Development Ledger · North America
Canada
HDI rank 16 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.939
+0.074 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.867
7.7% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
82.6 yrs
Expected schooling 15.9 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$54,688
Mean schooling 13.9 yrs
HDI over Time
Canada against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.963
Education0.905
Income0.952
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.80. A child born today will be 80% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Canada against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.