Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada
Canada: Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada is 0.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada peaked at 0.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2002.
Canada ranks 9th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +133.3% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -40.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -33.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 2.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 9 France 0.0% compare
- 9 Ireland 0.0% compare
- 9 Netherlands 0.0% compare
- 9 New Zealand 0.0% compare
- 9 United Arab Emirates 0.0% compare
- 9 United Kingdom 0.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Canada
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,695 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -9.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.78 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada?
- Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Canada was 0.0% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- How does Canada rank for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction?
- Canada ranks 9th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by donor countries (percentage of GNI).