Driver Overview
This section shows a country’s rank, ranking change and score for each of the eight drivers. It also categorises each country’s driver performance on a scale from “Emerging” (score from 0-20) to “Global Leader” (score from 80-100).
Rank
Score /100
Best practice
Metric Overview
Strengths
Transparency in public procurement
Public procurement processes are governed by rigorous legislative, regulatory and policy measures. The Government of Canada is one of the largest public buyers of goods and services in Canada, purchasing approximately CAD 22 billion annually.
Cost to start a business
According to the World Bank, the cost to start a business is 0.3% of income per capita, the lowest in the Americas, easing the entry of new firms.
Summary credit rating
Canada is AAA-rated by four international credit rating agencies, with a stable outlook. Canada's high credit worthiness provides favourable borrowing costs for infrastructure investments, but could be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top Performing Metrics
Top Performing Metrics
This is defined by the metrics with the highest unweighted score out of 100.
Procurement:
Transparency in public procurement
Permits:
Cost to start a business
Funding capacity:
Summary credit rating
Opportunities to Grow
Long term GDP growth trend
Long-term GDP growth in Canada is projected to be lower than past performance, partially due to declining levels of business investment and increasing levels of household debt. Canada has a strong reliance on its energy sector and falling oil prices are contributing to slower economic growth.
Dealing with construction permits
According to the World Bank, it takes an average of 249 days to obtain construction permits, the third longest of all High Income Countries. Expediting this process could significantly impact investment in infrastructure by helping to reduce delays.
Gross government debt
Canada's gross government debt sits at 87% of GDP and is higher than the High Income Countries average of 74% of GDP. Considering the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, this may hinder Canada’s ability to invest in infrastructure.
Metrics to Improve
Metrics to Improve
This is defined by the metrics with the lowest weighted score out of 100, such that these metrics would have the greatest impact on the overall score.
For metrics that have binary outcomes (yes=100/no=0), no comparative income group average is reported.
Funding capacity:
Long term GDP growth trend
Permits:
Dealing with construction permits
Funding capacity:
Gross government debt
Detailed Data
This section shows country data for each of the 41 metrics. The figures in brackets denote the change in score since InfraCompass 2017.
Note that all data has been normalised on a scale of 1-100. For raw metric data, please download the complete InfraCompass 2020 dataset.
Where relevant, some metric scores have been inverted, such that all metrics have positive relationships with good infrastructure outcomes. For example, since lower compliance costs make it easier to invest in infrastructure, the normalised value of ‘number of procedures to start a business’ has been reversed such that lower number of procedures are scored closer to 100, and higher numbers closer to 0. In other words, a score of 0 indicates a poor performance, rather than 0 number of procedures.
28.2%
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
20.7%
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
18.1%
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
15.1%
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
12.8%
Political stability and absence of violence score
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
5%
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Canada
High Income Countries Average
Description
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
Weighting (% of Driver)
28.2%
Source Link
Description
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
Weighting (% of Driver)
20.7%
Description
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
Weighting (% of Driver)
18.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
Weighting (% of Driver)
15.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
Weighting (% of Driver)
12.8%
Description
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Weighting (% of Driver)
5%
Source Link
Country Overview Data
52,015 USD
Population38.2 million persons
80.8 (0-100 best)
Infrastructure investment2.5% of GDP
Infrastructure gap0.0% of GDP
1,731 USD billion
GDP growth rate1.5%
GDP per capita growth rate-0.2%
Gini coefficient34.0 (0-100 worst)
Gross Government Debt88.0% of GDP
Inflation rate2.0%
Summary credit rating99.0 (0-100 best)
Unemployment rate6.1%
Urbanisation ratio81.0% of total population
Road connectivity98.7 (0-100 best)
5.0 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of train services4.5 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of air transport services5.3 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of seaport services5.1 (1-7 best)
Electricity access100.0% of population
Electricity supply quality10.8% of output lost
Exposure to unsafe drinking water0.3% of population
Reliability of water supply6.4 (1-7 best)
Digital Adoption Index0.7 (0-1 best)
Mobile-broadband subscriptions76.7 per 100 population
Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions38.6 per 100 population