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Canada at a Glance 2018
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Table 16
International comparisons
Table summary
This table displays the results of International comparisons. Population 2014, Life expectancy at birth 2013, Gross domestic product per capita 2014, General government debt 2014, Consumer Price Index 2014 and Unemployment rate 2014, calculated using thousands, years, American dollar, percent of gross domestic product, annual percent change and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	thousands	years	US$^{Table 16 Note 1}	% of GDP	annual % change	%
	Population 2014	Life expectancy at birth 2013	GDP per capita 2014	General government debt 2014	Consumer Price Index 2014	Unemployment rate 2014
OECD^{Table 16 Note 2} countries
Australia	23,491	82.2	44,971	40.7	2.5	6.1
Austria	8,469^{Table 16 Note 3}	81.2	46,171	102.2	1.6	5.6
Belgium	11,227	80.7	42,839	129.3	0.3	8.5
Canada	35,540	81.5	44,057	94.6	1.9	6.9
Chile	17,819	78.8	22,254	23.1	4.7	6.4
Czech Republic	10,525	78.3	30,366	57.0	0.4	6.1
Denmark	5,615^{Table 16 Note 3}	80.4	44,889	60.6	0.6	6.6
Estonia	1,316	77.3	26,902	13.6	-0.1	7.4
Finland	5,472	81.1	39,987	71.0	1.0	8.7
France	64,062	82.3	38,870	119.2	0.5	10.3
Germany	80,896	80.9	44,985	82.2	0.9	5.0
Greece	11,090^{Table 16 Note 4}	81.4	25,950	179.8	-1.3	26.5
Hungary	9,863	75.7	24,709	99.3	-0.2	7.7
Iceland	327	82.1	43,330	87.8^{Table 16 Note 3}	2.0	4.9
Ireland	4,610	81.1	48,733	125.4	0.2	11.3
Israel	8,059^{Table 16 Note 3}	82.1	33,243	77.0^{Table 16 Note 3}	0.5	5.9
Italy	60,448	82.8	35,015	156.2	0.2	12.7
Japan	127,298^{Table 16 Note 3}	83.4	36,456	239.3^{Table 16 Note 3}	2.7	3.6
Korea	50,424	81.8	34,356	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.3	3.5
Luxembourg	550	81.9	97,273	33.7	0.6	5.9
Mexico	119,713	74.6	17,831	48.7^{Table 16 Note 3}	4.0	4.8
Netherlands	16,804^{Table 16 Note 3}	81.4	47,635	81.0	1.0	7.4
New Zealand	4,510	81.4	36,810	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.2	5.8
Norway	5,137	81.8	64,837	32.4	2.0	3.5
Poland	38,484	77.1	24,430	65.9	0.1	9.0
Portugal	10,457^{Table 16 Note 3}	80.8	28,382	149.9	-0.3	13.9
Slovak Republic	5,416^{Table 16 Note 3}	76.5	27,711	60.1	-0.1	13.2
Slovenia	2,062	80.4	29,969	97.3	0.2	9.7
Spain	46,464	83.2	33,169	117.7	-0.2	24.4
Sweden	9,609^{Table 16 Note 3}	82.0	45,153	53.8	-0.2	8.0
Switzerland	8,140^{Table 16 Note 3}	82.9	57,246	44.5^{Table 16 Note 4}	0.0	4.5
Turkey	76,903	76.6	19,027	39.7^{Table 16 Note 3}	8.9	9.9
United Kingdom	63,650	81.1	39,709	113.6	1.5	6.1
United States	318,857	78.8	54,353	103.4	1.6	6.2
All OECD	1,257,114^{Table 16 Note 3}	80.5	38,865	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1.7	7.3
Non-OECD countries
Brazil	201,467^{Table 16 Note 3}	75.0	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	6.3	4.9
China	1,385,567^{Table 16 Note 3}	75.4	11,874^{Table 16 Note 3}	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	2.0	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
India	1,252,140^{Table 16 Note 3}	66.5	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	6.4	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Indonesia	249,866^{Table 16 Note 3}	70.9	10,023^{Table 16 Note 3}	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	6.4	5.8
Russian Federation	143,507^{Table 16 Note 3}	70.7	25,151^{Table 16 Note 3}	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	7.8	5.2
South Africa	54,002	56.8	13,146	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	6.1	25
.. not available for a specific reference period Note 1 Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices using current exchange rates. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 2013 data. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 2012 data. Return to note 4 referrer Note: International comparisons should be used to gain a general impression only, as there are differences in definitions, data collection and other factors. Source: Data based on OECD, OECD Factbook 2015-2016.

Date modified:: 2018-03-27