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Canada · Poverty at $3 a day (2021 PPP)

4,368 records across 168 reporting economies · %

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Canada · Poverty at $3 a day (2021 PPP)%. Underlying figures are available in the data table.00.20.30.40.6200020052010201520202025
Exact source values · %
Reporting yearCanadaSource status
20000.4No flag supplied
20010.3No flag supplied
20020.3No flag supplied
20030.3No flag supplied
20040.3No flag supplied
20050.3No flag supplied
20060.3No flag supplied
20070.2No flag supplied
20080.3No flag supplied
20090.3No flag supplied
20100.3No flag supplied
20110.3No flag supplied
20120.3No flag supplied
20130.5No flag supplied
20140.3No flag supplied
20150.4No flag supplied
20160.4No flag supplied
20170.4No flag supplied
20180.4No flag supplied
20190.4No flag supplied
20200.1No flag supplied
20210.2No flag supplied
20220.3No flag supplied
2023Not availableNo flag supplied
2024Not availableNo flag supplied
2025Not availableNo flag supplied

Source and methods

Poverty measures use 2021 PPP; survey income and consumption concepts vary. Do not mix earlier PPP vintages.

The World Bank: World Development Indicators: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.. Selected and formatted by World Signals Monitor. No publisher endorsement is implied.

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