Data for 2004

Working Poverty Rate, 2004

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2004
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2004, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2004 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 94.528; Mauritius is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 21.893. Against 2003, 113 values changed (21 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2004

HighestDR Congo

94.528

LowestMauritius

0.016

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

117countries
4measures per country
2004the year it describes
112distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Working Poverty Rate, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2004: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	94.528	94.608	94.447	94.595	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	91.439	91.609	91.370	92.526	Imputation
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	87.592	90.089	86.295	87.093	Imputation
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.279	88.331	83.802	86.485	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	82.681	82.266	82.999	85.339	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.900	82.672	81.067	83.467	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	80.925	81.987	79.938	85.379	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.345	74.573	72.130	72.775	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.310	75.650	71.050	73.599	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	72.958	76.392	69.298	78.047	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	71.413	72.065	70.842	70.612	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	70.996	74.003	67.965	70.627	Real value
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.899	71.180	68.855	72.700	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.469	71.424	65.723	70.303	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	67.924	68.749	67.218	70.554	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	66.971	69.407	65.143	71.051	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	64.605	66.161	63.291	67.329	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	64.303	63.637	64.907	68.163	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.176	65.539	62.943	67.862	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	63.327	63.510	63.158	67.221	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	60.662	58.890	62.196	65.076	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	58.445	61.814	56.703	66.070	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.293	58.531	58.075	66.318	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	57.666	55.324	59.289	74.267	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.416	59.760	55.271	64.552	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.384	56.276	58.269	60.676	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.117	57.133	57.102	57.476	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.800	57.619	52.602	59.275	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.505	58.103	51.091	61.052	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	51.081	53.364	49.295	55.845	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.070	53.993	48.067	56.682	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.578	50.547	46.838	53.025	Imputation
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	47.306	46.725	47.519	47.108	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.462	49.386	44.442	50.163	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44.850	46.013	43.874	48.281	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	43.863	48.712	41.943	46.220	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.608	39.513	47.225	51.707	Real value
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.362	43.491	43.291	45.965	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	41.401	44.798	40.701	42.884	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.618	44.990	32.942	59.702	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.447	40.583	36.681	33.058	Imputation
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.446	40.572	36.689	56.200	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.274	37.935	34.690	39.719	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.337	38.686	30.795	41.657	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.145	31.938	35.751	40.913	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.887	33.571	32.186	40.110	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.361	33.899	29.216	32.395	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.280	30.373	28.222	36.748	Real value
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.093	32.514	25.895	31.060	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	28.822	32.004	26.266	40.752	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	27.304	18.508	31.592	27.940	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.571	27.692	25.481	37.158	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	26.565	26.512	26.604	35.003	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.411	28.717	24.634	34.725	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.169	29.325	21.983	30.922	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	24.574	25.735	23.679	29.011	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.140	29.384	21.808	31.907	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.473	26.836	21.151	32.259	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	21.893	23.343	20.895	28.906	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	21.842	31.368	12.270	20.281	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	18.194	17.459	18.617	19.369	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.090	16.242	17.637	23.847	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.770	13.425	20.223	25.084	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.856	2.661	18.728	9.465	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.600	13.412	16.959	19.051	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14.922	27.415	6.335	6.887	Imputation
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.555	14.101	14.762	17.203	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	13.638	10.968	15.308	17.312	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.146	7.776	15.723	18.089	Imputation
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.360	7.756	15.562	18.082	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.874	12.297	11.733	14.812	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.283	8.373	12.742	11.082	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	11.282	7.105	13.637	17.713	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.810	11.823	10.093	10.215	Real value
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10.621	12.417	9.752	11.804	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.996	5.599	11.449	6.028	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	9.780	9.117	10.231	11.774	Real value
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.699	10.097	9.352	12.447	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	9.118	8.039	9.595	11.519	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.391	5.596	9.875	12.505	Real value
Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.932	5.915	7.416	7.726	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.743	4.929	7.901	8.616	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.707	9.460	5.040	8.617	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.314	6.942	5.993	9.436	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5.763	5.753	5.772	5.022	Real value
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.193	4.148	6.194	7.353	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.231	4.326	4.199	5.782	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.178	3.181	4.687	3.811	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.988	1.040	4.970	1.037	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	3.721	3.664	3.751	3.557	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	3.685	3.802	3.606	3.945	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.564	6.794	1.187	0.940	Imputation
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.067	2.938	3.165	2.813	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.050	0.260	3.651	1.751	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.843	2.447	2.929	3.498	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.780	0.593	3.744	2.630	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.534	2.411	2.637	3.698	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.248	3.537	0.676	0.479	Imputation
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.203	2.983	1.401	2.471	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.608	1.624	1.597	2.807	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.183	1.760	0.581	0.729	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.163	0.567	1.261	0.763	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.004	0.406	1.312	1.160	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.819	0.453	1.085	0.567	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.345	0.363	0.328	0.442	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.330	0.201	0.348	0.365	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.196	0.210	0.187	0.243	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.150	0.145	0.153	0.049	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.129	0.153	0.106	0.073	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.005	0.115	0.118	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.014	0.125	0.026	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.052	0.111	0.042	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.108	0.095	0.098	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.004	0.119	0.086	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.093	0.104	0.124	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.055	0.058	0.052	0.032	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.016	0.020	0.014	0.025	Adjusted

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

DR Congo94.528
Somalia91.439
Uzbekistan87.592
Mozambique86.279
Niger82.681

Lowest

Mauritius0.016
Azerbaijan0.055
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100
Syriashared0.100
Surinameshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 21.893. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestDR Congo94.608
LowestSyria0.004
Middle country: 25.735
Men (%)
HighestDR Congo94.447
LowestMauritius0.014
Middle country: 20.895
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestDR Congo94.595
LowestMauritius0.025
Middle country: 27.940

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 117 in both
21 · 92rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic7.936 → 11.283+3.347
Peru21.292 → 24.574+3.282
Zimbabwe30.530 → 32.887+2.357
Mali65.322 → 66.971+1.649
Guinea-Bissau66.312 → 67.924+1.612

Fell most

Kyrgyzstan51.979 → 28.822−23.157
Tajikistan52.246 → 34.145−18.101
Chad65.757 → 51.081−14.676
Ethiopia59.513 → 44.850−14.663
Vietnam36.372 → 29.280−7.092

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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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.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2004). Working Poverty Rate, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2004

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