Canada vs China: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Canada buys about what

$56.63

buys in China, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in China buys what $177 buys in Canada. Prices across Canada's economy average 177% of China's, so a dollar goes 77% further in China.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureCanadaChina
Economy
Population41.7 million1.41 billion
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$2.32 trillion$19.5 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$55,698$13,862
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$66,746$29,333
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%83%47%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.20 in the US$2.12 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.72 a day2022 survey · $23,623 a year · income$13.45 a day2022 survey · $4,909 a year · consumption
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureCanadaChina
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$2.78 trillion$41.3 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar1.167Canadian dollar3.398Chinese yuan
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$56,420$14,230
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$66,820$29,160

World Bank income groups: Canada, high income; China, upper middle income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Canada
  • China
Year-by-year table
YearCanadaChina
2025$57,990$25,067
2024$57,534$23,841
2023$58,088$22,687
2022$58,583$21,499
2021$56,995$20,843
2020$54,093$19,215
2019$57,584$18,821
2018$57,337$17,807
2017$56,612$16,758
2016$55,606$15,773
2015$55,661$14,857
2014$55,723$13,969
2013$54,712$13,081
2012$54,035$12,218
2011$53,681$11,405
2010$52,558$10,476
2009$51,552$9,519
2008$53,712$8,744
2007$53,762$8,014
2006$53,196$7,057
2005$52,357$6,298
2004$51,211$5,684
2003$50,140$5,192
2002$49,695$4,744
2001$48,774$4,372
2000$48,399$4,066

Canada vs China: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.