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Jagmeet Singh

Jagmeet Singh

🇨🇦Canada

Rank #325
Score: 41
About Jagmeet Singh

Jagmeet Singh (b.1979) led the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2017–2025 and served as a federal MP for Burnaby-area ridings. A lawyer by training, Singh raised the profile of progressive issues (housing, inequality, labour rights) and expanded youth and immigrant engagement, becoming a prominent national opposition figure.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Canada HDI (country context) — modern value ~0.9390/10
Source: UNDP — Human Development (country context) (2023)
GDP per capita
Country GDP per capita (context)0/10
Source: World Bank — Canada GDP data (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini index (country context)0/10
Source: Statistics Canada — inequality tables (2023)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (country context)0/5
Source: Statistics Canada — LFS (2025)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Canada rated Free (context)1/10
Source: Freedom House — Canada report (2023)
Corruption index
Transparency International — Canada CPI (context)1/5
Source: Transparency International — Canada page (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
No major criminal convictions; acts of civil disobedience / arrests as protestor not recorded as convictions20/20
Source: Public record / press (no convictions) (2025)