Gini index in Canada

The Gini index for Canada was 31.5 (0 to 100) in 2022.

Measure: Gini index (World Bank) Unit: Gini index, 0 to 100 Data: 1971 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2022 31.5 Gini index, 0 to 100
Change from 2021 +0.4points 2021: 31.1 (0 to 100)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 33.5 (0 to 100) Middle value of 30 countries

Gini index in Canada over time

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Gini index, 0 to 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Gini index (World Bank) (Gini index, 0 to 100), 2001 to 2022
Period Canada
2022 31.5 (0 to 100)
2021 31.1 (0 to 100)
2020 29.9 (0 to 100)
2019 31.8 (0 to 100)
2018 32.5 (0 to 100)
2017 33.3 (0 to 100)
2016 32.7 (0 to 100)
2015 33.7 (0 to 100)
2014 33.2 (0 to 100)
2013 33.8 (0 to 100)
2012 33.5 (0 to 100)
2011 32.7 (0 to 100)
2010 33.6 (0 to 100)
2009 34.0 (0 to 100)
2008 33.9 (0 to 100)
2007 33.8 (0 to 100)
2006 34.1 (0 to 100)
2005 33.6 (0 to 100)
2004 33.8 (0 to 100)
2003 33.8 (0 to 100)
2002 33.6 (0 to 100)
2001 33.6 (0 to 100)

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 points from 31.1 (0 to 100) in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 33.5 (0 to 100), the figure has changed by −2.0 points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.GINI · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2022 for Canada
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform