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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Income inequality (Gini) in Canada

1971 – 2022 · 46 data points 20 of 27 · Countries Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Canada

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1971 – 2022

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Latest value · 2022 31.5 +1.3% since 2021
Countries · 2022 20 of 27 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2012 −6.0% −0.3% a year on average
Income inequality (Gini), 1971 – 2022 index
−6.0% since 2012

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1971 – 2022

The series at a glance Canada · 1971 – 2022
Latest value 31.5 · 2022
First value 37.2 · 1971
Highest 37.2 · 1971
Lowest 29.9 · 2020
Average change −0.3% a year on average
Data points 46

By year

All years · 1971 – 2022

YearCanadaChange
2022 31.5 +1.3%
2021 31.1 +4.0%
2020 29.9 −6.0%
2019 31.8 −2.2%
2018 32.5 −2.4%
2017 33.3 +1.8%
2016 32.7 −3.0%
2015 33.7 +1.5%
2014 33.2 −1.8%
2013 33.8 +0.9%
2012 33.5 +2.4%
2011 32.7 −2.7%
2010 33.6 −1.2%
2009 34.0 +0.3%
2008 33.9 +0.3%
2007 33.8 −0.9%
2006 34.1 +1.5%
2005 33.6 −0.6%
2004 33.8 ±0.0%
2003 33.8 +0.6%
2002 33.6 ±0.0%
2001 33.6 +0.6%
2000 33.4 +0.9%
1999 33.1 −0.3%
1998 33.2 +0.3%
1997 33.1 +0.9%
1996 32.8 +4.1%
1995 31.5 +0.6%
1994 31.3 −1.3%
1993 31.7 +0.3%
1992 31.6 −0.9%
1991 31.9 +1.6%
1990 31.4 +1.3%
1989 31.0 −0.6%
1988 31.2 −1.6%
1987 31.7 ±0.0%
1986 31.7 −4.5%
1985 33.2 −0.9%
1984 33.5 +1.8%
1982 32.9 −0.3%
1981 33.0 −1.5%
1979 33.5 −0.6%
1977 33.7 −1.2%
1975 34.1 −2.3%
1973 34.9 −6.2%
1971 37.2

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1971 – 2022

Ranking · Countries

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryIncome inequality (Gini)
5 Argentina 42.4
2 Brazil 52.9
8 Bulgaria 39.0
21 Canada 31.1
10 China 35.8
1 Colombia 55.1
26 Czechia 26.2
3 Ecuador 45.8
23 Egypt 28.5
25 Finland 27.7
20 France 31.5
16 Germany 33.6
17 Greece 32.9
11 Indonesia 35.5
13 Italy 34.8
9 Lithuania 36.7
27 Netherlands 25.7
22 Norway 29.1
6 Philippines 40.7
24 Poland 28.5
15 Romania 33.9
12 Russia 35.1
18 South Korea 32.9
14 Spain 33.9
4 Türkiye 44.4
19 United Kingdom 32.4
7 United States 39.7

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

What it means

How unequally income is shared: 0 means everyone has the same, 100 means one person has everything.

How it is calculated

Gini index of income or consumption from household surveys.