Data for 2007

Working Poverty Rate, 2007

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2007
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2007, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2007 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 90.258; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 15.656. Against 2006, 105 values changed (21 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2007

HighestDR Congo

90.258

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2007the 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, 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2007: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	90.258	90.542	89.975	90.425	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	89.955	90.165	89.874	91.261	Imputation
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.400	83.400	81.469	86.582	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.954	84.461	78.971	82.162	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	81.133	80.666	81.484	84.075	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.312	80.200	78.368	80.979	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	77.888	80.268	76.626	77.368	Imputation
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	70.640	73.742	67.554	70.314	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	69.138	70.101	68.316	72.128	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	68.540	69.984	67.357	71.188	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.115	68.013	66.330	66.262	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	66.725	69.777	63.927	68.487	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65.418	66.945	64.174	68.740	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.028	67.752	62.390	65.662	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.895	68.885	60.684	70.969	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	64.558	67.206	62.580	68.915	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	62.518	58.561	66.210	67.183	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	62.234	62.415	62.066	68.647	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.697	63.205	60.338	65.826	Real value
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.198	62.538	59.866	60.844	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	57.867	58.244	57.516	60.651	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	55.672	53.847	57.136	59.872	Real value
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.565	58.559	52.457	62.842	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	53.862	56.498	51.477	61.855	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.985	54.954	49.577	56.876	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.583	55.189	48.131	58.816	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.166	50.925	49.461	52.011	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.811	45.955	49.384	53.747	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.463	50.045	45.521	50.958	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.082	49.388	42.858	52.830	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.008	48.807	43.873	51.913	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.277	37.106	45.769	66.109	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.462	43.243	39.932	46.432	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.750	37.154	42.050	48.844	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.084	41.615	37.592	42.411	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.633	39.719	37.530	45.107	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.423	39.341	37.653	42.664	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	37.138	40.771	35.780	40.285	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.825	39.197	34.863	30.456	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.508	37.297	33.814	38.803	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34.720	34.691	34.732	33.614	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33.823	39.559	28.750	54.736	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.623	44.780	31.034	34.949	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.157	34.182	28.355	31.825	Real value
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.858	34.620	27.676	38.720	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.655	29.880	27.656	47.223	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.156	27.983	24.169	26.911	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.021	28.800	22.545	34.370	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	21.957	20.699	22.764	23.327	Real value
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.515	22.246	20.806	31.671	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.689	20.132	21.098	29.068	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.543	21.121	19.975	25.310	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	20.527	21.339	19.907	30.949	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	20.524	21.009	20.134	24.123	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.559	20.923	18.478	27.275	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.124	16.023	22.194	21.374	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	17.093	10.313	20.243	18.055	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.737	2.421	19.153	9.392	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.656	19.392	13.960	22.245	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15.242	17.143	13.757	18.976	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.563	13.490	15.259	16.612	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.130	15.036	13.481	20.302	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	13.626	20.439	7.114	13.568	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	13.297	15.196	11.952	14.184	Real value
Colombia`COL`South America	11.112	9.679	12.001	12.794	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.054	6.459	13.477	15.564	Imputation
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.336	18.823	4.631	5.225	Imputation
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	10.223	13.026	8.927	11.621	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.939	9.344	10.218	11.968	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.726	9.073	10.143	15.023	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.221	9.873	8.993	9.641	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	9.011	5.635	10.957	14.335	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.191	4.666	9.341	5.227	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.072	5.925	9.409	9.710	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	7.658	7.001	7.974	9.820	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.524	6.507	8.103	9.707	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.433	3.883	8.267	10.453	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	6.368	5.993	6.630	7.572	Real value
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.322	5.768	6.676	7.040	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.990	7.727	5.082	10.434	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.902	5.016	6.351	6.772	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.674	4.176	6.467	5.678	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.214	7.493	3.879	6.815	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.018	4.190	3.868	6.278	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.869	2.512	2.968	3.769	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.776	0.692	3.497	0.620	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.636	0.293	3.135	1.121	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.594	0.682	3.502	2.585	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.460	4.384	0.900	0.693	Imputation
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.061	1.993	2.112	1.872	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.939	1.740	2.126	1.294	Real value
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.895	2.050	1.843	2.900	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.390	1.027	1.592	1.341	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.359	2.059	0.508	0.334	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	1.072	1.065	1.077	1.156	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	1.055	1.027	1.070	1.010	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.029	0.984	1.066	1.518	Real value
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.578	0.186	0.675	0.216	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.281	0.183	0.356	0.125	Real value
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.243	0.102	0.316	0.274	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.240	0.252	0.229	0.316	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.157	0.142	0.160	0.133	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.128	0.129	0.128	0.249	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.048	0.109	0.065	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.104	0.096	0.045	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.130	0.069	0.123	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.100	0.102	0.098	0.032	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.007	0.117	0.094	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.072	0.127	0.146	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.024	0.124	0.036	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.130	0.086	0.166	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.108	0.096	0.102	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.004	0.114	0.058	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.091	0.106	0.132	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.148	0.050	0.062	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.130	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.011	0.009	0.005	Adjusted

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

DR Congo90.258
Somalia89.955
Madagascar82.400
Mozambique81.954
Niger81.133

Lowest

Russia0.010
Uruguayshared0.100
Ukraineshared0.100
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100
Syriashared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.656. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestDR Congo90.542
LowestSyria0.004
Middle country: 17.143
Men (%)
HighestDR Congo89.975
LowestRussia0.009
Middle country: 15.259
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestSomalia91.261
LowestRussia0.005
Middle country: 18.976

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
105values changed, of 117 in both
21 · 84rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo47.580 → 51.583+4.003
Zimbabwe36.844 → 38.633+1.789
Georgia18.020 → 19.124+1.104
Guinea-Bissau68.150 → 69.138+0.988
Zambia67.655 → 68.540+0.885

Fell most

Indonesia44.517 → 39.084−5.433
Nepal39.692 → 34.720−4.972
Peru25.353 → 20.524−4.829
Honduras21.852 → 17.093−4.759
Myanmar46.759 → 42.277−4.482

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.

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105 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 13 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2007). Working Poverty Rate, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2007

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