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Working Poverty Rate, 2005

Figures for 2005, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2005 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 94.137; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 19.675. Against 2004, 111 values changed (25 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2005

HighestDR Congo

94.137

LowestRussia

0.010

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.13794.24994.02494.224Adjusted
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa90.99891.17890.92592.148Imputation
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa85.34787.50982.74685.555Adjusted
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia85.01487.63483.64584.490Imputation
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa81.70782.73680.74485.999Real value
BurundiBDIEastern Africa81.48982.25580.66983.051Adjusted
NigerNERWestern Africa81.39180.96081.71984.221Real value
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa71.37374.92667.59576.552Adjusted
MalawiMWIEastern Africa71.29974.28268.28570.940Adjusted
UgandaUGAEastern Africa70.98273.45368.58071.321Real value
RwandaRWAEastern Africa69.43670.20768.76068.590Adjusted
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa69.16770.48368.09372.032Adjusted
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa68.77770.09567.47168.218Adjusted
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa67.55770.56964.78169.364Adjusted
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa67.16568.08266.38069.977Adjusted
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa65.89067.52264.52268.718Adjusted
BeninBENWestern Africa65.46863.69067.09569.382Adjusted
MaliMLIWestern Africa64.92667.54762.96269.285Adjusted
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa63.69065.07262.44267.439Adjusted
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia61.71561.93361.51365.774Real value
TogoTGOWestern Africa60.86661.02760.71868.229Adjusted
GhanaGHAWestern Africa56.43958.99454.10864.246Adjusted
SenegalSENWestern Africa56.28359.98654.36564.256Adjusted
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia56.14654.79157.22959.626Adjusted
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa55.70353.90657.24860.625Adjusted

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. DR Congo94.137
  2. Somalia90.998
  3. Mozambique85.347
  4. Uzbekistan85.014
  5. Madagascar81.707

Lowest

  1. Russia0.010
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina0.041
  3. Uruguayshared0.100
  4. Ukraineshared0.100
  5. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 19.675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (%)

    HighestDR Congo94.249

    LowestSyria0.003

    Middle country: 24.669

  • Men (%)

    HighestDR Congo94.024

    LowestRussia0.009

    Middle country: 18.848

  • Aged 15-24 (%)

    HighestDR Congo94.224

    LowestRussia0.006

    Middle country: 26.248

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 111values changed, of 117 in both
  • 25 · 86rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Chad51.081 → 44.845−6.236
  • Myanmar57.666 → 52.128−5.538
  • Ethiopia44.850 → 39.694−5.156
  • China38.446 → 33.430−5.016
  • Lesotho60.662 → 55.703−4.959

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

  • 108 distinct values among 117

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 10 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) (2005). Working Poverty Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2005

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07Questions

Working Poverty Rate, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest working poverty in Working Poverty Rate, 2005?

DR Congo, at 94.137, of the 117 countries in the file.

What year does Working Poverty Rate, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Working Poverty Rate, 2005 cover?

117.

Where can I download Working Poverty Rate, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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