Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Canada

0.3% of people in Canada lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2022.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1971 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2022 0.3% % of population
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 0.3%
World, 2022 20.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 0.7% Middle value of 30 countries

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Canada over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period CanadaWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 0.3% 20.5%
2021 0.3% 21.4%
2020 0.2% 22.1%
2019 0.5% –
2018 0.5% 22.3%
2017 0.5% 23.6%
2016 0.5% 24.9%
2015 0.5% 26.3%
2014 0.5% 27.9%
2013 0.6% 29.3%
2012 0.4% 32.0%
2011 0.4% 33.6%
2010 0.4% 35.8%
2009 0.3% 38.1%
2008 0.4% 39.3%
2007 0.3% 40.5%
2006 0.4% 42.2%
2005 0.5% 43.7%
2004 0.4% 45.4%
2003 0.4% 47.2%
2002 0.4% 48.6%
2001 0.4% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 20.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · 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