Canada Government Budget 1949-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Canada recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 0.90 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Government Budget in Canada averaged -1.80 percent of GDP from 1949 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 5.10 percent of GDP in 1950 and a record low of -8.30 percent of GDP in 1985.

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Canada Government	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Government Debt to GDP	89.60	92.40	100.60	45.10	percent	[+]
Government Budget	-0.90	0.00	5.10	-8.30	percent of GDP	[+]
Government Budget Value	2826.00	167.00	5770.00	-10388.00	CAD Million	[+]
Government Spending	361512.00	358993.00	361512.00	80057.00	CAD Million	[+]
Government Revenues	28716.00	28666.00	29099.00	3384.00	CAD Million	[+]
Fiscal Expenditure	24173.00	26316.00	33158.00	5565.00	CAD Million	[+]
Credit Rating	98.74					[+]
Military Expenditure	19837.10	18132.30	19837.10	3598.20	USD Million	[+]
Asylum Applications	3979.00	4115.00	8695.00	661.00	Persons	[+]

Canada Government Budget

Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page provides - Canada Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Canada Government Budget - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-0.90	0.00	5.10	-8.30	1949 - 2017	percent of GDP	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	-1.90	Dec/17	-2.4	2.2	-4.2	%	Yearly
Brazil	-7.80	Dec/17	-9	-2	-10.2	%	Yearly
Canada	-0.90	Dec/17	0	5.1	-8.3	%	Yearly
China	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.8	0.58	-3.8	%	Yearly
Euro Area	-0.90	Dec/17	-1.5	-0.5	-7.3	%	Yearly
France	-2.60	Dec/17	-3.4	1.5	-7.2	%	Yearly
Germany	1.30	Dec/17	1	1.3	-9.4	%	Yearly
India	-3.24	Dec/17	-3.52	-2.53	-8.13	%	Yearly
Indonesia	-2.46	Dec/16	-2.58	3.02	-2.58	%	Yearly
Italy	-2.30	Dec/17	-2.5	-1.5	-7.3	%	Yearly
Japan	-4.50	Dec/17	-4.5	2.58	-9.5	%	Yearly
Mexico	-2.90	Dec/17	-2.6	3.3	-3.4	%	Yearly
Netherlands	1.10	Dec/17	0.4	1.9	-8.6	%	Yearly
Russia	-1.50	Dec/17	-3.4	9.88	-7.9	%	Yearly
South Korea	-2.00	Dec/17	-2.4	3.47	-4.1	%	Yearly
Spain	-3.10	Dec/17	-4.5	2.2	-11	%	Yearly
Switzerland	1.20	Dec/17	0.4	1.9	-3.2	%	Yearly
Turkey	-1.50	Dec/17	-1.1	-0.6	-33	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	-2.30	Dec/17	-3.8	4.8	-9.9	%	Yearly
United States	-3.50	Dec/17	-3.2	4.5	-9.8	%	Yearly