Canada vs Mauritania: Palma ratio

Canada
1.19
in 2022
Mauritania
1.21
in 2019
Canada rank
85th
Mauritania rank
83rd

Palma ratio over time

  • Canada
  • Mauritania
0123197119962022

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 1.21 against 1.19 in Canada, a difference of 0.0226.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Mauritania ahead.

Canada ranks 85th and Mauritania ranks 83rd of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Palma ratio
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

The Palma ratio is a measure of inequality that divides the share received by the richest 10% by the share of the poorest 40%. Higher values indicate higher inequality.