -0.9 0.3 - -1.3 1.2 -7.5 -1.0
1975 -3.5 -5.2 -2.0 - -5.5 -1.4 -12.4 -4.8
1976 -2.8 -3.3 -2.7 - -3.3 0.0 -9.5 -3.4
1977 -4.1 -2.1 -2.8 - -2.4 0.0 -8.3 -2.7
1978 -4.8 -1.3 -4.0 -4.3 -2.4 -1.3 -10.1 -2.9
1979 -3.4 -0.9 -3.4 -3.1 -2.5 -0.1 -9.8 -2.4
1980 -4.1 -2.6 -3.2 -3.3 -2.8 0.0 -8.3 -3.0
1981 -2.8 -2.2 -2.8 -3.9 -3.6 -2.2 -11.3 -3.3
1982 -7.0 -4.8 -2.6 -2.8 -3.2 -2.9 -11.1 -4.5
1983 -8.2 -5.6 -2.6 -3.3 -2.5 -2.7 -10.4 -4.8
1984 -7.8 -4.7 -1.5 -4.0 -1.9 -2.8 -11.4 -4.2
1985 -8.6 -5.0 -0.6 -2.9 -1.1 -3.0 -12.2 -4.2
1986 -7.2 -5.3 -0.7 -2.6 -1.3 -3.2 -11.4 -4.2
1987 -5.4 -4.3 0.3 -1.9 -1.8 -2.0 -11.0 -3.4
1988 -4.3 -3.6 1.1 0.6 -2.1 -2.4 -10.7 -2.8
1989 -4.6 -3.2 1.8 0.9 0.1 -1.8 -9.8 -2.1
1990 -5.8 -4.3 1.9 -1.5 -2.0 -2.1 -11.0 -3.1
1991 -8.4 -5.0 1.8 -2.8 -3.0 -2.5 -10.0 -3.7
1992 -9.2 -5.9 0.8 -6.5 -2.5 -4.2 -9.5 -4.6
1993 -8.7 -5.0 -2.4 -8.0 -3.1 -6.0 -9.4 -5.1
1994 -6.7 -3.6 -2.8 -6.8 -2.4 -5.5 -9.1 -4.2
1995 -5.4 -3.1 -4.2 -5.8 -3.3 -5.6 -7.6 -4.1
1996 -2.8 -2.2 -4.9 -4.4 -3.4 -4.1 -7.1 -3.5
1997 0.2 -0.9 -3.7 -2.0 -2.7 -3.0 -2.7 -1.9
1998 0.2 0.3 -5.5 0.4 -2.1 -2.7 -2.8 -1.4
1999 2.2 1.0 -7.0 1.3 -1.4 -1.6 -1.8 -1.0
2000 3.4 2.2 -6.3 1.9 1.5 -1.3 -0.3 0.2
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 69 (June 2001) Department of Finance calculations.

 

Table 56
G-7 total government net debt (per cent of GDP)
 National Accounts Basis
Year Canada(1) United States Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7 average
1960 - 49.9 - - -13.1 - - -
1961 29.0 50.5 - - -15.2 - - -
1962 29.0 48.7 - - -15.3 - - -
1963 30.3 47.6 - - -13.2 - - -
1964 29.5 45.8 - - -14.5 - 24.9 -
1965 27.5 43.4 - - -12.7 - 28.2 -
1966 25.2 40.9 - - -11.6 - 32.0 -
1967 25.3 40.3 - - -10.0 - 32.0 -
1968 23.4 38.5 - - -8.6 - 34.5 -
1969 20.0 36.5 -7.4 - -8.7 - 34.4 -
1970 19.6 37.2 -8.7 52.3 -11.1 -0.7 33.0 20.9
1971 18.9 37.5 -9.6 48.1 -9.9 -0.9 35.1 20.8
1972 18.1 35.8 -8.6 44.3 -8.6 -1.9 39.7 20.3
1973 16.0 32.6 -8.1 42.0 -10.1 -1.0 43.3 18.8
1974 14.0 31.6 -7.1 42.1 -8.0 -0.1 43.7 18.8
1975 17.4 35.0 -2.8 41.6 -2.8 -0.8 53.1 22.4
1976 19.1 35.1 2.5 41.5 1.0 0.5 52.0 23.9
1977 20.3 34.0 7.2 39.6 3.5 1.1 51.7 24.5
1978 22.9 32.0 14.9 38.1 5.0 1.8 56.3 25.5
1979 24.2 29.8 19.7 35.5 6.9 -0.2 54.9 25.2
1980 26.1 30.1 22.9 35.8 9.0 -3.3 52.9 25.9
1981 25.2 29.8 27.3 37.5 12.5 0.0 56.2 27.5
1982 34.8 34.0 30.6 37.1 15.8 2.1 62.4 31.3
1983 41.9 37.5 34.5 37.3 17.1 4.5 67.2 34.6
1984 46.8 38.7 35.8 30.2 18.7 7.3 72.7 35.9
1985 52.7 41.9 35.0 30.8 18.7 10.6 79.6 38.2
1986 57.7 45.4 33.7 31.2 19.0 13.6 84.0 40.4
1987 57.3 47.4 27.9 29.5 20.4 12.8 88.3 40.5
1988 56.0 48.5 23.7 23.9 20.7 13.9 90.6 40.1
1989 58.8 48.7 19.4 19.2 18.0 14.6 93.5 39.2
1990 61.5 49.9 12.4 15.1 17.8 16.1 83.7 37.7
1991 69.5 53.6 6.4 15.3 20.1 16.3 88.6 39.3
1992 78.9 57.1 7.3 21.7 24.4 18.4 97.3 43.1
1993 84.3 59.1 10.1 31.0 27.9 26.7 105.4 46.9
1994 86.8 59.7 12.1 31.3 29.0 29.4 110.7 48.4
1995 88.5 59.2 16.9 37.2 39.3 35.9 108.7 51.0
1996 88.2 58.8 21.6 39.0 42.0 41.5 108.8 52.5
1997 83.4 56.7 27.9 40.3 42.6 41.4 106.8 52.4
1998 81.4 53.0 38.0 42.3 44.9 42.5 105.0 52.8
1999 75.3 48.5 44.4 37.1 42.3 42.8 103.5 50.9
2000 66.0 43.0 50.7 33.5 41.8 42.5 98.7 48.5
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 69 (June 2001), Department of Finance calculations.
(1) Includes non-autonomous government employee pension plan liabilities, which amounted to around 19 per cent of GDP in 1999. This overstates the Canadian debt position relative to countries that have large unfunded liabilities for such pensions, which are not included in the national accounts measure of government debt. Among the G-7 countries, only the United States' debt data are comparable with those of Canada.

 

Table 57
G-7 total government gross debt (per cent of GDP)
 National Accounts Basis
Year Canada(1) United States Japan United Kingdom Germany France Italy G-7 average
1960 - 61.6 - - 17.2 - - -
1961 71.0 62.5 - - 16.6 - - -
1962 70.3 60.8 - - 16.1 - - -
1963 71.5 59.9 - - 16.7 - - -
1964 69.2 58.1 - - 16.6 - 32.5 -
1965 65.7 55.5 - - 16.8 - 35.2 -
1966 62.3 52.6 - - 17.4 - 35.5 -
1967 62.9 52.7 - - 20.1 - 35.1 -
1968 62.0 51.0 - - 20.8 - 38.8 -
1969 59.4 48.6 - - 18.9 - 39.4 -
1970 61.1 49.2 11.2 77.6 17.5 - 37.9 -
1971 62.6 49.8 12.4 74.2 17.7 - 42.8 -
1972 61.0 48.2 16.4 69.0 17.9 - 49.1 -
1973 56.1 45.4 16.1 64.7 16.6 - 51.1 -
1974 54.2 44.5 16.9 65.0 17.7 - 51.4 -
1975 53.9 48.0 21.4 61.8 23.1 - 57.4 -
1976 53.0 48.1 27.3 61.4 25.4 - 56.3 -
1977 54.9 46.9 32.6 60.4 27.1 29.1 56.2 42.7
1978 58.5 45.8 41.2 57.9 28.1 30.2 61.3 44.4
1979 55.7 44.5 46.0 54.5 28.4 30.5 60.5 44.3
1980 57.2 45.2 51.5 54.3 30.2 30.1 57.9 45.6
1981 58.6 44.4 56.2 54.9 34.0 29.4 60.1 46.7
1982 68.3 49.3 60.1 53.7 37.9 33.5 65.1 51.1
1983 74.7 52.4 65.3 53.7 39.1 34.6 70.0 54.3
1984 78.9 54.0 67.4 60.7 40.6 36.3 75.2 56.7
1985 84.3 59.0 67.7 59.2 41.6 37.9 81.9 59.9
1986 89.1 62.6 71.2 58.4 41.5 38.8 86.2 62.6
1987 89.5 64.1 71.6 56.1 42.2 40.1 90.4 63.7
1988 89.0 64.7 69.6 49.7 42.2 40.0 92.5 63.3
1989 90.2 65.0 66.7 43.1 39.9 39.9 95.3 62.5
1990 93.3 66.6 64.6 44.5 42.0 39.5 103.7 63.9
1991 102.4 71.4 61.1 44.4 38.8 40.3 107.4 65.8
1992 110.3 74.1 63.5 49.4 41.8 44.7 116.1 69.4
1993 116.9 75.8 69.0 58.4 47.4 51.6 117.9 73.3
1994 117.5 75.0 73.9 56.1 47.9 55.3 124.0 74.4
1995 120.6 74.5 80.4 61.1 57.1 59.3 123.1 77.1
1996 120.9 73.9 86.5 60.6 60.3 62.3 121.8 78.3
1997 117.4 71.4 92.0 60.9 61.7 64.7 119.6 78.2
1998 116.2 68.3 103.0 62.0 63.0 65.1 117.2 78.8
1999 111.6 65.2 115.3 57.0 60.6 64.8 115.7 78.7
2000 104.9 58.8 122.9 54.4 59.7 64.4 110.8 76.2
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 69 (June 2001), Department of Finance calculations.
(1) Includes non-autonomous government employee pension plan liabilities, which amounted to around 19 per cent of GDP in 1999. This overstates the Canadian debt position relative to countries that have large unfunded liabilities for such pensions, which are not included in the national accounts measure of government debt. Among the G-7 countries, only the United States' debt data are comparable with those of Canada.

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