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International Fiscal Comparisons

Table 53
G7 general government total tax and non-tax receipts
National Accounts basis

Year	Canada	United States	Japan	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	G7 average
	(per cent of GDP)
1970	35.7	30.2	22.2	45.0	-	39.9	29.2	31.4
1971	36.3	29.7	23.1	43.0	-	39.3	29.8	31.1
1972	36.6	30.9	23.1	41.0	-	39.5	29.6	31.5
1973	36.6	31.0	24.0	39.7	-	39.5	29.0	31.5
1974	38.7	31.6	26.1	44.3	-	39.9	28.7	32.7
1975	37.6	29.8	25.8	44.6	-	41.2	29.0	31.9
1976	37.4	30.5	25.4	44.2	-	42.8	30.4	32.4
1977	37.3	30.8	26.6	42.9	-	42.9	31.7	32.7
1978	36.8	30.9	26.5	40.1	-	42.8	32.6	32.5
1979	36.6	31.2	28.4	39.9	-	44.4	32.0	33.0
1980	37.5	31.5	29.7	42.6	-	45.6	33.8	34.0
1981	39.6	32.3	31.0	44.9	-	46.2	33.8	34.9
1982	40.2	32.0	31.3	45.9	-	47.0	36.8	35.3
1983	39.7	31.3	31.5	44.9	-	47.8	38.8	35.2
1984	39.8	31.3	32.2	44.8	-	48.5	37.6	35.1
1985	39.5	31.8	32.3	44.1	-	48.7	37.4	35.3
1986	40.4	32.0	32.5	43.0	-	47.8	38.4	35.4
1987	40.6	32.7	33.9	41.8	-	48.3	38.3	35.9
1988	41.0	32.6	33.8	41.6	-	47.2	39.3	35.9
1989	41.2	32.9	33.7	41.3	-	46.9	40.1	36.0
1990	43.0	32.8	34.0	40.1	-	47.0	41.5	36.1
1991	43.9	32.9	33.4	40.4	43.3	47.6	42.6	36.3
1992	44.2	32.8	33.3	39.2	44.8	47.4	45.0	37.2
1993	43.5	33.0	32.0	37.8	45.3	48.5	46.3	37.1
1994	43.0	33.4	31.4	38.2	45.6	48.7	44.4	37.1
1995	43.2	33.8	31.4	38.8	45.1	48.9	45.1	37.3
1996	43.8	34.3	31.7	38.6	46.0	50.4	45.5	37.8
1997	44.5	34.6	31.7	39.1	45.7	50.8	47.6	38.1
1998	44.9	35.1	31.3	40.0	45.9	50.0	46.2	38.3
1999	44.3	35.2	31.2	40.5	46.7	50.8	46.5	38.5
2000	44.1	35.8	31.4	41.0	46.4	50.1	45.3	38.7
2001	42.6	34.9	32.2	41.3	44.7	50.0	44.9	38.2
2002	41.1	32.5	30.8	39.7	44.4	49.4	44.4	36.5
2003	41.1	31.9	30.5	39.4	44.4	49.1	44.7	36.1
2004	40.7	32.1	30.9	39.9	43.5	49.6	44.2	36.1
2005	40.8	33.1	31.7	41.4	43.6	50.5	43.8	36.9
2006	40.4	34.0	34.6	42.1	43.8	50.3	45.4	37.9
2007	40.0	34.4	33.4	41.7	43.8	49.7	46.6	37.9
Source: OECD Economic Outlook, No. 83 (June 2008).

   

Table 54
G7 general government total outlays
National Accounts basis

Year	Canada	United States	Japan	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	G7 average
	(per cent of GDP)
1970	36.0	32.3	20.5	42.0	-	39.2	32.5	32.1
1971	37.3	32.4	22.0	41.3	-	38.8	34.5	32.5
1972	37.5	32.2	23.3	42.9	-	39.0	36.5	32.9
1973	36.0	31.2	23.5	43.8	-	39.0	35.4	32.4
1974	37.6	32.6	25.7	48.4	-	39.6	34.9	34.1
1975	41.1	35.0	28.6	49.7	-	43.0	39.3	36.7
1976	40.2	33.8	29.2	49.5	-	43.4	38.3	36.1
1977	41.4	32.9	30.5	46.7	-	43.5	38.7	35.7
1978	41.6	32.1	32.2	45.0	-	44.4	41.1	35.7
1979	40.0	32.1	33.3	43.9	-	44.6	40.3	35.7
1980	41.6	34.1	34.2	46.3	-	45.7	40.8	37.3
1981	42.5	34.5	35.0	49.9	-	48.4	44.6	38.5
1982	47.3	36.8	35.2	48.9	-	49.8	46.8	40.2
1983	47.9	36.9	35.6	48.8	-	50.3	48.9	40.6
1984	47.5	36.0	34.7	48.9	-	51.2	49.1	39.9
1985	48.3	36.8	33.7	47.3	-	51.7	49.8	40.1
1986	47.6	37.2	33.6	46.0	-	51.1	50.4	40.2
1987	46.1	37.0	34.1	43.9	-	50.3	49.8	39.8
1988	45.4	36.2	33.2	41.2	-	49.9	50.4	38.9
1989	45.8	36.1	32.2	40.6	-	48.7	51.5	38.6
1990	48.8	37.1	32.0	41.9	-	49.4	52.9	39.5
1991	52.3	37.8	31.6	43.6	46.1	50.6	54.0	40.2
1992	53.3	38.5	32.5	45.6	47.3	52.0	55.4	41.8
1993	52.2	38.0	34.3	45.7	48.3	54.9	56.4	42.2
1994	49.7	37.0	35.5	45.0	47.9	54.2	53.5	41.5
1995	48.5	37.0	36.5	44.5	48.3	54.4	52.5	41.6
1996	46.6	36.5	36.8	42.7	49.3	54.5	52.5	41.3
1997	44.3	35.4	35.7	41.2	48.3	54.1	50.2	40.1
1998	44.8	34.7	37.1	39.9	48.1	52.7	49.3	39.7
1999	42.7	34.3	38.6	39.3	48.2	52.6	48.2	39.5
2000	41.1	34.2	39.0	37.0	45.1	51.6	46.1	38.7
2001	42.0	35.3	38.6	40.4	47.5	51.6	48.0	39.9
2002	41.2	36.3	38.8	41.4	48.0	52.6	47.4	40.5
2003	41.2	36.8	38.4	42.8	48.4	53.2	48.3	40.9
2004	39.9	36.4	37.0	43.1	47.3	53.3	47.8	40.3
2005	39.2	36.7	38.4	44.9	47.0	53.5	48.2	40.7
2006	39.3	36.7	36.0	44.9	45.4	52.7	48.8	40.1
2007	39.0	37.4	35.8	44.7	43.8	52.4	48.5	40.3
Source: OECD Economic Outlook, No. 83 (June 2008).

   

Table 55
G7 general government financial balances
National Accounts basis

Year	Canada	United States	Japan	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	G7 average
	(per cent of GDP)
1970	-0.4	-2.0	1.7	3.0	-	0.7	-3.2	-0.7
1971	-1.0	-2.7	1.2	1.7	-	0.5	-4.7	-1.4
1972	-1.0	-1.3	-0.1	-1.9	-	0.5	-6.9	-1.5
1973	0.6	-0.2	0.5	-4.2	-	0.4	-6.4	-0.9
1974	1.1	-1.0	0.4	-4.1	-	0.2	-6.3	-1.3
1975	-3.5	-5.2	-2.8	-5.2	-	-1.9	-10.3	-4.8
1976	-2.8	-3.3	-3.8	-5.3	-	-0.6	-7.9	-3.7
1977	-4.1	-2.1	-3.9	-3.8	-	-0.6	-7.0	-3.0
1978	-4.8	-1.3	-5.7	-5.0	-	-1.6	-8.5	-3.2
1979	-3.4	-0.9	-4.9	-4.1	-	-0.2	-8.3	-2.6
1980	-4.1	-2.6	-4.5	-3.7	-	-0.1	-7.0	-3.3
1981	-2.8	-2.2	-4.0	-5.0	-	-2.2	-10.9	-3.6
1982	-7.0	-4.8	-3.9	-3.1	-	-2.8	-10.0	-4.9
1983	-8.2	-5.6	-4.1	-3.9	-	-2.5	-10.1	-5.4
1984	-7.8	-4.7	-2.5	-4.2	-	-2.8	-11.5	-4.8
1985	-8.9	-5.0	-1.4	-3.3	-	-3.0	-12.4	-4.8
1986	-7.2	-5.2	-1.1	-3.0	-	-3.2	-11.9	-4.8
1987	-5.4	-4.3	-0.2	-2.1	-	-2.1	-11.5	-3.8
1988	-4.3	-3.6	0.6	0.4	-	-2.6	-11.0	-3.0
1989	-4.6	-3.2	1.5	0.7	-	-1.8	-11.4	-2.6
1990	-5.8	-4.2	2.1	-1.8	-	-2.4	-11.4	-3.3
1991	-8.4	-4.9	1.8	-3.2	-2.8	-2.9	-11.4	-3.9
1992	-9.1	-5.8	0.8	-6.4	-2.5	-4.5	-10.4	-4.7
1993	-8.7	-4.9	-2.4	-7.9	-3.0	-6.4	-10.1	-5.1
1994	-6.7	-3.6	-4.2	-6.7	-2.3	-5.5	-9.1	-4.4
1995	-5.3	-3.1	-5.1	-5.8	-3.2	-5.5	-7.4	-4.3
1996	-2.8	-2.2	-5.1	-4.1	-3.3	-4.0	-7.0	-3.5
1997	0.2	-0.8	-4.0	-2.1	-2.6	-3.3	-2.7	-1.9
1998	0.1	0.4	-5.8	0.1	-2.2	-2.6	-3.1	-1.4
1999	1.6	0.9	-7.4	1.1	-1.5	-1.8	-1.8	-1.0
2000	2.9	1.6	-7.6	4.0	1.3	-1.5	-0.9	-0.1
2001	0.7	-0.4	-6.3	0.9	-2.8	-1.6	-3.1	-1.7
2002	-0.1	-3.8	-8.0	-1.7	-3.6	-3.2	-3.0	-4.0
2003	-0.1	-4.8	-7.9	-3.3	-4.0	-4.1	-3.5	-4.8
2004	0.8	-4.4	-6.2	-3.3	-3.8	-3.6	-3.6	-4.2
2005	1.6	-3.6	-6.7	-3.5	-3.4	-3.0	-4.4	-3.8
2006	1.0	-2.6	-1.4	-2.8	-1.6	-2.4	-3.4	-2.2
2007	1.0	-3.0	-2.4	-3.0	0.0	-2.7	-1.9	-2.4
Source: OECD Economic Outlook, No. 83 (June 2008).

   

Table 56
G7 general government net financial liabilities
National Accounts basis

Year	Canada	United States(1)	Japan	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	G7 average
	(per cent of GDP)
1970	12.7	30.6	-6.5	47.3	-	0.8	31.3	22.5
1971	11.5	30.8	-7.3	46.4	-	1.0	35.2	22.6
1972	10.5	29.0	-6.4	41.6	-	2.1	40.2	21.7
1973	7.9	25.9	-6.0	38.2	-	1.1	41.5	19.7
1974	5.7	24.9	-5.2	34.9	-	0.2	38.9	18.6
1975	8.7	27.9	-1.7	33.0	-	0.9	47.5	21.3
1976	9.6	28.2	2.6	32.3	-	-0.6	48.1	22.2
1977	10.5	27.0	6.5	37.0	-	-1.2	47.9	22.7
1978	12.3	24.9	12.7	32.9	-	0.0	50.0	22.8
1979	13.7	22.5	16.6	29.4	-	-1.7	48.9	21.8
1980	14.5	22.7	19.2	30.0	-	-4.3	45.5	21.8
1981	13.5	22.5	22.4	24.2	-	-0.2	49.3	22.5
1982	19.1	26.3	25.7	29.8	-	1.6	53.1	26.3
1983	25.6	29.6	29.5	30.4	-	3.9	62.6	30.1
1984	29.6	30.7	31.9	25.7	-	6.7	66.3	31.5
1985	35.3	33.1	31.1	26.4	-	9.5	72.7	33.7
1986	39.6	36.1	33.2	26.4	-	12.2	77.4	36.5
1987	39.2	37.9	30.8	25.4	-	13.0	82.1	37.3
1988	38.1	38.7	26.4	20.1	-	14.7	84.8	36.7
1989	41.1	38.6	17.9	15.2	-	15.3	79.4	34.2
1990	43.7	39.5	14.4	14.5	-	17.1	82.2	34.3
1991	50.5	42.7	12.6	15.2	8.7	18.5	85.9	36.3
1992	59.1	45.9	13.9	22.1	15.1	20.0	92.9	37.1
1993	64.2	48.2	17.2	31.9	18.5	26.8	100.2	41.1
1994	67.9	47.6	20.0	32.5	19.3	29.7	104.1	42.2
1995	70.7	46.9	24.1	38.3	30.3	37.5	98.7	44.6
1996	70.0	45.7	29.3	40.4	33.2	41.8	104.3	46.1
1997	64.7	42.5	34.8	42.6	33.0	42.3	104.6	45.6
1998	60.8	38.5	46.2	44.0	36.7	40.5	107.2	46.0
1999	55.8	33.7	53.8	39.4	35.2	33.5	101.4	43.2
2000	46.2	29.2	60.4	36.2	34.4	35.1	96.4	41.1
2001	44.3	27.8	66.3	32.9	36.7	36.7	96.5	41.4
2002	42.6	30.6	72.6	33.6	40.8	41.8	96.0	44.4
2003	38.7	33.7	76.5	34.0	43.5	44.2	93.1	46.5
2004	34.5	35.5	82.7	36.2	47.5	45.3	92.7	48.6
2005	29.9	36.5	84.6	29.9	49.8	43.2	94.2	48.8
2006	26.5	36.2	84.6	29.6	48.1	37.5	92.1	47.7
2007	23.3	36.9	85.9	30.4	44.5	34.0	90.7	47.4
Sources: OECD Economic Outlook, No. 83 (June 2008); Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (June 2008); Department of Finance calculations.
(1) Adjusted to exclude certain government employee pension liabilities to improve comparability with other countries’ debt measures.

   

Table 57
G7 general government gross financial liabilities
National Accounts basis

Year	Canada	United States(1)	Japan	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	G7 average
	(per cent of GDP)
1970	54.3	43.6	11.3	80.9	-	40.0	55.1	43.1
1971	55.3	44.1	12.6	83.3	-	37.6	59.4	43.9
1972	53.5	42.5	16.8	74.8	-	35.2	65.7	43.0
1973	48.0	39.8	16.3	69.7	-	32.5	70.3	41.0
1974	45.8	38.7	12.8	66.4	-	30.8	69.9	39.3
1975	45.2	41.9	20.3	64.8	-	31.0	82.2	42.9
1976	43.6	42.0	27.2	61.4	-	29.3	81.9	43.7
1977	45.1	40.8	32.6	68.1	-	28.9	85.5	45.0
1978	48.0	39.7	41.3	60.5	-	29.9	90.7	45.9
1979	45.3	38.4	45.9	56.9	-	30.1	89.3	45.6
1980	45.6	38.9	51.1	55.9	-	29.7	86.6	46.6
1981	46.9	38.1	56.5	47.4	-	29.0	91.0	46.8
1982	52.7	42.7	61.4	51.6	-	32.9	94.8	51.4
1983	58.4	45.5	67.1	51.4	-	33.9	79.3	52.7
1984	61.7	47.1	69.9	51.2	-	35.6	82.2	54.4
1985	66.9	51.2	70.7	49.9	-	37.1	88.7	57.6
1986	71.0	54.2	76.2	49.5	-	37.9	92.6	60.7
1987	71.4	55.5	78.0	48.7	-	39.2	96.3	62.1
1988	71.1	55.9	75.2	42.6	-	39.0	98.5	61.5
1989	72.2	56.0	68.2	36.7	-	38.9	95.3	59.4
1990	75.2	57.3	64.7	32.9	-	38.6	97.3	59.4
1991	82.3	61.5	64.1	33.3	37.7	39.5	100.1	62.1
1992	90.2	63.7	67.9	39.3	40.9	43.9	106.6	63.0
1993	96.3	65.2	73.9	49.0	46.2	51.0	116.0	67.5
1994	98.0	64.2	79.4	47.3	46.5	60.2	120.6	69.0
1995	101.6	63.9	86.7	52.2	55.7	63.0	122.2	71.9
1996	101.7	62.8	94.0	52.0	58.8	66.7	128.6	73.7
1997	96.3	60.3	100.5	52.9	60.3	69.1	130.2	73.9
1998	95.2	57.1	113.2	53.4	62.2	70.7	132.6	74.5
1999	91.4	53.6	127.0	48.3	61.5	66.8	126.4	73.4
2000	82.1	48.0	135.4	46.0	60.4	65.7	121.6	70.9
2001	82.7	47.6	143.7	41.1	59.7	64.3	120.8	71.4
2002	80.6	50.0	152.3	41.6	62.1	67.3	119.5	74.0
2003	76.6	53.5	158.0	41.9	65.3	71.4	116.9	76.7
2004	72.4	54.6	165.5	44.1	68.7	73.9	117.5	78.8
2005	70.3	55.3	175.3	46.8	71.0	75.7	120.1	81.2
2006	68.1	54.9	171.9	46.6	69.3	71.1	118.2	79.6
2007	64.4	55.9	170.3	47.5	65.4	69.4	116.7	79.1
Sources: OECD Economic Outlook, No. 83 (June 2008); Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (June 2008); Department of Finance calculations.
(1) Adjusted to exclude certain government employee pension liabilities to improve comparability with other countries’ debt measures.

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