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Ford, Canada and the G-8
A CP story in this morning's London Free Press discusses Gerald Ford's role in bringing Canada into the G7/G8. Tom Axworthy is quoted as saying: "Canada is in one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Many foreign-policy realists have raised their eyebrows -- because in terms of our GNP, many of the power rankings -- you wouldn't think that Canada is there." So, what are the power rankings, besides GDP? Here's where Canada stands in terms of a number of social and economic rankings, according to the CIA World Factbook:
(I've included only distinct nation states in the rankings, the factbook includes the European Union and the entire world as entities in some of the rankings, go to https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/rankorderguide.html to generate the relevant tables, most estimates based on 2005 data)
GDP (purchase power parity): 11th
GDP per capita: 16th (#1? Bermuda!)
External debt: 14th
current account balance: 13th
military expenditures: 15th
life expectancy: 12th
infant mortality rate: 23rd
investment (gross fixed, % of GDP): 80th
population: 36th
public debt as % of GDP: 27th (ordered largest to smallest, #1 Malawi, #2 is Lebanon, U.S is 37th)
oil, proved reserves: 2
inflation rate: 57th (smallest to largest, first 9 on the list are experiencing deflation)
industrial production growth rate: 119
roadways: 6th
airports: 6th (#2, Brazil!)
reserves of foreign exchange and gold: 28th
Other compiled rankings:
Kearney globalization index: 14th
Economist Quality of life index: 14th
Yale's environmental sustainability index: 6th
Which numbers/rankings, possibly in addition to those listed here, are most relevant as G-8 membership criteria? How do the likes of China, India and Brazil, mentioned as possibly more worthy G-8 members, compare on those numbers? How do the other G-8 members compare on them?
(I've included only distinct nation states in the rankings, the factbook includes the European Union and the entire world as entities in some of the rankings, go to https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/rankorderguide.html to generate the relevant tables, most estimates based on 2005 data)
GDP (purchase power parity): 11th
GDP per capita: 16th (#1? Bermuda!)
External debt: 14th
current account balance: 13th
military expenditures: 15th
life expectancy: 12th
infant mortality rate: 23rd
investment (gross fixed, % of GDP): 80th
population: 36th
public debt as % of GDP: 27th (ordered largest to smallest, #1 Malawi, #2 is Lebanon, U.S is 37th)
oil, proved reserves: 2
inflation rate: 57th (smallest to largest, first 9 on the list are experiencing deflation)
industrial production growth rate: 119
roadways: 6th
airports: 6th (#2, Brazil!)
reserves of foreign exchange and gold: 28th
Other compiled rankings:
Kearney globalization index: 14th
Economist Quality of life index: 14th
Yale's environmental sustainability index: 6th
Which numbers/rankings, possibly in addition to those listed here, are most relevant as G-8 membership criteria? How do the likes of China, India and Brazil, mentioned as possibly more worthy G-8 members, compare on those numbers? How do the other G-8 members compare on them?