The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Canada  
Rank: 4 · Score: 86.6  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 38.9   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Top
GDP (US$ billions) 2,139.8   M&A volume (quartile) Top
GDP per capita (US$) 54,966.5   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) 1.5   Private equity investments (quartile) Top
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 4 121, 120, 120, 121, 121 86.6
1 Economic Activity 11 109, 109, 93, 106, 114 88.2
2 Depth of Capital Market 5 120, 120, 120, 120, 120 87.3
3 Taxation 9 63, 63, 56, 88, 116 114.7
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 4 121, 121, 121, 121, 121 103.5
5 Human and Social Environment 8 121, 119, 117, 117, 117 64.0
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 12 114, 115, 114, 115, 113 86.5


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Canada  
North America
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Canada 88.2 87.3 114.7 103.5 64.0 86.5
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023