Canada's Economic Statistics
The goal of this exercise is to find out about how large economies are measured and compare
Canada to the rest of the world. Use the following resource to fill in the chart below:
https://data.oecd.org/canada.htm
Fill in the Canadian statistics and pick 4 different countries to compare the same data.Be Ready
to share your data and discuss why this would be an important factor for attracting international
business.
*You can do this as a group-please hand in your group doc to D2L. Make sure you indicate all
members of your group.
Factor
Canada
United States
of America
Japan
United
Kingdom
Australia
Population
38.2 million
331.9 million
125. 5 million
67.4 million
25.7 million
Education
Spending
$22,335
US
dollars/student
$35,347
$19, 504
$29, 688
$20,625
Tax
12.13% of GDP
11.2% of
GDP
6.2% of GDP
9.9 % of GDP
5.4% of GDP
0.280
0.38
0.33
0.36
0.32
13.8 tonnes per
capita
13.6 tonnes
per capita
8.0 tonnes per
capita
4.9 tonnes
per capita
14.7 tonnes
per capita
Government
Debt: 112.8%
of GDP
Government
Debt: 148%
of GDP
Government
Debt: 256% of
GDP
Government
Debt: 142.6%
of GDP
Government
Debt: 83.7%
of GDP
18,716.25
265,266.27
593.40
11,400
311, 716.24
-0.50
-0.56
0.43
-0.56
-0.77
3.0 % per
annum
3.7 % per
annum
0.3 % per
annum
3.6 % per
annum
3.5 % per
annum
79.5
74.2
81.6
78.4
81.2
Income
Inequality
CO2
Emissions
Debt
Agricultural
Land
Household
Disposable
Income
Long Term
Interest Rate
Life
Expectancy
at Birth
Gross
Domestic
Spending on
GDP
1.6 % of GDP
3.5 % of GDP 3.3 % of GDP
2.9 % of GDP 1.8 % of GDP
Internet
Access
94.2 % of all
households
81.8 % of all
households
67.1 % of all
households
97.3 % of all
households
86.1 % of all
households
Average
Wages
$56, 005.6
$74, 737.8
$39, 711.4
$49, 979.3
$56, 599.9
Social
Spending
24.9 % of GDP
22.7% of
GDP
24.9 % of
GDP
22.1 % of
GDP
20.5 % of
GDP
16.3%
23.1%
35.8 %
28.4%
19.4 %
Long Term
Unemployme
nt Rate