Canada at a Glance 2016
International comparisons

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Table 16
International comparisons
Table summary
This table displays the results of International comparisons Population
2012, Life expectancy at birth
2011, GDP per capita
2012, General government debt
2012, Consumer Price Index
2012 and Unemployment rate
2012, calculated using thousands, years, US$, % of GDP, annual % change and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Population
2012
Life expectancy at birth
2011
GDP per capita
2012
General government debt
2012
Consumer Price Index
2012
Unemployment rate
2012
thousands years US$Note 1 % of GDP annual % change %
OECDNote 2 countries  
Australia 22,684 82.0 44,407 56.5 1.8 5.2
Austria 8,430 81.1 44,141 85.3 2.5 4.3
Belgium 11,128 80.5 40,838 104.2 2.8 7.5
Canada 34,880 81.0 41,150 112.3 1.5 7.2
Chile 17,403 78.3 21,486 18.6 3.0 6.4
Czech Republic 10,509 78.0 27,522 55.7 3.3 7.0
Denmark 5,592 79.9 42,787 59.3 2.4 7.5
Estonia 1,329 76.3 24,260 13.3 3.9 10.0
Finland 5,414 80.6 39,207 64.4 2.8 7.7
France 63,519 82.2 36,933 109.3 2.0 9.8
Germany 81,932 80.8 41,923 88.5 2.0 5.5
Greece 11,093 80.8 25,586 164.2 1.5 24.3
Hungary 9,920 75.0 22,635 89.7 5.7 10.9
Iceland 320 82.4 39,097 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 5.2 6.0
Ireland 4,587 80.6 43,803 125.8 1.7 14.7
Israel 7,886 81.8 29,349 84.2Note 3 1.7 6.9
Italy 59,540 82.7 34,143 141.7 3.0 10.7
Japan 127,515 82.7 35,622 228.0Note 3 0.0 4.4
Korea 50,004 81.1 30,011 37.6 2.2 3.2
Luxembourg 531 81.1 89,417 30.2 2.7 5.1
Mexico 117,054 74.2 17,952 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4.1 5.0
Netherlands 16,755 81.3 43,348 82.7 2.5 5.3
New Zealand 4,433 81.2 32,847 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 1.1 6.9
Norway 5,019 81.4 66,135 34.4 0.7 3.2
Poland 38,534 76.9 22,783 63.0 3.6 10.1
Portugal 10,515 80.8 25,802 127.9 2.8 15.9
Slovak Republic 5,408 76.1 25,848 56.9 3.6 14.0
Slovenia 2,057 80.1 28,482 61.1 2.6 8.9
Spain 46,147 82.4 32,551 92.4 2.4 25.1
Sweden 9,519 81.9 42,874 48.7 0.9 8.0
Switzerland 7,955 82.8 53,641 46.2Note 3 -0.7 4.2
Turkey 75,176 74.6 18,315 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 8.9 8.2
United Kingdom 63,705 81.1 35,671 101.0 2.8 7.9
United States 313,914 78.7 51,689 122.5 2.1 8.1
All OECD 1,250,407 80.1 37,010 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 2.3 7.9
Non-OECD countries  
Brazil 196,526 73.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 5.4 5.5
China 1,377,065 73.5 9,059 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 2.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
India 1,236,687 65.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 9.3 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Indonesia 246,864 69.3 4,336Note 4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4.3 6.2
Russian Federation 143,207 69.0 22,502Note 3 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 5.1 5.5
South Africa 52,386 52.6 11,028Note 3 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 5.7 25.1
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