Canada Poverty Rate 1971-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international 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 rate for 2018 was 0.70%, a 0% increase from 2017.
- Canada poverty rate for 2017 was 0.70%, a 0.3% decline from 2016.
- Canada poverty rate for 2016 was 1.00%, a 0% increase from 2015.
- Canada poverty rate for 2015 was 1.00%, a 0% increase from 2014.
| Canada Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2017 |
0.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2016 |
1.00% |
0.00% |
| 2015 |
1.00% |
0.00% |
| 2014 |
1.00% |
0.00% |
| 2013 |
1.00% |
0.30% |
| 2012 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2011 |
0.70% |
0.20% |
| 2010 |
0.50% |
-0.20% |
| 2009 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2008 |
0.70% |
0.20% |
| 2007 |
0.50% |
-0.20% |
| 2006 |
0.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2005 |
1.00% |
0.30% |
| 2004 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2003 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2002 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 2001 |
0.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2000 |
1.00% |
-0.20% |
| 1999 |
1.20% |
0.00% |
| 1998 |
1.20% |
0.20% |
| 1997 |
1.00% |
0.00% |
| 1996 |
1.00% |
0.30% |
| 1994 |
0.70% |
0.00% |
| 1991 |
0.70% |
-0.30% |
| 1987 |
1.00% |
-0.50% |
| 1981 |
1.50% |
-1.00% |
| 1975 |
2.50% |
-3.20% |
| 1971 |
5.70% |
-3.20% |
