GDP per capita (€) and annual growth (%)
in Canada and the EU-28
Public finances, monetary and financial data
GDP per capita
(left axis)
EU-28
Canada
GDP growth
(right axis)
Canada
EU-28
Canada total unemployment and
female labour market participation
FDI and remittances to
Canada and the EU-28
EU-28
Canada
EU-28
Canada
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
1.6%
CA dollar/euro exchange rate (right axis)
Canada inflation rate (%, left axis)
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
74.6%
6.4%
Female labour force participation (right axis)
Total unemployment (left axis)
EU-28
(2017)7.6%
51.0%
Remittances received (% of GDP)
FDI net inflows (% of GDP)
Canada business environment and socio-economic indicators
The Ease of Doing Business’s ‘distance to frontier’ score assesses the overall level of regulatory performance of a country. It ranges from 0=’lowest performance’ to 100=’the frontier’, the best performance observed worldwide each year.
Rank
8/180 10/188 18/190 45/144Score
Ease of Doing Business
Human Development Index*
Corruption Perception Index
GINI Index*
Worst Best Best Worst 100 100 100 0 0 0 92.0 79.3 82.0 1000 33.7 The GINI Index measures the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. It is hence a measure of inequality in income distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievement in key dimensions of human development. It is based on life expectancy at birth, average duration of education and GDP per capita. It ranges from 0 to 100. ‘High human development countries’ (UN) are in the range between 70 and 80. The Corruption Perception Index measures the perceived levels of public–sector corruption worldwide. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2017, two thirds of countries scored below 50.
€ thousand
27.7
2.4%
3.0%
39.9
2002
2007
2012
2017
Public debt (% of GDP)
Surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
1.5
Canada: Economic indicators and trade with EU
EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service EUI | European University Institute
Authors: Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service
Marta Russo, Globalstat, EUI
PE 595.898 - October 2018
AT A GLANCE
EU exports of goods to Canada (2017)
EU imports of goods from Canada (2017)
EU trade with Canada
0
10
20
30
40
2007 2009 2011
2013
2015
2017
38
31
Imports
Exports
21
13
Imports
Exports
€ billion
EU exports of services to Canada (2017)
Other
Organic chemicals
Iron and steel
Optical instruments
Oil, gas, coal
Agri-food
Pharmaceutical
products
Vehicles and
aircraft
Mechanical appliances and
electrical equipment
23.3% 17.7% 9.3% 6.3% 4.1% 3.6% 2.9% 21.6% 11.2%Other
Optical
instruments: 2.8%
Pharmaceutical
products
Oil, gas, coal
Agri-food
Vehicles and aircraft
Ores, slag and ash
Mechanical
appliances and
electrical
equipment
Gemstones
32.7% 8.9% 8.5% 8.3% 7.5% 4.0% 14.5% 12.8% (Gold, diamonds, waste of precious metal and coins of legal tender)Other
Financial: 3.6%
Maintenance and
repair
ICT
Transport
Various business
services
Travel
25.0% 24.9% 23.7% 7.7% 4.5% (Legal, accounting, consulting, public relations, Employment, market research, public opinion polling, trade-related, architectural, engineering, scientific, operating leasing, R&D, waste treatment and de-pollution) 10.6%Other
Intellectual property
Financial
ICT
Various business services
Transport
Travel
25.7% 19.7% 8.3% 7.3%(Employment, legal, accounting, consulting, public relations, architectural, engineering, scientific, R&D, public opinion polling, waste treatment and de-pollution, trade-related)
17.6% 9.7%
11.7%
EU imports of services from Canada (2017)
Main trade partners (2017)
Trade in goods, exports plus imports
EU
US
Other
Other APEC
Members: 4.6%
Japan: 2.6%
Mexico: 3.9%
China
EU-28
US
63.8%
9.6%
7.0%
CA
8.5%
EU-28
Others
Other
APEC
members
Canada
Japan: 3.5%
Turkey: 4.1%
Russia: 6.2%
Switzerland
China
US
16.9%
15.3%
7.0
%
13.7
%
31.4
%
EU
Canada: 1.9%
Top EU partners (2017)
Trade in goods
EU exports to Canada
EU imports from Canada
0
10
20
18.8
13.3
5.9
5.6
5.5
5.3
3.3
1.7
1.5
1.5
0
10
20
UK
DE
FR
NL
IT
BE
ES
IE
SE
PL
Thousands
EU imports from Canada
EU export to Canada
€ billion
Goods (2007-2017)
Services (2010-2017)
Imports
Exports
Imports
Exports
NotesGlobalStat is a project developed by the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme (Italy) and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (Portugal). Data sources for page 1: GDP figures and inflation are from IMF WEO (October 2017) and Eurostat (2018); Labour market data are from World Bank WDI based on ILO KILM (2017); FDI and remittances data are estimates from World Bank staff based on IMF BoP data (2017); HDI and GINI index is an average value for the period 2010-2015 as reported in the UNDP HDR (2017), and (*) is re-scaled from 0-1 to 0-100 for better comparability.
Data sources for page 2: EU trade with Canada, Main trade partners (EU), Top EU partners (goods), EU exports of goods to Canada (%) and EU imports of goods from Canada (%) are from ComExt, Eurostat; Other APEC members = Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam; Trade in services are from Eurostat; Main trade partners (Canada) are from IMF; Other APEC members = Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam. This is an updated edition of an ‘At a Glance’ note published in February 2017.
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