Goal 1 · People
No poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
- Canada’s rating
- Challenges remain
- Moderately improving
- Canada’s goal score
- 99.9/ 100
- +0.1 points since 2015; 2nd in the G7
- G7 countries improving
- 3 of 7
- Decreasing: Germany, United Kingdom
- G7 achieved or with challenges remaining
- 6 of 7
- 1 significant, 0 major challenges
How the G7 compare
Goal 1 score, 2005–2025
Score out of 100 on the globally comparable indicators. Canada is the thick line. Dashed: OECD and all-country averages.
Indicator by indicator
The goal colour is driven by each country’s two worst indicators, so read the whole row before judging a country.
Goal 1 indicators for the G7
Latest value, with the rating colour and trend arrow. Hover a cell for the year of the data. ◆ marks indicators about effects on other countries (spillovers); † marks OECD dashboard indicators that are not in the SDG Index score.
| Indicator | Green threshold | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00/day (%) | 2 | 0.048 | 0.059 | 0.089 | 0.533 | 0.376 | 0.02 | 0.495 |
| Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20/day (%) | 2 | 0.061 | 0.08 | 0.116 | 0.783 | 0.536 | 0.035 | 0.684 |
| Poverty rate after taxes and transfers (%) † | 10 | 12.2 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 12.6 | 18.1 |
Explore one indicator over time
Poverty rate after taxes and transfers (%)
The share of the population whose incomes fall below half the median disposable income for the entire population. The income threshold for relative poverty changes over time with changes in median disposable income.
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The rest of the world
Goal 1 score around the world, 2025
Goal score out of 100 (globally comparable indicators). G7 countries are outlined.
G7 countries are outlined; Canada has the thickest outline.
Workshop questions
Which G7 country has the highest Goal 1 score, and which has the lowest? Do their dashboard colours tell the same story as their scores?
Show a hint
Colours come from each country’s two worst indicators, while the score is the average of all indicators in the index.
Why does Goal 1 look ‘achieved’ in the SDG Index score but not on the dashboard for most G7 countries? Which indicator makes the difference?
Compare relative poverty after taxes and transfers across the G7. What would you need to know about tax and benefit systems to explain the ranking?
For Canada, find the oldest data point among this goal’s indicators. How might an old value change the colour or arrow you see?
Pick one indicator where Canada is stagnating. Use the Trend lab to calculate the annual change needed to reach the green threshold by 2030, and compare it with Canada’s pace since 2015.