Data for 2010

Working Poverty Rate, 2010

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2010
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Working Poverty Rate, 2010 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Somalia is highest, at 88.314; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 12.759. Against 2009, 103 values changed (21 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2010

HighestSomalia

88.314

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2010the year it describes
102distinct 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, 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	88.314	88.614	88.197	89.850	Imputation
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.198	87.015	85.440	89.610	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	84.590	85.069	84.126	84.798	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.110	81.055	74.669	78.414	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.390	78.604	76.085	79.139	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	72.084	73.148	71.176	75.318	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	69.501	72.803	66.328	69.200	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.377	68.205	68.506	72.448	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.515	69.116	66.219	70.160	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	64.475	65.540	63.546	63.652	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	63.557	66.859	60.525	65.389	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	63.368	56.432	70.022	68.404	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	62.390	65.148	60.344	66.577	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	60.222	58.490	61.149	57.401	Imputation
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	59.894	60.150	59.657	64.941	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	59.889	61.591	58.406	63.833	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	58.395	61.237	55.651	59.510	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.447	61.761	52.951	64.737	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	56.899	58.262	55.549	56.763	Real value
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	53.953	58.098	51.644	62.574	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.212	51.302	45.619	53.780	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	47.392	50.523	44.574	50.830	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.218	49.595	45.315	50.614	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.516	48.796	44.478	54.029	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.002	46.821	45.236	48.301	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.361	45.458	43.350	47.343	Real value
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	43.702	41.755	45.274	46.105	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	42.711	45.831	40.395	49.373	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.380	44.694	38.198	51.182	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.744	38.926	42.254	47.866	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.194	43.706	36.986	47.767	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.126	39.226	35.390	30.953	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.148	36.958	35.467	40.663	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.737	36.903	34.570	42.391	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	34.585	33.021	35.969	44.352	Real value
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.916	35.846	32.097	36.984	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.545	34.586	31.287	32.628	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.361	34.122	27.119	31.504	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.890	30.926	28.976	35.606	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.652	22.744	32.573	54.667	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	28.544	30.633	27.840	32.811	Real value
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.152	38.032	24.240	28.535	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.852	29.895	24.171	35.207	Real value
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.576	29.665	23.028	35.398	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.322	30.024	21.180	45.314	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.485	24.353	22.649	33.856	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.044	22.698	21.517	38.568	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	21.504	22.319	21.143	21.486	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.434	19.605	19.358	19.164	Real value
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.449	20.526	16.325	18.305	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.279	2.191	19.228	9.131	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.205	16.471	17.765	26.183	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.322	17.530	15.391	23.726	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.281	9.435	18.289	17.219	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.975	14.222	13.832	15.121	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.785	17.049	12.284	19.788	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.475	14.436	12.718	15.562	Real value
Peru`PER`South America	13.157	13.328	13.015	16.696	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.759	12.096	13.196	14.087	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.226	11.085	11.329	18.382	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.163	6.282	12.324	14.467	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.034	13.997	4.440	9.110	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	8.837	8.366	9.149	9.334	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.808	15.784	4.308	3.948	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8.706	11.800	7.423	10.066	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.609	4.663	9.912	4.528	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8.307	5.398	10.400	12.900	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.379	7.945	6.974	9.304	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.946	6.876	6.989	11.201	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.862	6.398	7.165	7.238	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.833	7.468	6.460	7.033	Real value
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.788	6.301	7.019	8.287	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.664	7.536	6.035	12.885	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	6.547	6.276	6.687	8.404	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.376	7.118	6.120	4.994	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.128	6.360	5.904	9.920	Real value
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.896	7.971	4.782	9.981	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.267	3.905	6.119	6.208	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.755	4.076	5.116	5.505	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	4.619	2.726	5.720	7.878	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.926	3.069	4.416	3.705	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.853	3.612	4.020	4.642	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.515	5.174	2.584	4.670	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.813	2.673	2.934	3.868	Real value
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.211	0.754	3.002	2.059	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.110	2.146	2.083	1.696	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.938	0.347	2.243	0.821	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.884	3.408	0.651	0.529	Imputation
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.512	1.394	1.620	0.386	Real value
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.314	1.036	1.384	1.789	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.048	1.319	0.943	1.454	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.006	0.205	1.268	0.203	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.981	1.395	0.492	0.664	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.710	0.611	0.769	0.540	Real value
Chile`CHL`South America	0.614	0.606	0.620	0.596	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.566	0.539	0.589	0.972	Real value
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.278	0.307	0.250	0.334	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.192	0.202	0.185	0.203	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.045	0.109	0.061	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.112	0.087	0.044	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.122	0.077	0.124	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.116	0.091	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	0.146	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.021	0.126	0.056	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.044	0.130	0.108	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.125	0.086	0.169	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.026	0.116	0.028	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.096	0.103	0.049	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.106	0.097	0.111	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.004	0.114	0.028	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.096	0.103	0.121	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.152	0.046	0.059	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.130	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.085	0.085	0.086	0.089	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.021	0.022	0.020	0.006	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.011	0.009	0.006	Adjusted

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

Somalia88.314
Madagascar86.198
DR Congo84.590
Mozambique78.110
Burundi77.390

Lowest

Russia0.010
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.021
Argentina0.085
Uruguayshared0.100
Ukraineshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.759. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestSomalia88.614
LowestSyria0.004
Middle country: 12.096
Men (%)
HighestSomalia88.197
LowestRussia0.009
Middle country: 12.324
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestSomalia89.850
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 14.467

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 117 in both
21 · 82rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan8.870 → 11.226+2.356
Georgia16.372 → 18.449+2.077
Namibia25.002 → 26.852+1.850
Angola21.992 → 23.485+1.493
Honduras13.822 → 15.281+1.459

Fell most

Niger77.435 → 68.377−9.058
Uzbekistan67.051 → 60.222−6.829
Zimbabwe42.246 → 35.737−6.509
Republic of the Congo47.523 → 41.380−6.143
Vietnam11.932 → 6.128−5.804

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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102 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 16 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2010). Working Poverty Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2010

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