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Working Poverty Rate, 2002

Figures for 2002, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2002 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 95.113; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.100. The middle country reads 23.431. Against 2001, 112 values changed (33 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2002

HighestDR Congo

95.113

Lowest5 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.11395.1795.06195.163Adjusted
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa92.13492.2992.07293.127Imputation
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia89.49391.9188.25988.969Adjusted
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa87.81589.7085.52988.096Adjusted
BurundiBDIEastern Africa83.35184.1482.49084.943Adjusted
NigerNERWestern Africa83.07382.6683.39085.659Adjusted
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa81.84582.7680.94281.422Adjusted
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa80.54981.6679.51185.065Adjusted
UgandaUGAEastern Africa76.92879.0574.88877.181Adjusted
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa76.55679.6773.22080.832Adjusted
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa74.61377.0772.29276.159Adjusted
RwandaRWAEastern Africa72.44272.9671.99271.791Adjusted
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa71.24472.4970.23373.990Adjusted
MalawiMWIEastern Africa69.94873.1366.75769.670Adjusted
ChadTCDMiddle Africa69.20169.9268.62671.058Adjusted
MaliMLIWestern Africa68.88471.1467.19072.690Adjusted
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia68.56268.0068.96080.526Adjusted
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia65.90566.1465.68769.857Adjusted
BeninBENWestern Africa65.75466.1765.38169.355Adjusted
SenegalSENWestern Africa64.71967.1663.46271.438Adjusted
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa64.21765.1063.46166.770Adjusted
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa63.48361.7365.02767.765Adjusted
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa63.35164.0062.80465.474Adjusted
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa62.78664.2761.52165.465Adjusted
GhanaGHAWestern Africa58.99860.9857.17264.944Adjusted

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. DR Congo95.113
  2. Somalia92.134
  3. Uzbekistan89.493
  4. Mozambique87.815
  5. Burundi83.351

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100
  2. Syriashared0.100
  3. Surinameshared0.100
  4. Lebanonshared0.100
  5. Iraqshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.431. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (%)

    HighestDR Congo95.17

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 26.48

  • Men (%)

    HighestDR Congo95.061

    LowestSuriname0.095

    Middle country: 22.481

  • Aged 15-24 (%)

    HighestDR Congo95.163

    LowestLebanon0.025

    Middle country: 28.040

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 112values changed, of 117 in both
  • 33 · 79rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

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

  • 113 distinct values among 117

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 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, Real value, Imputation.

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) (2002). Working Poverty Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2002

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07Questions

Working Poverty Rate, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest working poverty in Working Poverty Rate, 2002?

DR Congo, at 95.113, of the 117 countries in the file.

What year does Working Poverty Rate, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Working Poverty Rate, 2002 cover?

117.

Where can I download Working Poverty Rate, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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