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- Canada's private expenditure on pensions in 2008 was 2.4% of gross domestic product (GDP), up from 2.1% of GDP in 2001.
- In 2008, Canada's gross national income per capita was US$38,593, compared with US$47,320 in the United States. Luxembourg had the highest across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at US$63,978.
- From 2006 to 2008, household disposable income in real terms increased by 4.5% per year in Canada, compared with 2.2% per year in the United States. Czech Republic had the highest increase at 5.6%.
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