Data for 2000

Working Poverty Rate, 2000

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

Figures for 2000, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2000 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 94.591; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.100. The middle country reads 24.763.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2000

HighestDR Congo

94.591

Lowest8 countries share it

0.100

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

117countries
4measures per country
2000the year it describes
110distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Working Poverty Rate, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 117 countries · select a heading to sort

Working Poverty Rate, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	94.591	94.680	94.499	94.669	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	92.646	92.787	92.588	93.575	Imputation
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	90.172	92.578	88.982	89.572	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	88.344	90.216	86.051	88.787	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.038	88.645	87.442	87.780	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.937	86.698	85.100	87.476	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	85.140	84.770	85.428	87.428	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.370	84.212	80.608	83.670	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	81.703	82.732	80.930	83.793	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.888	80.816	77.030	79.006	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	77.978	80.961	74.763	82.045	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	77.584	77.836	77.372	77.254	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	76.408	76.644	76.238	85.564	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	75.882	77.205	74.624	81.124	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	74.386	75.472	73.506	76.841	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	74.079	74.449	73.779	75.432	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	71.705	72.667	70.989	71.943	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	67.291	67.531	67.088	70.874	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	66.267	68.026	64.732	69.517	Imputation
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.979	68.248	64.828	72.475	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.148	67.802	60.502	64.069	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.856	71.692	59.009	67.575	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	61.907	62.222	61.621	66.037	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.810	62.891	60.884	64.713	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	61.728	71.772	53.186	67.630	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	60.772	61.566	60.103	63.106	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.788	57.865	61.502	64.567	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	59.780	61.427	58.251	64.737	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.228	58.415	58.058	66.276	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.143	57.949	58.324	57.178	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.141	60.614	56.346	62.242	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	57.807	59.630	56.244	61.373	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	55.337	51.536	58.696	61.986	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.617	58.186	51.263	61.098	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	54.533	56.842	52.604	67.131	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	53.171	52.354	53.447	53.379	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.999	52.144	53.682	53.408	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.770	52.164	50.513	51.824	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.384	53.365	47.237	56.408	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.786	55.737	42.517	66.756	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48.422	50.190	46.828	54.688	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	44.188	49.191	42.264	46.516	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.096	46.682	40.890	47.403	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.236	41.566	38.928	47.135	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.353	41.008	37.985	34.474	Imputation
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.611	43.343	34.720	45.439	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	36.585	39.574	35.632	38.072	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.656	35.794	27.721	34.407	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	31.233	31.713	30.918	39.229	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.569	31.870	29.313	34.575	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	29.993	28.773	30.677	35.855	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.989	30.914	29.191	32.691	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29.849	32.803	27.898	37.703	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.137	31.175	25.840	36.786	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.633	32.163	22.612	34.090	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	26.223	27.450	25.374	33.103	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.783	26.938	24.664	36.348	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.388	30.936	22.992	33.624	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.763	25.276	24.396	30.415	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.696	35.263	11.641	22.179	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.641	27.192	21.265	32.264	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	23.065	14.397	27.480	24.961	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.720	21.912	21.521	29.063	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	21.117	29.003	13.067	20.267	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.110	16.392	26.099	34.877	Imputation
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.794	32.774	13.235	10.919	Imputation
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.883	18.577	20.994	15.714	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	17.541	14.521	19.381	21.463	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.526	16.037	18.473	21.101	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17.305	15.974	18.570	24.352	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.801	15.768	17.283	19.004	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.702	11.374	19.070	22.362	Imputation
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.560	17.489	16.124	17.558	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.349	17.862	15.854	19.926	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.241	8.827	17.944	20.166	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	13.182	8.752	15.440	19.638	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	12.957	11.916	13.610	15.142	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.810	7.153	14.723	7.278	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.519	11.951	12.860	13.755	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.487	2.537	15.472	7.898	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	11.841	7.410	14.213	18.467	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.745	6.959	11.362	12.184	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.501	7.992	10.171	10.470	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	9.402	8.056	9.982	11.511	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.902	0.640	10.240	3.963	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7.190	7.110	7.258	9.497	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.064	10.249	3.796	3.903	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.940	1.559	8.671	1.931	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.769	4.829	7.722	6.596	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.433	5.130	7.134	6.803	Real value
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.051	8.472	4.525	7.712	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.879	3.954	6.812	6.319	Real value
Chile`CHL`South America	5.730	5.451	5.871	5.619	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5.280	3.279	6.009	8.593	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.934	9.233	1.829	1.329	Imputation
Argentina`ARG`South America	4.772	5.005	4.610	4.917	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.767	6.694	2.674	2.358	Imputation
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.683	4.490	4.831	4.558	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.174	2.396	4.445	2.812	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.665	0.889	4.952	4.307	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.732	3.247	2.248	2.201	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.273	2.588	2.034	2.739	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.390	0.537	1.816	1.723	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.725	0.924	0.633	1.147	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.679	0.111	0.763	1.038	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.555	0.252	0.787	0.667	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.549	0.428	0.671	0.542	Imputation
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.485	0.365	0.563	0.198	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.243	0.252	0.235	0.329	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.100	0.081	0.104	0.120	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.003	0.113	0.147	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.012	0.125	0.024	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.013	0.116	0.083	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.113	0.094	0.087	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.003	0.121	0.072	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.094	0.103	0.119	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.104	0.097	0.138	Adjusted

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

DR Congo94.591
Somalia92.646
Uzbekistan90.172
Mozambique88.344
Tanzania88.038

Lowest

Uruguayshared0.100
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100
Syriashared0.100
Surinameshared0.100
Palestineshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 24.763. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestDR Congo94.680
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 28.773
Men (%)
HighestDR Congo94.499
LowestSuriname0.094
Middle country: 24.396
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestDR Congo94.669
LowestLebanon0.024
Middle country: 32.691

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

110 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 117 countries has every column.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Adjusted, Imputation, Real value.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
117 rows · 6.9 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download working-poverty-2000-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
ILO’s own file, on its own site.
https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator/?id=SDG_0111_SEX_AGE_RT&format=.csv&channel=ilostat

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2000). Working Poverty Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2000

0526 held

Other years

‹ The year before
This is the first year held here.
The year after ›
Working Poverty Rate, 2001
117 countries
All of them
Working Poverty Rate: every year
26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

06Questions