Social Development in Canada 164 indicators covering social development for Canada. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 215 2025 down 35.6% 143rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 down 44.8% 188th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.8% 187th Political Rights Score 39 2025 down 2.5% 9th Freedom Score 97 2025 down 2.0% 6th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 314,469 2025 up 1,501.9% 4th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0075 units per person 2025 up 1,273.2% 10th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 974.8% 43rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -38.75 % change on previous year 2025 down 107.6% 137th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 7.67 % change on previous year 2025 down 56.3% 54th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.456 2025 down 40.8% 127th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.943 2025 down 2.9% 34th Political Corruption Index 0.026 2025 up 23.8% 166th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.026 2025 up 23.8% 166th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.87 2024 down 21.6% 54th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,279.4% 191st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0225 units per square kilometre 2023 up 811.9% 78th LGBT+ Rights Index 9.18 2019 up 19.1% 18th Forcibly displaced people 730,497 2025 up 369.7% 40th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 106 years 2025 up 10.4% 6th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 75 2024 down 7.4% 15th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.24 2024 down 6.9% 47th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.5 2024 down 6.9% 49th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.78 2024 down 6.9% 12th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0403 2024 up 7.5% 139th Self-reported life satisfaction 6.74 2025 down 9.0% 24th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.74 2025 down 9.0% 24th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 39.4% 2024 down 14.0% 93rd Homicide rate 1.98 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 37.3% 104th Homicides 778 homicides 2023 up 52.8% 41st Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.98 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 37.3% 104th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.98 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 37.3% 103rd Age of electoral democracy 105 years 2025 up 10.5% 7th States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 — 1st Citizen support for democracy 0.8493 2020 up 0.1% 21st Homicides 306 deaths 2022 down 37.9% 32nd Child homicide rate 0.4429 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 33.9% 47th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.9272 2020 up 11.5% 22nd Homicide rate 0.7971 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 43.5% 74th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.7971 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 43.5% 74th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 626.21 deaths 2021 up 3.5% 77th Homicide rate 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.8% 144th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.64 2021 down 6.9% 139th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 2.92 million 2030 down 26.4% 41st States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.04 2030 up 1.6% 36th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →