Canada vs India: 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

$27.56

buys in India, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in India buys what $363 buys in Canada. Prices across Canada's economy average 363% of India's, so a dollar goes 3.6 times as far in India.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureCanadaIndia
Economy
Population41.7 million1.46 billion
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$2.32 trillion$3.96 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$55,698$2,702
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$66,746$11,748
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%83%23%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.20 in the US$4.35 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.72 a day2022 survey · $23,623 a year · income$5.94 a day2023 survey · $2,168 a year · consumption
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureCanadaIndia
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$2.78 trillion$17.2 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar1.167Canadian dollar20.09Indian rupee
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$56,420$2,760
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$66,820$11,600

World Bank income groups: Canada, high income; India, lower 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
  • India
Year-by-year table
YearCanadaIndia
2025$57,990$10,039
2024$57,534$9,416
2023$58,088$8,871
2022$58,583$8,347
2021$56,995$7,819
2020$54,093$7,187
2019$57,584$7,702
2018$57,337$7,493
2017$56,612$7,116
2016$55,606$6,741
2015$55,661$6,302
2014$55,723$5,905
2013$54,712$5,567
2012$54,035$5,304
2011$53,681$5,099
2010$52,558$4,914
2009$51,552$4,595
2008$53,712$4,322
2007$53,762$4,254
2006$53,196$4,011
2005$52,357$3,770
2004$51,211$3,551
2003$50,140$3,347
2002$49,695$3,157
2001$48,774$3,097
2000$48,399$3,010

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