Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Canada
0.6% of people in Canada lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022.
Canada, 2022
0.6%
Change from 2021
+0.2percentage points
World, 2022
48.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
1.7%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Canada over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | – |
| 2018 | 0.9% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 0.4% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 1.0%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.