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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%.

    Chart 18.4 Public and private spending on pensions, by selected country, 2005
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