Data for 2011

Working Poverty Rate, 2011

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2011
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2011, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2011 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Somalia is highest, at 87.671; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 12.146. Against 2010, 101 values changed (19 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2011

HighestSomalia

87.671

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2011the year it describes
101distinct 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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2011: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	87.671	88.024	87.532	89.297	Imputation
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	87.164	87.936	86.441	90.334	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.391	82.041	80.770	81.774	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.551	77.877	75.119	78.347	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	76.355	79.512	72.698	76.750	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.575	71.966	65.362	68.263	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66.772	68.416	65.444	69.623	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	65.404	65.366	65.432	69.670	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.357	64.500	62.360	62.537	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	62.942	65.665	60.930	67.127	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	62.919	54.990	70.590	68.154	Real value
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	61.562	65.000	58.404	63.514	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	59.408	61.034	58.020	63.352	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	59.187	60.895	57.702	63.222	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	55.758	58.402	53.163	57.250	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.804	55.112	54.519	60.422	Real value
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.459	58.827	49.925	62.338	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.407	58.510	52.076	63.009	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.113	48.455	55.637	48.973	Imputation
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.669	53.353	50.022	54.135	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.930	53.230	49.052	53.852	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.787	49.913	44.142	52.637	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	45.489	46.715	44.347	46.998	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.145	46.310	40.817	49.781	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	42.949	43.748	42.203	45.118	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.179	45.524	38.980	51.728	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41.950	40.196	43.378	44.173	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	41.895	45.154	38.946	45.640	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.182	43.185	39.392	49.350	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.503	35.690	38.997	45.118	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.409	38.460	34.701	30.267	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	35.487	36.277	34.823	40.100	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	33.797	37.804	30.334	34.515	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.249	35.203	31.411	36.276	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.236	30.659	33.620	41.612	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	31.692	35.037	28.710	40.496	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.614	32.646	30.586	38.563	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.768	30.793	29.137	28.017	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	28.531	29.627	27.599	34.261	Imputation
India`IND`Southern Asia	26.552	28.931	25.770	30.856	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26.409	20.580	30.271	52.067	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.473	29.625	22.925	35.425	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.761	35.286	21.890	26.243	Real value
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.426	4.118	26.704	13.063	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.020	26.655	21.685	32.477	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.909	24.837	23.036	34.358	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.828	27.204	18.974	41.953	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.678	21.683	20.243	20.165	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.784	18.279	17.384	32.293	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16.652	18.202	15.096	14.914	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.572	17.790	15.623	24.186	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.129	16.186	16.102	16.184	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.569	9.573	18.462	17.207	Real value
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.280	13.559	14.832	22.559	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.898	13.254	14.324	16.495	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.388	14.274	12.685	15.403	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.334	13.331	13.336	14.449	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.468	15.411	11.104	18.025	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	12.146	12.312	12.008	15.355	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.550	8.145	8.844	12.839	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.474	5.140	10.376	12.363	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.321	12.922	3.455	2.796	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	7.316	7.067	7.483	7.672	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.262	4.788	9.032	11.620	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.057	3.784	8.154	3.281	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6.712	10.710	3.028	6.770	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.578	6.139	6.864	6.815	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	6.363	6.202	6.448	8.163	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.286	5.805	6.516	7.982	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.250	7.029	5.693	8.190	Real value
Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.992	4.617	6.884	6.746	Real value
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.916	5.902	5.925	9.586	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.705	6.245	5.384	5.906	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5.551	6.065	5.378	3.826	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.383	7.075	4.546	9.335	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.180	5.292	5.072	7.837	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.034	5.880	4.437	9.891	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.290	3.684	4.615	4.975	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.772	2.955	4.253	3.606	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.596	3.303	3.797	4.397	Real value
Panama`PAN`Central America	3.231	1.908	3.996	5.299	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.098	4.252	2.632	3.686	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.891	4.272	2.114	3.872	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.917	1.545	2.260	0.615	Real value
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.884	0.700	2.554	1.710	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.733	3.162	0.560	0.483	Imputation
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.511	1.547	1.483	1.285	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.381	1.292	1.456	2.350	Real value
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.954	0.816	1.039	0.735	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.896	0.776	0.926	1.217	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.815	0.906	0.741	0.692	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.745	0.137	0.850	0.302	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.546	0.781	0.264	0.378	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.502	0.113	0.621	0.074	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.457	0.497	0.441	0.699	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.361	0.352	0.366	0.351	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.356	0.340	0.370	0.646	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.270	0.295	0.247	0.319	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.047	0.109	0.060	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.100	0.098	0.101	0.103	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.117	0.082	0.031	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.122	0.078	0.123	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.100	0.111	0.092	0.033	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.115	0.090	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.067	0.132	0.145	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.023	0.126	0.058	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.045	0.129	0.111	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.124	0.087	0.167	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.018	0.118	0.035	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.110	0.092	0.054	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.106	0.096	0.104	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.100	0.005	0.116	0.020	Imputation
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.096	0.103	0.124	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.150	0.048	0.059	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.098	0.101	0.131	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.067	0.062	0.068	0.085	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.011	0.009	0.006	Adjusted

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

Somalia87.671
Madagascar87.164
DR Congo81.391
Burundi76.551
Mozambique76.355

Lowest

Russia0.010
Jordan0.067
Uruguayshared0.100
Ukraineshared0.100
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.146. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestSomalia88.024
LowestSyria0.005
Middle country: 10.710
Men (%)
HighestSomalia87.532
LowestRussia0.009
Middle country: 11.104
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar90.334
LowestRussia0.006
Middle country: 13.063

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 117 in both
19 · 82rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Yemen17.279 → 24.426+7.147
Côte d’Ivoire47.218 → 50.930+3.712
Cameroon30.361 → 33.797+3.436
Philippines12.759 → 13.898+1.139
Papua New Guinea44.361 → 45.489+1.128

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau72.084 → 59.408−12.676
Guinea40.194 → 31.692−8.502
Uzbekistan60.222 → 53.113−7.109
Maldives8.706 → 3.098−5.608
Liberia47.392 → 41.895−5.497

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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101 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 17 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2011). Working Poverty Rate, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2011

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