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Table 25 International comparisons

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Table 25 International comparisons
	Unit	Canada	United States	Mexico	France	Germany	Italy	United Kingdom	Japan	OECD¹ total
Area	sq. km ('000)	9,985²	9,376	1,996	549	357	301	245	378	34,804
Population (2004)	'000	31,946	293,655	104,000	60,200	82,491	57,553	59,778	127,687	1,160,738
Growth rate	2003 to 2004 (% change)	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.7
Density	persons per sq. km	3	31	52	110	231	191	244	338	33
Vital statistics (2003)
Infant mortality	per 1,000 live births	5.4³	7.0³	20.1	3.9	4.2	4.3	5.3	3.0	.
Male life expectancy at birth	years	77.2³	74.5³	72.4	75.8	75.5	76.9	76.2	78.4	.
Female life expectancy at birth	years	82.1³	79.9³	77.4	82.9	81.3	82.9	80.7	85.3	.
Gross domestic product (2004)⁴	US$ billions	978.5	11,678.7	676.1	2,046.7	2,740.7	1,677.9	2,124.5	4,666.4	33,018.6
GDP per capita⁵	US$	31,500	39,700	10,100	29,600	28,500	27,700	31,400	29,600	27,700
Average annual growth over ten years	1994 to 2004 (% change)	3.4	3.3	2.7	2.3	1.5	1.6	2.8	1.2	2.6
Sectoral contributions to gross value added (2003)⁶
Agriculture	%	2.2⁷	1.2	3.8	2.6	1.1	2.7	1.0	1.3	.
Industry	%	32.4⁷	22.3	25.8	21.5	28.8	27.8	26.2	30.7	.
Services	%	65.4⁷	76.5	70.4	75.9	70.1	69.6	72.0	68.0	.
Consumer price index	Dec. 2003 to Dec. 2004 (% change)	2.1	3.3	5.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	3.5	0.2	2.8
Employment (2004)
Labour force	'000	17,239	148,644	42,566	27,351	40,033	24,365	29,369	66,420	552,027
Civilian employment	'000	15,950	139,252	41,272	24,259	35,876	22,146	27,845	63,290	511,449
Unemployment rate	%	7.2	5.5	3.0	10.1	9.9	8.1	4.7	4.7	6.8
Female participation rate	%	73.0	69.8	44.2	64.8	66.6	51.0	68.5	64.6	61.1
Energy (2003)
Consumption	million tonnes of oil equivalent	197.5	1,571.1	96.8	173.1	245.7	139.2	160.6	353.5	3,753.5
Production	million tonnes of oil equivalent	385.3	1,632.0	242.5	136.3	134.5	27.7	246.4	84.6	3,802.0
Health and education
Health expenditures (2003)	% of GDP	9.9	15.0	6.2	10.1	11.1	8.4	7.7⁸	7.9⁸	.
Education expenditures (2001)⁹	% of GDP	6.1	7.3	5.9	6.0	5.3	5.3	5.5	4.6	.
International trade (2003)
Commodity imports (cost, insurance, freight)	US$ billions	236.9	1,305.1	170.5	362.4	601.8	297.4	399.5	383.5	5,523.8
Commodity exports (free on board basis)	US$ billions	268.8	723.7	164.9	357.9	748.5	299.4	320.1	472.0	5,116.7
Exchange rate	per US$, Dec. 2004	1.22	1.00	11.20¹⁰	0.75¹¹	0.75¹¹	0.75¹¹	0.52¹²	103.90¹³	.
. not applicable
Notes: International comparisons should be used to gain a general impression only, as there are differences in definition, data collection, and other factors; 1. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2. Data from Natural Resources Canada; 3. 2002 data; 4. Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices using current exchange rates; 5. At current purchasing power parity exchange rates; 6. Estimated at basic prices; 7. 2001 data; 8. 2002 data; 9. Public and private educational institutions; 10. Mexican peso; 11. Euro; 12. Pound sterling; 13. Yen.
Source: OECD in Figures, 2005 edition.