Australia vs Canada: Overall primary balance, Transactions
Overall primary balance, Transactions over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 83.73 billion against 45.39 billion in Australia, a difference of 38.34 billion.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.8 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 9th and Canada ranks 8th of 35 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.30 billion | 83.83 billion | 50.53 billion | Canada |
| 2010s | 13.03 billion | 57.01 billion | 43.98 billion | Canada |
| 2020s | 4.24 billion | 32.27 billion | 28.03 billion | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall primary balance, transactions, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 83.73 billion against 45.39 billion in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in overall primary balance, transactions between Australia and Canada?
- 38.34 billion, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for overall primary balance, transactions?
- Australia ranks 9th and Canada ranks 8th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Overall primary balance, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.