Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Canada

Gini index in Canada in 2022 — 31.5 index. Ranked 23 in the world out of 73. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 15.3%.

2022 31.5 index +1.29% vs 2021
World rank 23of 73
Period maximum 37.2 index1971
Period minimum 29.9 index2020

Trend over time

1971–2022 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Canada, 1971–202228303234363819711977198319891995200120072013201920221971: 37.2 index1973: 34.9 index1975: 34.1 index1977: 33.7 index1979: 33.5 index1981: 33 index1982: 32.9 index1984: 33.5 index1985: 33.2 index1986: 31.7 index1987: 31.7 index1988: 31.2 index1989: 31 index1990: 31.4 index1991: 31.9 index1992: 31.6 index1993: 31.7 index1994: 31.3 index1995: 31.5 index1996: 32.8 index1997: 33.1 index1998: 33.2 index1999: 33.1 index2000: 33.4 index2001: 33.6 index2002: 33.6 index2003: 33.8 index2004: 33.8 index2005: 33.6 index2006: 34.1 index2007: 33.8 index2008: 33.9 index2009: 34 index2010: 33.6 index2011: 32.7 index2012: 33.5 index2013: 33.8 index2014: 33.2 index2015: 33.7 index2016: 32.7 index2017: 33.3 index2018: 32.5 index2019: 31.8 index2020: 29.9 index2021: 31.1 index2022: 31.5 index
Change over the period: −5.7 (−15.32%) Average annual rate: -0.33 %
Gini index — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2022 31.5 +0.4 +1.29%
2021 31.1 +1.2 +4.01%
2020 29.9 −1.9 −5.97%
2019 31.8 −0.7 −2.15%
2018 32.5 −0.8 −2.4%
2017 33.3 +0.6 +1.83%
2016 32.7 −1 −2.97%
2015 33.7 +0.5 +1.51%
2014 33.2 −0.6 −1.78%
2013 33.8 +0.3 +0.9%
2012 33.5 +0.8 +2.45%
2011 32.7 −0.9 −2.68%
2010 33.6 −0.4 −1.18%
2009 34 +0.1 +0.29%
2008 33.9 +0.1 +0.3%
2007 33.8 −0.3 −0.88%
2006 34.1 +0.5 +1.49%
2005 33.6 −0.2 −0.59%
2004 33.8 +0 +0%
2003 33.8 +0.2 +0.6%
2002 33.6 +0 +0%
2001 33.6 +0.2 +0.6%
2000 33.4 +0.3 +0.91%
1999 33.1 −0.1 −0.3%
1998 33.2 +0.1 +0.3%
1997 33.1 +0.3 +0.91%
1996 32.8 +1.3 +4.13%
1995 31.5 +0.2 +0.64%
1994 31.3 −0.4 −1.26%
1993 31.7 +0.1 +0.32%
1992 31.6 −0.3 −0.94%
1991 31.9 +0.5 +1.59%
1990 31.4 +0.4 +1.29%
1989 31 −0.2 −0.64%
1988 31.2 −0.5 −1.58%
1987 31.7 +0 +0%
1986 31.7 −1.5 −4.52%
1985 33.2 −0.3 −0.9%
1984 33.5
1982 32.9 −0.1 −0.3%
1981 33
1979 33.5
1977 33.7
1975 34.1
1973 34.9
1971 37.2

Northern America, 2022

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About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

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