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Canada
North America · High income · capital Ottawa
Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old82.1years
Ranks 34 of 217 in 2024
10% above world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old5.4per 1,000 live births
Ranks 43 of 196 in 2024
64% below world median · 9% below North America
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old12per 100,000 live births
Ranks 51 of 194 in 2023
74% below world median · 17% below North America
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Health spending
2024 · 2 years old11.31% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
17% above world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.25births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
34% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Primary enrolment
2023 · 3 years old95.0% gross
Ranks 126 of 166 in 2023
5% below world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Education spending
2022 · 4 years old4.84% of GDP
Ranks 52 of 164 in 2022
19% above world median · 46% above North America
Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old55,698current US$
Ranks 21 of 186 in 2025
6.1× above world median · 24% below North America
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old66,746international $
Ranks 24 of 185 in 2025
2.3× above world median · 15% below North America
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2022 · 4 years old0.3% of population
Ranks 19 of 73 in 2022
73% below world median · 65% below North America
Medians computed across 73 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2022 · 4 years old31.5index, 0–100
Ranks 23 of 73 in 2022
7% below world median · 14% below North America
Medians computed across 73 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old6.9% of labour force
Ranks 125 of 182 in 2025
36% above world median · 24% above North America
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old2.1% per year
Not ranked — no better end
32% below world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.31% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
17% below world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old96.9% of population
Ranks 41 of 148 in 2024
20% above world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old94.4% of population
Ranks 33 of 182 in 2024
15% above world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old14.01t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
4.5× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old41.7mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
5.4× above world median · about the same North America
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Canada has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.