Data for 2006

Working Poverty Rate, 2006

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2006, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2006 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 92.71; Russia is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 16.68. Against 2005, 106 values changed (19 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2006

HighestDR Congo

92.71

LowestRussia

0.01

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

117countries
4measures per country
2006the year it describes
105distinct 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, 2006, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	92.71	92.892	92.534	92.827	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	90.49	90.687	90.418	91.721	Imputation
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.39	85.755	80.551	83.598	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.23	83.236	81.282	86.438	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	81.87	84.471	80.498	81.388	Imputation
Niger`NER`Western Africa	80.58	80.124	80.924	83.553	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.89	80.683	79.053	81.529	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.14	74.164	68.098	70.792	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	69.30	73.011	65.370	74.720	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	68.15	69.088	67.347	71.051	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	67.84	70.461	65.289	68.317	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.82	68.676	67.078	66.956	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.66	69.168	66.403	70.342	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	67.23	68.645	66.076	70.306	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	67.16	70.190	64.370	68.946	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	65.42	62.580	68.045	69.482	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	65.09	65.223	64.964	71.511	Real value
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.94	66.288	63.607	64.449	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	64.30	66.989	62.289	68.788	Real value
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.38	63.812	61.080	66.322	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	59.89	60.177	59.626	63.262	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	59.28	57.791	60.480	63.664	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.83	58.760	52.793	63.023	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54.62	57.368	52.119	63.309	Real value
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.79	55.720	50.443	57.558	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	52.56	53.108	52.051	54.038	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	51.16	49.328	52.720	56.622	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48.89	52.037	45.762	55.022	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	47.58	51.160	44.158	55.812	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.96	49.655	44.983	50.549	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.76	42.321	49.779	68.715	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.00	48.752	43.888	51.874	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.52	46.142	43.628	45.334	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.18	46.070	42.557	48.954	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.47	38.434	44.149	50.136	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	39.76	43.983	38.126	42.577	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.69	39.293	39.847	38.524	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.00	39.940	38.207	43.136	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.50	39.843	35.568	31.567	Imputation
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.84	37.806	35.864	43.568	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.69	46.516	34.466	38.392	Real value
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.38	38.143	34.713	39.694	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35.22	41.136	29.985	56.225	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.24	36.227	28.910	39.927	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.73	34.984	28.711	32.689	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.11	32.590	29.906	49.733	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.51	29.710	25.470	28.645	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.02	24.908	26.760	29.371	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	25.35	26.264	24.635	28.689	Real value
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.24	27.858	21.830	33.421	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.62	24.504	22.757	34.040	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.08	22.707	23.353	31.556	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.92	24.330	21.802	34.924	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	22.65	23.406	21.914	27.912	Real value
Honduras`HND`Central America	21.85	13.722	25.653	23.134	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.17	22.599	20.031	28.632	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.08	19.100	17.356	24.584	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.02	15.907	20.193	22.584	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.68	15.556	17.410	19.209	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.46	2.501	19.028	9.420	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.07	16.938	15.452	17.809	Real value
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.77	17.978	14.058	19.988	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	15.74	23.343	8.359	15.328	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.62	19.375	13.931	22.243	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11.90	21.912	5.321	6.409	Imputation
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.56	6.802	14.027	16.054	Imputation
Panama`PAN`Central America	11.41	7.275	13.754	17.495	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	11.36	9.523	12.500	13.721	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.35	13.975	10.082	12.744	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.28	10.672	11.570	13.419	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.79	10.130	9.668	10.162	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.72	8.716	10.351	15.625	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.35	6.933	10.793	11.353	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.26	5.836	11.728	14.348	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.65	4.887	9.881	5.405	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	8.63	7.764	9.034	11.036	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.15	6.534	7.542	8.035	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.08	5.633	7.901	9.703	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	7.07	6.630	7.369	8.847	Real value
Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.46	5.469	6.947	7.357	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.92	4.365	6.744	6.045	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.91	6.142	5.709	8.599	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.53	7.026	4.755	9.688	Real value
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.38	7.711	4.005	7.012	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3.24	3.132	3.343	2.570	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.11	0.791	3.906	0.703	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.04	2.323	3.434	2.709	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.78	0.321	3.334	1.351	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.78	5.130	0.952	0.766	Imputation
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.76	2.325	2.868	3.449	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.65	2.747	2.612	3.990	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.51	0.606	3.377	2.560	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.40	2.312	2.467	2.184	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.85	1.758	1.923	2.488	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	1.65	1.646	1.645	1.767	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.56	2.364	0.596	0.517	Imputation
Chile`CHL`South America	1.49	1.443	1.510	1.415	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.92	0.705	1.118	1.395	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.72	0.689	0.735	1.513	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.48	0.323	0.595	0.305	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.29	0.120	0.374	0.327	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.26	0.122	0.288	0.178	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.21	0.216	0.194	0.267	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.10	0.109	0.090	0.055	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.10	0.133	0.066	0.120	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.10	0.108	0.095	0.030	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.10	0.006	0.116	0.103	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.10	0.100	0.100	0.100	Real value
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.10	0.020	0.125	0.032	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.10	0.129	0.086	0.161	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.10	0.037	0.115	0.042	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10	0.108	0.096	0.101	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.10	0.003	0.116	0.054	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.10	0.093	0.105	0.130	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.10	0.151	0.046	0.063	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.10	0.102	0.098	0.126	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.01	0.012	0.008	0.005	Adjusted

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

Russia0.01
Uruguayshared0.10
Ukraineshared0.10
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.10
Syriashared0.10

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.68. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestDR Congo92.892
LowestSyria0.003
Middle country: 19.100
Men (%)
HighestDR Congo92.534
LowestRussia0.008
Middle country: 17.410
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestDR Congo92.827
LowestRussia0.005
Middle country: 22.243

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 117 in both
19 · 87rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia9.81 → 16.07+6.26
Indonesia39.05 → 44.52+5.47
Togo60.87 → 65.09+4.22
Paraguay6.05 → 9.35+3.30
Timor-Leste56.15 → 59.28+3.14

Fell most

Kyrgyzstan32.56 → 22.92−9.64
South Africa23.29 → 15.77−7.51
Venezuela14.26 → 7.15−7.11
Myanmar52.13 → 46.76−5.37
Mauritania20.97 → 15.62−5.35

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

How values are stored

105 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 13 countries share 0.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 117 countries has every column.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2006). Working Poverty Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2006

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