Ten years of key provincial debt indicators for British Columbia from 2005 through 2015, including debt to revenue, debt per capita, and debt to nominal GDP. The dataset contains actual values for 2005-06 through 2011-12, updated forecasts for 2012-13, and planned values for 2013-14 and 2014-15. It was published by the Government of British Columbia on the open_canada platform.
Use Cases
- Forecast provincial debt sustainability based on debt to nominal GDP and interest bite indicators.
- Analyze trends in debt burden per citizen based on debt per capita figures.
- Model government interest costs based on historical and planned interest rates and costs.
- Compare planned versus actual fiscal performance based on forecast and actual value columns.
Strengths
- Covers a ten-year time range from 2005 through 2015.
- Includes multiple debt indicators such as debt to revenue, debt per capita, and interest bite.
- Contains a mix of actual, forecast, and planned values for comparative analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Collection Method
- Published as part of the 2012 budget documentation.
- Time Range
- 2005-06 to 2014 15
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:08.488700; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada