THIS AND THAT
Highlights from the 2015 BC Check-Up
WORK
+
2.28m
jobs
12,800
Growth concentrated
in Southwest BC,
Cariboo, and
Thompson-Okanagan
Unemployment
down 0.5 ppt
to...
INVEST
LIVE
$3.9 billion +5.0%
Private sector
on-residential
building
–
7.3%
investment
Value of exports
up 7.1% to
$35.8 billion
Top 5 BC export commodities
to international markets
%
6.1
+
2.1% Labour
compensation
per employee
$52,321
All numbers are from 2014.
+/- are in comparison to 2013 data.
Wood
Energy
Metallic Mineral
Pulp & Paper
Machinery & Equipment
Government net debt
as a percentage of
GDP 17.0%
+
0.1%
Consumer debt per capita
$58,621
Highest level in Canada
Percentage of
labour force
-2.1 ppt
between ages
19 and 24 with less
than a high school
education
5.2%
$3,774
–
1.0%
Provincial
government
health
expenditures
per capita
Above infographic: Blair Robertson/Blindfolio Design
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