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Extreme poverty rate — Canada

Extreme poverty rate in Canada in 2022 — 0.3%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 73. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 2.2 pp.

2022 0.3% +0.1 pp vs 2021
World rank 19of 73
Period maximum 2.5%1971
Period minimum 0.1%2020

Trend over time

1971–2022 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Canada, 1971–2022012319711977198319891995200120072013201920221971: 2.5%1973: 1.8%1975: 1.7%1977: 1.5%1979: 1.3%1981: 0.9%1982: 0.8%1984: 0.9%1985: 0.7%1986: 1%1987: 0.6%1988: 0.7%1989: 1.3%1990: 1.1%1991: 1.3%1992: 0.8%1993: 1.2%1994: 0.9%1995: 0.8%1996: 0.4%1997: 0.4%1998: 0.5%1999: 0.4%2000: 0.4%2001: 0.3%2002: 0.3%2003: 0.3%2004: 0.3%2005: 0.3%2006: 0.3%2007: 0.2%2008: 0.3%2009: 0.3%2010: 0.3%2011: 0.3%2012: 0.3%2013: 0.5%2014: 0.3%2015: 0.4%2016: 0.4%2017: 0.4%2018: 0.4%2019: 0.4%2020: 0.1%2021: 0.2%2022: 0.3%
Change over the period: −2.2 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Canada

Canada 0.3%
World 10.9%
North America 1.2%
Extreme poverty rate — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.3 +0.1 pp
2021 0.2 +0.1 pp
2020 0.1 −0.3 pp
2019 0.4 +0 pp
2018 0.4 +0 pp
2017 0.4 +0 pp
2016 0.4 +0 pp
2015 0.4 +0.1 pp
2014 0.3 −0.2 pp
2013 0.5 +0.2 pp
2012 0.3 +0 pp
2011 0.3 +0 pp
2010 0.3 +0 pp
2009 0.3 +0 pp
2008 0.3 +0.1 pp
2007 0.2 −0.1 pp
2006 0.3 +0 pp
2005 0.3 +0 pp
2004 0.3 +0 pp
2003 0.3 +0 pp
2002 0.3 +0 pp
2001 0.3 −0.1 pp
2000 0.4 +0 pp
1999 0.4 −0.1 pp
1998 0.5 +0.1 pp
1997 0.4 +0 pp
1996 0.4 −0.4 pp
1995 0.8 −0.1 pp
1994 0.9 −0.3 pp
1993 1.2 +0.4 pp
1992 0.8 −0.5 pp
1991 1.3 +0.2 pp
1990 1.1 −0.2 pp
1989 1.3 +0.6 pp
1988 0.7 +0.1 pp
1987 0.6 −0.4 pp
1986 1 +0.3 pp
1985 0.7 −0.2 pp
1984 0.9 —
1982 0.8 −0.1 pp
1981 0.9 —
1979 1.3 —
1977 1.5 —
1975 1.7 —
1973 1.8 —
1971 2.5 —

Northern America, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CA Canada 0.3 US United States 1.4
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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