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Canada: Poverty gap at $8.30 a day

0.30percent · 2022-25.0% since 2012

Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $8.30 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. Reported as: 2021 PPP. Annual figures for Canada from 1971 to 2022.

19822022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20220.3
20210.3
20200.2
20190.4
20180.4
20170.4
20160.5
20150.5
20140.5
20130.5
20120.4
20110.4
20100.3
20090.4
20080.4
20070.3
20060.4
20050.5
20040.4
20030.4
20020.4
20010.4
20000.5
19990.6
19980.6
19970.5
19960.6
19950.9
19941
19931.3
19921
19911.4
19901.3
19891.3
19880.8
19870.8
19861.2
19850.9
19841.1
19821
19811.1
19791.5
19771.8
19751.9
19732.2
19713.2

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Poverty gap at $8.30 a day. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-poverty-gap-at-8-30-a-day (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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