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Working Poverty Rate, 2001

Figures for 2001, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2001 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 95.098; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.100. The middle country reads 23.520. Against 2000, 110 values changed (39 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2001

HighestDR Congo

95.098

Lowest6 countries share it

0.100

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Working Poverty Rate, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 117 countries · select a heading to sort

Working Poverty Rate, 2001: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.09895.15895.03695.155Adjusted
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa92.42192.56592.36193.378Imputation
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia89.83092.26488.60989.234Adjusted
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa88.02889.91985.72188.403Adjusted
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa86.19686.90585.49885.892Adjusted
BurundiBDIEastern Africa84.83585.60183.99486.380Adjusted
NigerNERWestern Africa83.91683.52084.22286.385Adjusted
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa81.80684.35179.07085.064Adjusted
UgandaUGAEastern Africa77.93979.96675.99078.117Adjusted
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa77.11179.39374.94378.614Adjusted
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa76.40377.68975.17881.681Adjusted
RwandaRWAEastern Africa75.55175.92175.23475.053Adjusted
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa72.80873.96671.86875.406Adjusted
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia72.64272.56072.70083.051Adjusted
ChadTCDMiddle Africa71.11471.68070.65972.755Adjusted
MaliMLIWestern Africa69.48171.68267.82773.217Adjusted
MalawiMWIEastern Africa68.27771.63364.92268.061Adjusted
BeninBENWestern Africa66.33166.67466.03369.932Adjusted
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia65.44066.07764.96465.905Adjusted
SenegalSENWestern Africa65.13067.50363.91871.766Real value
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia64.89465.14164.66968.891Adjusted
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa62.84363.82962.00265.582Adjusted
GambiaGMBWestern Africa61.81563.70260.15365.311Imputation
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa61.30759.45562.94665.877Adjusted
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia60.13566.53456.37163.763Adjusted

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. DR Congo95.098
  2. Somalia92.421
  3. Uzbekistan89.830
  4. Mozambique88.028
  5. Tanzania86.196

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100
  2. Syriashared0.100
  3. Surinameshared0.100
  4. Palestineshared0.100
  5. Lebanonshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.520. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 110values changed, of 117 in both
  • 39 · 71rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

  • 112 distinct values among 117

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 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.

05The 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

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) (2001). Working Poverty Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2001

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07Questions

Working Poverty Rate, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest working poverty in Working Poverty Rate, 2001?

DR Congo, at 95.098, of the 117 countries in the file.

What year does Working Poverty Rate, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Working Poverty Rate, 2001 cover?

117.

Where can I download Working Poverty Rate, 2001?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Working Poverty Rate, 2001 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Working Poverty Rate, 2025.

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