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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 old

82.1years

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 old

5.4per 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 old

12per 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 old

11.31% 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 old

1.25births 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 old

95.0% 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 old

4.84% 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 old

55,698current 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 old

66,746international $

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 old

0.3% 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 old

31.5index, 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 old

6.9% 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 old

2.1% 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 old

1.31% 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 old

100.0% 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 old

96.9% 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 old

94.4% 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 old

14.01t 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 old

41.7mpeople

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.