Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada
Canada: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.306 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada, 1999–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0.306 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada peaked at 0.321 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.28, in 2020.
That places Canada 22nd out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.308 | — |
| 2000 | 0.315 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.317 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.317 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.315 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.321 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.315 | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.316 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.317 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.315 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.316 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.316 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.313 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.317 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.319 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.312 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.318 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.307 | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.31 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.304 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.3 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.28 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.292 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.306 | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3164 | 0.315 | 0.321 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3116 | 0.3 | 0.319 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2945 | 0.28 | 0.306 | 4 |
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 0.306 in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing 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 0.321 in 2004.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.28 in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Canada ranks 22nd out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing 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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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.