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BC provincial debt levels at March 31st of each year, 1997 to 2011

Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Party in power at March 31	NDP	NDP	NDP	NDP	NDP	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal	Liberal
Provincial debt ($millions)	29,371	30,355	32,233	34,451	33,835	36,082	36,853	37,737	35,869	34,457	33,439	34,637	38,014	41,885	45,154
Population (thousands at July 1 prior year)	3,874	3,949	3,983	4,011	4,039	4,076	4,098	4,122	4,155	4,197	4,244	4,310	4,384	4,460	4,531
Provincial GDP ($millions)	108,454	113,596	113,945	118,783	125,690	133,514	138,193	145,642	157,675	169,664	182,251	192,117	197,728	191,006	201,792
Debt to GDP	27.1%	26.7%	28.3%	29.0%	26.9%	27.0%	26.7%	25.9%	22.7%	20.3%	18.3%	18.0%	19.2%	21.9%	22.4%
Debt per capita	7,582	7,687	8,093	8,589	8,377	8,852	8,993	9,155	8,633	8,210	7,879	8,036	8,671	9,391	9,966

Information sources:

	Elections BC Electoral history of BC
	BC Ministry of Finance Public Accounts - Provincial debt summaries
	BC Crown Publications - Debt statistics
	BC Stats population estimates

See also:

BC Personal Tax comparison 2000 to 2011

Revised: April 19, 2012

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