Data for 2008

Working Poverty Rate, 2008

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2008
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2008, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2008 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Somalia is highest, at 89.442; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 14.182. Against 2007, 104 values changed (16 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2008

HighestSomalia

89.442

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2008the year it describes
103distinct 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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	89.442	89.676	89.351	90.821	Imputation
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	87.898	88.242	87.560	88.018	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.670	83.659	81.750	86.808	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.612	83.248	77.491	80.822	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.065	80.020	78.046	80.699	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	72.913	74.676	71.975	72.150	Imputation
Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.109	71.761	72.370	75.993	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	70.191	73.360	67.069	69.873	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	70.126	71.119	69.277	73.203	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	68.605	70.010	67.464	71.262	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.170	67.127	65.336	65.330	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	65.237	68.382	62.352	67.008	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	64.303	66.949	62.331	68.559	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	64.288	65.874	62.996	67.751	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.169	58.200	67.847	67.918	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	62.998	65.791	60.296	63.785	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.040	66.182	57.687	68.570	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.746	61.942	61.564	67.638	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	59.260	60.594	57.931	58.981	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	55.937	58.221	53.880	59.771	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.051	58.145	51.853	62.453	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	53.777	54.338	53.252	56.285	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.443	54.410	49.006	56.418	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	51.043	49.143	52.569	54.593	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	50.699	53.236	48.412	58.702	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.849	50.675	49.080	52.232	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.955	52.547	45.519	56.855	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.799	49.312	44.865	50.349	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.174	49.008	44.030	52.072	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.912	47.272	44.537	51.270	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43.066	41.198	44.640	49.684	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.231	43.541	37.073	47.873	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.967	35.758	39.925	47.419	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.720	38.608	36.975	42.050	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.326	38.883	35.975	42.627	Imputation
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.712	31.084	40.487	62.361	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.321	38.571	34.459	29.956	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.192	39.169	34.383	39.958	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	36.004	39.085	34.891	39.326	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.232	37.093	33.474	38.400	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.880	35.205	28.866	32.608	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.962	36.380	26.178	51.786	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.652	41.752	26.756	31.204	Real value
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.984	29.242	28.878	28.221	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.590	32.015	25.652	36.711	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.116	28.242	26.200	45.113	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.125	29.005	22.628	34.644	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.975	26.391	23.067	25.299	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.221	20.858	19.604	30.158	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.354	19.736	18.979	26.351	Real value
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.856	19.133	16.853	25.730	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	17.842	18.208	17.546	21.660	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.784	2.539	20.140	9.855	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.388	16.665	17.928	25.348	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.907	15.677	18.109	17.566	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.229	15.636	16.597	17.903	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	16.126	9.901	19.174	17.959	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.213	18.842	13.559	21.683	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.182	15.719	12.979	17.395	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.171	11.898	13.986	14.620	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12.458	13.252	11.885	18.281	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	12.230	11.950	12.437	19.673	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	11.581	10.435	12.298	12.692	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.964	16.722	5.550	10.981	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.078	10.900	9.495	12.018	Real value
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.044	5.919	12.246	14.273	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.343	5.907	11.824	14.549	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.291	12.315	7.950	10.716	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.213	16.138	4.660	4.546	Imputation
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.732	8.146	9.007	10.591	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.726	8.234	9.042	13.865	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.075	4.665	9.184	5.284	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.936	7.430	8.226	9.573	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7.809	8.381	7.608	6.980	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	7.359	6.821	7.625	9.448	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.069	5.531	6.417	6.703	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.813	7.611	4.866	10.054	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.721	4.874	6.160	6.597	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	5.555	3.201	6.908	9.638	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.238	3.935	5.962	5.455	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	5.164	4.927	5.329	6.054	Real value
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.121	7.404	3.806	6.713	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.090	2.871	4.840	4.957	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.848	2.955	2.755	4.484	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.778	2.348	2.888	3.900	Real value
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.694	0.331	3.140	1.046	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.643	0.641	3.333	0.550	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.493	0.715	3.376	2.432	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.158	3.784	0.826	0.590	Imputation
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.834	1.783	1.873	1.662	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.576	1.225	1.779	1.364	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.501	2.188	0.686	0.440	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.332	1.522	1.266	2.066	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.199	1.104	1.284	0.712	Real value
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.961	0.954	0.966	1.021	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.930	0.915	0.939	0.921	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.914	0.876	0.946	1.386	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.227	0.239	0.216	0.294	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.129	0.055	0.168	0.145	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.114	0.101	0.123	0.043	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.102	0.098	0.165	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.047	0.109	0.064	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.111	0.088	0.033	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.127	0.072	0.125	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.116	0.093	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.100	Real value
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.069	0.130	0.138	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.022	0.125	0.044	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.128	0.086	0.165	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.046	0.113	0.042	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.108	0.096	0.104	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.005	0.114	0.048	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.093	0.105	0.130	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.147	0.051	0.063	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.129	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.070	0.044	0.090	0.039	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.011	0.010	0.007	Adjusted

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

Somalia89.442
DR Congo87.898
Madagascar82.670
Mozambique80.612
Burundi79.065

Lowest

Russia0.010
Serbia0.070
Uruguayshared0.100
Ukraineshared0.100
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.182. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestSomalia89.676
LowestSyria0.005
Middle country: 15.636
Men (%)
HighestSomalia89.351
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 13.559
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestSomalia90.821
LowestRussia0.007
Middle country: 17.566

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 117 in both
16 · 88rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe38.633 → 45.912+7.279
El Salvador6.433 → 9.343+2.910
Yemen16.737 → 17.784+1.047
Guinea-Bissau69.138 → 70.126+0.988
Cameroon31.157 → 31.880+0.723

Fell most

Niger81.133 → 72.109−9.024
Kyrgyzstan20.527 → 12.230−8.297
Guinea46.082 → 40.231−5.851
Liberia61.697 → 55.937−5.760
Nepal34.720 → 28.984−5.736

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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103 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 15 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2008). Working Poverty Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2008

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