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International Fiscal Comparisons 

Table 53 
G-7 total government current receipts (per cent of GDP)
National Accounts Basis
Year Canada United
States		 Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
1960 - 25.4 17.8 - 34.2 - 27.2 -
1961 26.1 25.4 18.3 - 35.2 - 26.6 -
1962 26.2 25.6 18.4 - 35.6 - 27.5 -
1963 26.1 26.0 18.6 - 35.8 36.0 28.0 26.6
1964 27.0 24.9 18.2 - 35.4 36.9 29.0 26.2
1965 27.6 24.9 18.4 - 34.7 37.2 28.5 26.1
1966 28.6 25.6 18.0 - 35.3 37.2 28.5 26.5
1967 29.8 26.0 18.3 - 35.9 37.0 29.3 27.0
1968 31.1 27.5 18.5 - 36.9 37.4 29.9 28.0
1969 33.0 28.7 18.6 - 38.3 38.4 29.0 28.8
1970 33.4 27.6 19.5 - 37.4 37.6 28.6 28.3
1971 33.9 26.9 20.5 - 38.4 36.9 29.3 28.3
1972 34.2 27.9 20.4 - 38.7 37.2 29.2 28.8
1973 34.3 28.2 21.3 - 41.1 37.1 28.6 29.4
1974 36.5 28.8 23.1 - 41.6 37.6 28.0 30.2
1975 35.4 27.1 22.7 - 41.6 38.9 28.6 29.4
1976 35.1 27.7 22.2 - 42.8 40.9 29.9 30.0
1977 35.0 28.0 23.2 - 43.9 40.6 31.0 30.5
1978 34.4 28.2 23.1 - 43.6 40.4 32.3 30.5
1979 34.2 28.5 24.8 - 43.3 42.4 31.8 31.1
1980 35.0 28.7 26.0 - 43.7 43.5 33.5 31.7
1981 37.2 29.5 27.3 - 43.7 43.9 33.3 32.5
1982 37.5 28.9 27.6 - 44.4 45.2 35.7 32.7
1983 37.0 28.3 27.8 - 44.0 45.8 37.5 32.5
1984 36.9 28.3 28.3 - 44.2 46.7 36.8 32.7
1985 36.7 28.7 28.8 - 44.5 46.8 36.8 33.0
1986 37.5 28.9 28.9 - 43.8 46.0 37.7 33.1
1987 37.8 29.6 30.3 38.7 43.5 46.2 37.7 34.0
1988 38.2 29.3 30.5 38.6 42.8 45.3 38.8 33.8
1989 38.4 29.5 30.7 38.1 43.6 45.1 39.6 34.1
1990 39.9 29.3 32.4 37.5 41.8 45.4 41.2 34.3
1991 40.6 29.2 32.1 38.0 41.2 45.5 42.3 34.2
1992 40.8 28.9 31.8 36.6 42.5 45.5 42.6 34.1
1993 40.0 29.2 30.4 35.3 43.1 45.9 45.2 34.1
1994 39.7 29.4 30.5 35.9 43.5 46.1 43.4 34.2
1995 39.7 29.8 30.2 36.5 43.0 45.9 43.5 34.3
1996 40.3 30.2 30.0 36.3 43.9 47.5 44.2 34.8
1997 40.7 30.5 30.0 36.7 43.8 47.4 45.8 35.0
1998 40.7 30.8 29.3 38.1 43.8 47.3 44.5 35.1
1999 40.4 31.1 29.1 38.2 44.6 48.0 44.9 35.3
2000 40.9 31.6 29.4 38.9 44.4 47.4 44.2 35.6
2001 40.6 30.9 29.8 39.3 43.1 47.2 44.3 35.1
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 71 (June 2002), Department of Finance calculations.
Table 54 
G-7 total government outlays (per cent of GDP)
National Accounts Basis
Year Canada United
States		 Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
1960 - 25.5 16.5 - 31.2 - 28.2 -
1961 28.8 26.8 16.5 - 32.5 - 27.5 -
1962 28.8 26.9 17.4 - 34.2 - 28.6 -
1963 28.4 26.7 17.8 - 34.9 36.5 29.3 27.0
1964 27.7 26.1 17.6 - 34.7 36.4 29.9 26.6
1965 27.8 25.6 18.1 - 35.3 36.6 32.7 26.8
1966 28.7 26.6 18.2 - 35.4 36.8 32.6 27.4
1967 30.6 28.5 17.7 - 37.3 36.9 31.8 28.4
1968 31.6 28.8 17.9 - 37.7 38.3 33.0 28.9
1969 31.8 28.5 17.7 - 37.2 37.0 32.4 28.5
1970 33.8 29.6 18.3 - 37.2 36.4 32.5 29.2
1971 34.9 29.6 19.6 - 38.6 35.8 35.0 29.9
1972 35.2 29.2 20.5 - 39.3 35.8 37.4 30.1
1973 33.7 28.4 20.9 - 40.0 35.7 36.3 29.7
1974 35.4 29.7 22.9 - 42.9 36.7 35.5 31.2
1975 38.9 32.3 24.7 - 47.1 40.5 41.0 34.2
1976 37.9 31.0 24.9 - 46.2 41.0 39.4 33.3
1977 39.1 30.1 26.0 - 46.3 40.7 39.3 33.1
1978 39.2 29.4 27.0 - 45.9 41.7 42.5 33.3
1979 37.6 29.4 28.2 - 45.8 42.6 41.7 33.4
1980 39.1 31.3 29.2 - 46.5 43.5 40.7 34.7
1981 40.0 31.7 30.1 - 47.3 46.1 44.4 35.7
1982 44.5 33.7 30.2 - 47.6 48.1 46.0 37.2
1983 45.1 33.9 30.5 - 46.4 48.5 47.8 37.4
1984 44.7 33.1 29.8 - 46.1 49.5 48.5 36.9
1985 45.2 33.8 29.4 - 45.6 49.8 49.5 37.3
1986 44.6 34.2 29.6 - 45.0 49.2 50.0 37.4
1987 43.2 33.9 30.0 40.5 45.3 48.2 49.4 37.4
1988 42.5 32.9 29.4 38.1 44.9 47.8 50.1 36.7
1989 43.0 32.8 28.9 37.3 43.5 46.9 51.4 36.3
1990 45.7 33.6 30.5 39.1 43.8 47.5 52.9 37.4
1991 48.9 34.2 30.3 41.1 44.2 47.9 54.0 38.1
1992 49.9 34.8 31.0 43.0 45.0 49.7 53.2 38.8
1993 48.7 34.1 32.8 43.2 46.2 51.8 55.4 39.3
1994 46.3 33.1 33.3 42.6 45.9 51.6 52.7 38.5
1995 45.0 32.9 34.4 42.2 46.3 51.4 51.1 38.4
1996 43.1 32.4 34.9 40.7 47.3 51.5 51.3 38.2
1997 40.5 31.4 33.8 38.9 46.5 50.5 48.5 37.0
1998 40.2 30.5 34.8 37.7 46.0 49.9 47.6 36.5
1999 38.7 30.2 36.1 37.1 46.2 49.6 46.7 36.5
2000 37.7 29.9 36.8 37.3 43.3 48.7 44.8 35.9
2001 38.2 30.4 36.9 38.3 45.9 48.6 45.7 36.6
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 71 (June 2002), Department of Finance calculations.
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 -0.6 -1.3 -0.3
1964 -0.7 -1.2 0.6 - 0.7 0.5 -0.9 -0.4
1965 -0.2 -0.7 0.3 - -0.6 0.6 -4.2 -0.6
1966 -0.1 -1.0 -0.2 - -0.2 0.4 -4.2 -0.8
1967 -0.8 -2.5 0.6 - -1.4 0.2 -2.5 -1.5
1968 -0.4 -1.3 0.6 - -0.8 -0.9 -3.1 -0.9
1969 1.2 0.2 0.9 - 1.1 1.3 -3.4 0.3
1970 -0.4 -2.0 1.2 - 0.2 1.2 -3.9 -0.9
1971 -1.0 -2.7 0.8 - -0.2 1.1 -5.7 -1.6
1972 -1.0 -1.3 -0.1 - -0.5 1.4 -8.2 -1.3
1973 0.6 -0.2 0.4 - 1.2 1.4 -7.6 -0.4
1974 1.1 -0.9 0.3 - -1.3 0.9 -7.5 -1.0
1975 -3.5 -5.2 -2.0 - -5.5 -1.6 -12.4 -4.8
1976 -2.8 -3.3 -2.7 - -3.3 -0.1 -9.5 -3.4
1977 -4.1 -2.1 -2.8 - -2.4 0.0 -8.4 -2.7
1978 -4.8 -1.3 -4.0 -4.3 -2.4 -1.3 -10.2 -2.9
1979 -3.4 -0.9 -3.4 -3.1 -2.5 -0.1 -9.9 -2.4
1980 -4.1 -2.6 -3.2 -3.3 -2.8 0.0 -7.1 -3.0
1981 -2.8 -2.2 -2.8 -3.9 -3.6 -2.2 -11.1 -3.2
1982 -7.0 -4.8 -2.6 -2.8 -3.2 -2.9 -10.2 -4.4
1983 -8.2 -5.6 -2.6 -3.3 -2.5 -2.8 -10.3 -4.8
1984 -7.8 -4.7 -1.5 -4.0 -1.9 -2.8 -11.7 -4.3
1985 -8.6 -5.0 -0.6 -2.9 -1.1 -3.0 -12.7 -4.2
1986 -7.1 -5.3 -0.7 -2.6 -1.3 -3.2 -12.2 -4.2
1987 -5.4 -4.3 0.3 -1.8 -1.8 -2.0 -11.8 -3.4
1988 -4.3 -3.6 1.1 0.5 -2.1 -2.5 -11.3 -2.8
1989 -4.6 -3.2 1.8 0.8 0.1 -1.8 -11.7 -2.2
1990 -5.8 -4.3 1.9 -1.6 -2.0 -2.1 -11.8 -3.2
1991 -8.3 -5.0 1.8 -3.1 -2.9 -2.4 -11.7 -3.8
1992 -9.1 -5.9 0.8 -6.4 -2.6 -4.2 -10.7 -4.7
1993 -8.7 -5.0 -2.4 -7.9 -3.1 -6.0 -10.3 -5.1
1994 -6.7 -3.6 -2.8 -6.7 -2.4 -5.5 -9.3 -4.2
1995 -5.3 -3.1 -4.2 -5.8 -3.3 -5.5 -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 -2.2 -2.7 -3.0 -2.7 -2.0
1998 0.5 0.3 -5.5 0.4 -2.2 -2.7 -3.1 -1.5
1999 1.6 0.8 -7.1 1.1 -1.6 -1.6 -1.8 -1.2
2000 3.2 1.7 -7.4 1.6 1.2 -1.4 -0.6 -0.3
2001 2.4 0.5 -7.1 1.0 -2.7 -1.4 -1.5 -1.4
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 71 (June 2002), Department of Finance calculations.
Table 56 
G-7 total government net debt (per cent of GDP) 
National Accounts Basis
Year Canada(1) United
States(1)		 Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
1960 - 46.0 - - -13.1 - - -
1961 26.1 46.6 - - -15.2 - - -
1962 25.8 44.9 - - -15.3 - - -
1963 25.7 43.7 - - -13.2 - - -
1964 23.9 42.0 - - -14.5 - 24.9 -
1965 21.7 39.7 - - -12.7 - 28.2 -
1966 19.4 37.3 - - -11.6 - 32.0 -
1967 19.2 36.8 - - -10.0 - 32.0 -
1968 17.2 35.1 - - -8.6 - 34.6 -
1969 13.5 33.2 -7.4 - -8.7 - 34.4 -
1970 12.7 33.8 -8.7 52.3 -9.5 -0.7 33.1 19.2
1971 11.5 34.2 -9.7 48.1 -8.3 -0.9 35.0 19.1
1972 10.5 32.5 -8.7 44.3 -6.9 -1.9 39.5 18.6
1973 7.9 29.5 -8.1 42.0 -8.8 -1.0 43.4 17.2
1974 5.7 28.5 -7.1 42.1 -6.9 -0.1 43.8 17.2
1975 8.7 31.8 -2.8 41.6 -1.5 -0.8 52.9 20.7
1976 9.6 32.0 2.5 41.5 1.9 0.5 52.0 22.2
1977 10.5 30.8 7.3 39.6 4.1 1.1 51.9 22.7
1978 12.3 28.9 14.9 38.1 6.1 1.8 56.6 23.8
1979 13.7 26.6 19.7 35.5 8.2 -0.2 55.4 23.5
1980 14.4 26.9 22.9 35.8 10.5 -3.3 53.1 24.1
1981 13.5 26.6 27.3 37.5 13.8 0.0 56.4 25.7
1982 19.2 30.5 30.6 37.1 16.5 2.1 62.4 29.2
1983 25.6 33.8 34.5 37.3 18.3 4.5 67.2 32.3
1984 29.6 34.9 35.8 30.2 19.3 7.3 72.7 33.5
1985 35.3 37.4 35.0 30.8 19.8 10.6 79.6 35.5
1986 39.7 40.5 33.7 31.2 20.0 13.6 84.0 37.5
1987 39.3 42.1 27.9 29.5 21.0 12.9 88.3 37.4
1988 38.2 42.9 23.7 23.8 21.9 13.9 90.6 36.9
1989 41.0 42.8 19.4 19.1 20.4 14.6 93.5 36.0
1990 43.4 43.7 12.4 15.1 21.0 16.1 83.7 34.5
1991 50.1 47.0 6.4 15.3 20.2 16.3 88.6 35.4
1992 59.6 50.2 7.3 21.6 24.4 18.4 97.3 39.1
1993 64.0 52.0 10.1 30.9 27.9 26.7 105.4 42.8
1994 66.7 52.4 12.1 31.1 29.1 29.4 110.7 44.2
1995 68.0 52.0 16.9 36.9 39.4 35.9 108.7 46.8
1996 66.6 51.3 21.6 38.7 42.2 41.5 108.8 48.1
1997 64.3 49.1 27.9 40.1 43.0 41.4 106.8 48.2
1998 60.8 45.3 38.0 41.9 45.4 42.4 105.3 48.5
1999 55.5 40.9 45.2 36.7 43.6 42.6 103.7 46.9
2000 46.6 35.9 50.5 33.4 41.5 42.2 99.3 44.4
2001 43.6 34.0 58.5 30.9 43.5 42.1 96.5 44.7
Sources: OECD Economic Outlook No. 71 (June 2002); Statistics Canada; Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (June 2002); Department of Finance calculations.
(1) Excludes government employee pension liabilities in order to be more comparable with other countries' debt measures.
Table 57 
G-7 total government gross debt (per cent of GDP)
National Accounts Basis
Year Canada(1) United
States(1)		 Japan United
Kingdom		 Germany France Italy G-7
average
1960 - 57.8 - - 16.5 - - -
1961 68.1 58.6 - - 15.8 - - -
1962 67.0 56.9 - - 15.4 - - -
1963 66.9 56.0 - - 16.2 - - -
1964 63.5 54.3 - - 16.2 - 32.5 -
1965 60.0 51.8 - - 16.8 - 35.2 -
1966 56.5 49.0 - - 17.3 - 35.5 -
1967 56.8 49.2 - - 20.0 - 35.1 -
1968 55.8 47.6 - - 20.6 - 38.8 -
1969 52.9 45.3 - - 18.7 - 39.4 -
1970 54.2 45.8 11.2 77.6 17.7 - 37.9 -
1971 55.2 46.5 12.5 74.2 17.9 - 42.7 -
1972 53.4 44.9 16.5 69.0 18.1 - 49.0 -
1973 47.9 42.3 16.1 64.7 16.8 - 51.3 -
1974 45.8 41.4 17.0 65.0 17.9 - 51.4 -
1975 45.2 44.8 21.5 61.8 23.1 - 57.3 -
1976 43.6 44.9 27.4 61.4 25.2 - 56.3 -
1977 45.0 43.7 32.7 60.4 26.4 29.1 56.4 40.8
1978 47.9 42.7 41.3 57.9 27.9 30.2 61.7 42.5
1979 45.2 41.4 46.1 54.5 28.8 30.5 61.0 42.5
1980 45.5 42.0 51.5 54.3 30.8 30.1 58.2 43.7
1981 46.9 41.1 56.2 54.9 34.4 29.4 60.2 44.8
1982 52.7 45.9 60.1 53.7 37.5 33.5 65.1 48.8
1983 58.4 48.8 65.3 53.7 39.0 34.6 70.0 51.9
1984 61.7 50.3 67.4 60.7 39.8 36.3 75.2 54.2
1985 66.9 54.5 67.7 59.2 40.6 38.0 81.9 57.0
1986 71.0 57.6 71.2 58.4 40.6 38.8 86.2 59.5
1987 71.5 58.8 71.6 56.1 41.6 40.1 90.4 60.4
1988 71.1 59.1 69.6 49.7 42.1 40.0 92.5 60.0
1989 72.3 59.2 66.7 43.0 40.8 39.9 95.3 59.2
1990 75.1 60.5 64.6 44.4 41.4 39.5 103.7 60.2
1991 82.8 64.8 61.1 44.3 38.8 40.3 107.4 61.9
1992 90.9 67.2 63.5 49.2 41.8 44.7 116.1 65.4
1993 96.2 68.6 69.0 58.1 47.4 51.6 117.9 69.1
1994 97.2 67.7 73.9 55.8 47.9 55.3 124.0 70.2
1995 99.9 67.3 80.4 60.6 57.1 59.3 123.1 72.9
1996 99.2 66.3 86.5 60.1 60.3 62.3 121.8 73.9
1997 97.5 63.7 92.0 60.5 61.8 64.7 119.6 73.9
1998 94.3 60.6 103.0 61.4 63.2 65.0 117.5 74.4
1999 92.5 57.6 115.8 56.4 60.9 64.6 115.9 74.5
2000 83.3 51.9 123.5 54.0 60.8 64.1 111.4 72.4
2001 83.2 51.6 132.8 52.5 60.3 64.8 108.7 73.6
Sources: OECD Economic Outlook No. 71 (June 2002); Statistics Canada; Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (June 2002); Department of Finance calculations.
(1) Excludes government employee pension liabilities in order to be more comparable with other countries' debt measures.

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