Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada
Canada: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada stood at 0.3%.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada peaked at 0.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2021.
That places Canada 12th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3% | — |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | +3.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
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 income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada was 0.3% in 2024, according to World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2021.
- How does Canada rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Canada ranks 12th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Redistributive impact of fiscal policy, Gini index (%).