Changes in inventories in % of GDP

0.8 (%) in 2017

In 2017, changes in inventories for Canada was 0.8 %. Though Canada changes in inventories fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1998 - 2017 period ending at 0.8 % in 2017.

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Changes in inventories (including work-in-progress) consist of changes in: (a) stocks of outputs that are still held by the units that produced them prior to their being further processed, sold, delivered to other units or used in other ways; and (b) stocks of products acquired from other units that are intended to be used for intermediate consumption or for resale without further processing; they are measured by the value of the entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories.

Date Value Change, %
2017 0.8 -2,836.52%
2016 0.0 1,192.66%
2015 0.0 -100.48%
2014 0.5 -33.47%
2013 0.7 92.98%
2012 0.4 -41.75%
2011 0.6 2,986.27%
2010 0.0 -105.98%
2009 -0.3 -157.58%
2008 0.6 6.07%
2007 0.6 -19.98%
2006 0.7