Data for 2009

Working Poverty Rate, 2009

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2009
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Working Poverty Rate, 2009 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Somalia is highest, at 88.899; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 12.680. Against 2008, 103 values changed (30 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2009

HighestSomalia

88.899

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2009the 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, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	88.899	89.163	88.796	90.353	Imputation
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	87.996	88.328	87.672	88.093	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.897	85.777	84.080	88.587	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.631	82.373	76.404	79.854	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.198	79.293	77.025	79.911	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.435	77.010	77.751	80.731	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	71.122	72.149	70.245	74.279	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	69.774	73.012	66.621	69.462	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	68.260	69.756	67.047	70.903	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	67.051	67.546	66.786	65.654	Imputation
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	65.938	69.053	63.080	67.613	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.396	66.406	64.516	64.569	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	64.088	66.727	62.127	68.232	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.364	57.402	69.030	68.246	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	61.699	64.524	58.972	62.578	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	61.553	63.234	60.138	65.332	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	60.917	61.139	60.712	66.371	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60.824	65.025	56.426	67.476	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	57.261	58.571	55.950	57.089	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.101	58.208	51.855	62.592	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	52.535	55.302	50.043	55.939	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	51.709	52.375	51.083	53.723	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.928	53.903	48.456	55.999	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.431	51.865	47.246	56.989	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.814	48.798	46.902	50.523	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.753	45.820	49.310	50.714	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.525	49.957	45.618	50.937	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	47.523	50.993	44.199	55.690	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	45.738	48.653	43.552	51.750	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	44.374	42.605	45.854	50.909	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.246	43.582	40.902	48.128	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.862	42.274	35.676	46.791	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.887	37.743	36.168	41.300	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.081	39.349	34.075	37.707	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.911	37.998	34.182	29.509	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.618	33.706	37.308	45.060	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.729	36.640	32.927	37.816	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	33.820	36.407	32.917	37.467	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.414	34.706	32.282	38.977	Imputation
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.437	26.563	36.351	58.659	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.184	34.728	28.048	32.127	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.047	42.692	28.080	32.188	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	28.135	33.219	23.650	48.684	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.561	29.567	23.026	35.238	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	25.002	27.920	22.467	33.274	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.773	25.712	24.012	42.043	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.956	24.235	23.836	23.481	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.768	24.736	21.972	23.600	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.992	22.744	21.266	32.185	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.194	17.393	18.806	26.440	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.185	2.506	20.401	9.901	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.690	17.926	15.727	24.756	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.372	17.502	15.235	15.698	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	16.023	16.304	15.794	19.817	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.688	18.177	13.094	20.977	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.326	14.875	13.997	15.600	Real value
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.990	15.166	13.048	16.642	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	13.822	8.266	16.595	15.982	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.680	11.802	13.252	14.258	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11.932	12.413	11.461	19.144	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.219	14.995	9.605	12.689	Real value
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.013	6.814	13.297	15.452	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	10.431	9.578	10.985	11.534	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.233	15.583	5.249	10.310	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.851	10.500	9.379	14.950	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.290	5.001	10.683	5.465	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.236	6.094	11.540	14.085	Real value
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.870	8.495	9.144	14.643	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.787	9.105	8.560	10.717	Real value
Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.293	8.123	8.400	13.172	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.287	14.308	4.352	3.736	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.249	8.472	8.118	9.052	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.480	7.035	7.690	9.195	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7.114	7.689	6.914	6.200	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	6.877	6.483	7.077	8.829	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.525	6.033	6.848	7.102	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.048	8.049	4.983	10.321	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.300	4.524	5.707	6.135	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.225	3.823	6.123	6.713	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	4.596	4.393	4.738	5.428	Real value
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.556	6.634	3.376	6.010	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.499	3.427	5.065	4.216	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	3.743	2.215	4.620	6.841	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.934	0.446	3.438	1.266	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.734	2.743	2.726	4.495	Real value
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.669	0.550	3.369	0.400	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.629	0.824	3.567	2.504	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.135	2.140	2.131	1.825	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.066	3.701	0.747	0.589	Imputation
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.958	1.818	2.086	1.615	Real value
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.715	1.458	1.781	2.458	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.704	1.425	1.868	1.336	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.413	2.070	0.642	0.587	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.114	1.531	0.960	1.619	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.950	0.972	0.937	0.918	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.831	0.839	0.825	0.874	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.677	0.640	0.708	1.068	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.240	0.263	0.218	0.294	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.138	0.107	0.162	0.059	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.110	0.111	0.109	0.044	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.047	0.109	0.064	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.111	0.088	0.035	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.124	0.076	0.126	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.116	0.092	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.071	0.128	0.149	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.020	0.126	0.053	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.127	0.086	0.169	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.031	0.116	0.033	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.107	0.096	0.102	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.004	0.114	0.048	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.094	0.104	0.128	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.154	0.043	0.060	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.099	0.101	0.130	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.084	0.077	0.085	0.073	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.062	0.061	0.062	0.085	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.044	0.019	0.057	0.049	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.011	0.009	0.006	Adjusted

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

Somalia88.899
DR Congo87.996
Madagascar84.897
Mozambique79.631
Burundi78.198

Lowest

Russia0.010
Malaysia0.044
Albania0.062
Jordan0.084
Uruguayshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.680. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestSomalia89.163
LowestSyria0.004
Middle country: 14.308
Men (%)
HighestSomalia88.796
LowestRussia0.009
Middle country: 13.094
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestSomalia90.353
LowestRussia0.006
Middle country: 15.452

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 117 in both
30 · 73rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Niger72.109 → 77.435+5.326
Madagascar82.670 → 84.897+2.227
Maldives9.291 → 11.219+1.928
Angola20.221 → 21.992+1.771
Pakistan29.652 → 31.047+1.395

Fell most

Vietnam19.354 → 11.932−7.422
Uzbekistan72.913 → 67.051−5.862
Nepal28.984 → 23.956−5.028
Myanmar36.712 → 32.437−4.275
Gambia37.326 → 33.414−3.912

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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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) (2009). Working Poverty Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2009

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