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Canada Poverty Rate 1980s

Name: Canada Poverty Rate 1980s
Creator: World Bank
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Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15/day · World Bank

0.85% decade average (1980-1989)

Canada's poverty rate during the 1980s ranged from 0.50% (1987) to 1.20% (1989), averaging 0.85% over 8 years of data.

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1980s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1981	1.00%	−0.20pp	7th
1982	0.70%	−0.30pp	3rd
1984	1.00%	+0.30pp	5th
1985	0.70%	−0.30pp	6th
1986	1.00%	+0.30pp	9th
1987	0.50%	−0.50pp	8th
1988	0.70%	+0.20pp	7th
1989	1.20%	+0.50pp	11th