Data for 2003

Working Poverty Rate, 2003

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2003
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2003, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2003 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 94.90; Iraq is lowest, at 0.09. The middle country reads 23.19. Against 2002, 113 values changed (35 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2003

HighestDR Congo

94.90

LowestIraq

0.09

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

117countries
4measures per country
2003the year it describes
114distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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Every country and every column of Working Poverty Rate, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2003: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	94.90	94.962	94.846	94.957	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	91.81	91.965	91.740	92.842	Imputation
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	89.78	92.101	88.580	89.249	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.33	89.231	85.025	87.514	Real value
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.24	83.997	82.415	84.771	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	82.70	82.281	83.025	85.347	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	80.25	81.344	79.243	84.824	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	77.99	79.063	76.927	77.478	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.24	77.470	73.107	75.505	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	74.56	77.877	71.016	79.239	Real value
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	72.60	73.166	72.100	71.871	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	71.91	73.077	70.955	74.497	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	70.42	73.532	67.300	70.111	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.89	71.813	66.159	70.766	Real value
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.37	66.804	65.984	69.834	Real value
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	66.31	67.153	65.593	68.894	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	65.76	66.751	64.972	68.040	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.32	67.885	63.397	69.567	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	65.02	65.194	64.867	68.900	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.81	66.129	63.616	68.408	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	64.31	65.703	63.123	66.727	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.39	62.054	64.325	77.423	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	63.26	61.558	64.746	67.458	Real value
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	62.17	64.981	60.722	69.265	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	59.51	60.355	58.807	61.757	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.37	60.529	56.388	64.876	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.14	58.007	58.258	58.062	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.19	56.233	57.946	60.126	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.06	57.307	56.838	65.414	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.63	58.382	53.519	59.990	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.52	58.108	51.121	61.051	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.48	54.503	50.704	56.612	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.25	51.465	52.836	53.584	Real value
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.21	55.029	49.262	57.566	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	51.98	61.921	43.838	60.102	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	51.40	51.014	51.538	52.210	Real value
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.56	49.567	47.170	48.697	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47.41	43.389	50.959	54.969	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.58	49.599	44.548	50.284	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	44.15	49.039	42.233	46.481	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.58	44.233	43.219	46.443	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.10	45.530	41.084	59.499	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39.54	46.075	33.709	60.640	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.56	40.576	36.900	33.311	Imputation
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.87	41.428	33.154	43.826	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.37	37.388	35.387	43.799	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.51	37.127	33.970	39.029	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.58	36.086	31.436	34.563	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.53	31.071	29.972	38.013	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.99	32.571	25.628	31.311	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.47	28.581	28.394	36.828	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.13	30.804	26.106	36.723	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	27.99	19.064	32.417	28.572	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.94	31.673	23.340	33.270	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.90	28.074	25.766	37.485	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.70	30.058	22.342	32.608	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.78	25.395	22.681	30.905	Real value
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.48	26.922	21.139	32.197	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.19	33.450	12.773	21.369	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.07	21.726	22.267	23.211	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	21.29	22.237	20.565	26.440	Real value
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17.96	13.382	22.642	28.780	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.05	30.836	7.349	7.670	Imputation
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.49	17.406	15.849	18.128	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.33	15.377	16.914	22.707	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.18	15.613	16.445	18.704	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.88	10.198	19.937	22.580	Real value
Colombia`COL`South America	15.79	12.433	17.910	20.610	Real value
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.26	13.769	16.205	18.339	Real value
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.05	2.632	17.982	9.117	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.90	8.711	16.383	18.889	Imputation
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.16	13.711	12.675	16.128	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.82	13.464	12.608	16.084	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.59	14.288	11.780	13.719	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	12.34	7.975	14.800	19.095	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.91	11.818	11.983	10.169	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	11.77	11.104	12.224	13.787	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.71	5.972	12.280	6.352	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.53	6.376	11.158	13.990	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	9.17	7.639	10.632	13.695	Real value
Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.16	6.921	10.503	10.954	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	9.10	7.929	9.601	11.442	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.94	5.892	8.977	7.766	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7.33	7.650	7.200	8.453	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.04	5.997	7.526	7.838	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.73	9.460	5.057	8.618	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.19	6.224	6.166	8.825	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.82	7.934	3.648	6.167	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	5.40	5.696	5.199	5.744	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	5.19	5.024	5.271	4.897	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.94	1.254	6.157	1.311	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.40	3.333	4.965	4.161	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.98	7.530	1.364	1.058	Imputation
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.74	3.589	3.852	3.508	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.70	0.302	4.373	1.913	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.44	0.755	4.634	3.419	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.22	3.096	3.330	4.241	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.83	4.296	1.097	0.640	Imputation
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.18	2.023	2.219	2.648	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.12	2.259	2.021	2.961	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.74	0.922	1.873	1.125	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.54	2.264	0.788	0.927	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.46	0.590	1.906	1.690	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.83	0.563	0.865	1.037	Real value
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.62	0.367	0.819	0.500	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.46	0.590	0.399	0.755	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.35	0.419	0.275	0.201	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.34	0.374	0.311	0.402	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.29	0.287	0.297	0.201	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.28	0.259	0.299	0.098	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.27	0.286	0.253	0.334	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.18	0.077	0.198	0.074	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.10	0.013	0.125	0.025	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10	0.110	0.095	0.094	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.10	0.005	0.120	0.105	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.10	0.094	0.103	0.116	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.09	0.004	0.098	0.107	Adjusted

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

DR Congo94.90
Somalia91.81
Uzbekistan89.78
Mozambique87.33
Burundi83.24

Lowest

Iraq0.09
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.10
Syriashared0.10
Surinameshared0.10
Lebanonshared0.10

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestDR Congo94.962
LowestIraq0.004
Middle country: 25.395
Men (%)
HighestDR Congo94.846
LowestSuriname0.095
Middle country: 22.267
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestDR Congo94.957
LowestLebanon0.025
Middle country: 28.572

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 117 in both
35 · 78rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Liberia47.82 → 64.81+16.99
Zimbabwe24.48 → 30.53+6.06
Honduras23.43 → 27.99+4.56
Venezuela17.66 → 22.07+4.42
Côte d’Ivoire43.76 → 46.58+2.82

Fell most

Vietnam46.39 → 36.37−10.02
Argentina12.82 → 5.40−7.42
Bolivia22.81 → 16.49−6.31
Tajikistan58.51 → 52.25−6.27
Burkina Faso74.61 → 68.89−5.72

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

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114 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2003). Working Poverty Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2003

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