Data for 2012

Working Poverty Rate, 2012

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2012
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2012, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2012 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Somalia is highest, at 86.980; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 11.080. Against 2011, 102 values changed (22 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2012

HighestSomalia

86.980

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2012the 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	86.980	87.390	86.816	88.702	Adjusted
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.630	87.437	85.866	89.904	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.500	79.808	77.082	80.059	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	78.006	78.826	77.233	78.604	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	74.572	77.966	70.677	75.098	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	69.996	73.294	66.890	69.626	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	68.522	69.670	67.540	71.774	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	65.260	66.998	63.857	68.401	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	62.808	54.986	70.442	68.064	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.075	62.328	59.980	60.283	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.728	60.862	60.631	65.464	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.743	63.294	56.482	61.820	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	58.097	59.816	56.612	62.270	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	57.705	60.956	55.312	62.882	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.787	57.057	50.808	55.382	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.735	54.032	53.461	59.570	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.584	56.923	50.071	61.468	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.311	52.600	48.405	53.261	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.523	50.474	46.635	53.342	Real value
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.407	37.288	49.815	39.616	Imputation
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.361	45.323	43.468	44.621	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	42.233	45.389	39.543	48.974	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.122	46.246	37.862	53.165	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	41.208	41.967	40.502	43.200	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.725	39.190	41.986	42.877	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.215	43.505	37.819	47.342	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.357	40.150	36.755	46.590	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.485	40.679	34.449	48.122	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.821	40.038	33.899	40.878	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.431	38.486	34.723	30.486	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.523	35.268	33.895	39.237	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.312	31.535	34.767	41.436	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.624	34.598	30.768	35.603	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	31.827	30.196	33.263	40.974	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.091	34.912	27.778	32.314	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.724	30.698	28.752	36.735	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.843	26.763	25.056	31.581	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.634	29.871	23.071	35.711	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.575	38.285	22.090	26.014	Real value
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.155	4.319	27.186	12.696	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.616	27.568	22.049	33.825	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.274	24.355	24.223	25.109	Real value
India`IND`Southern Asia	24.130	26.737	23.293	28.526	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23.943	18.192	27.743	48.928	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.721	24.610	22.878	34.000	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.739	24.811	17.156	38.952	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	20.535	22.673	18.631	28.906	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.829	21.001	19.334	18.905	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	19.154	12.386	22.382	20.712	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.023	17.162	15.127	23.624	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.555	16.100	15.113	29.105	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14.074	15.056	13.117	13.941	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.907	13.377	14.255	16.574	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.416	14.277	12.733	15.482	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13.283	12.581	13.819	21.376	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.927	12.780	13.006	14.175	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.868	12.813	12.895	13.141	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	11.191	11.275	11.122	14.275	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.080	13.683	9.864	16.123	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.439	9.586	9.335	12.093	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.890	4.336	9.044	3.909	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.034	7.637	6.603	8.774	Real value
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6.768	4.022	8.373	10.119	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.445	4.335	7.968	10.549	Real value
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.173	5.806	6.413	6.365	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	6.044	5.989	6.074	7.752	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.842	5.434	6.030	7.338	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5.781	10.166	2.783	2.620	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.635	6.156	5.319	5.823	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.600	5.635	5.579	9.572	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.480	6.766	4.788	9.771	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	5.448	5.424	5.464	5.615	Real value
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5.446	8.848	2.317	5.422	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5.145	5.882	4.901	3.237	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	4.424	2.585	5.519	7.500	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.372	4.546	4.202	6.215	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.364	4.244	4.449	5.160	Real value
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.284	5.021	3.694	9.763	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.843	3.000	4.347	3.538	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.584	3.085	3.854	4.170	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.564	4.776	3.086	4.170	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.221	2.872	3.464	4.024	Real value
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.305	3.418	1.680	3.112	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.680	2.965	0.622	0.574	Imputation
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.648	1.648	1.647	1.034	Real value
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.466	0.542	1.980	1.370	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.323	1.363	1.293	1.052	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.986	0.802	1.109	0.839	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.751	0.910	0.622	0.131	Real value
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.694	0.613	0.714	0.915	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.612	0.891	0.273	0.430	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.556	0.540	0.570	0.799	Real value
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.456	0.420	0.486	0.903	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.340	0.063	0.392	0.137	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.308	0.341	0.278	0.328	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.265	0.047	0.303	0.081	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.202	0.229	0.191	0.287	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.050	0.109	0.058	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.105	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.124	0.075	0.025	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.121	0.078	0.123	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.098	0.102	0.095	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.115	0.089	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.065	0.134	0.149	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.025	0.126	0.060	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.048	0.128	0.111	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.123	0.087	0.168	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.023	0.117	0.046	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.107	0.096	0.105	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.098	0.102	0.121	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.149	0.051	0.059	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.130	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.099	0.110	0.091	0.060	Imputation
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.088	0.023	0.109	0.024	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.041	0.034	0.042	0.069	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.035	0.039	0.033	0.011	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.005	Adjusted

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Somalia86.980
Madagascar86.630
Burundi78.500
DR Congo78.006
Mozambique74.572

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.080. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.437
LowestIraq0.006
Middle country: 10.166
Men (%)
HighestSomalia86.816
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 9.864
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.904
LowestRussia0.005
Middle country: 12.696

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
102values changed, of 117 in both
22 · 80rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau59.408 → 68.522+9.114
Honduras15.569 → 19.154+3.585
Burundi76.551 → 78.500+1.949
Malawi68.575 → 69.996+1.421
Panama3.231 → 4.424+1.193

Fell most

Sierra Leone54.459 → 42.122−12.337
Uzbekistan53.113 → 45.407−7.706
Guinea31.692 → 24.616−7.076
Indonesia29.768 → 24.274−5.494
Mali62.942 → 57.705−5.237

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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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) (2012). Working Poverty Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2012

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