Canada vs Italy: Overall primary balance, Transactions
Overall primary balance, Transactions over time
- Canada
- Italy
How they compare
Canada currently reports 83.73 billion against 44.39 billion in Italy, a difference of 39.34 billion.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.9 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 8th and Italy ranks 10th of 35 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.85 billion | 62.09 billion | 31.76 billion | Canada |
| 2000s | 84.64 billion | 34.41 billion | 50.23 billion | Canada |
| 2010s | 57.01 billion | 16.99 billion | 40.01 billion | Canada |
| 2020s | 32.27 billion | -45.16 billion | 77.43 billion | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall primary balance, transactions, Canada or Italy?
- Canada, at 83.73 billion against 44.39 billion in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in overall primary balance, transactions between Canada and Italy?
- 39.34 billion, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Italy?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Italy rank globally for overall primary balance, transactions?
- Canada ranks 8th and Italy ranks 10th 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.