Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Canada
Canada: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 9.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Canada, 1971–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Canada recorded 9.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2022.
That represents a change of up 21.3% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Canada peaked at 51.7% in 1971 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2020.
That places Canada 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37.4% | 28.2% | 51.7% | 5 |
| 1980s | 23.3% | 19.5% | 25.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 23.2% | 20.3% | 26.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 15.0% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 10.2% | 14.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 5.9% | 9.1% | 3 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.052 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0822 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0822 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0978 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1598 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Canada?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Canada was 9.1% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 1971.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Canada ranks 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.