Data for 2014

Working Poverty Rate, 2014

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2014, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2014 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.790; Moldova is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 8.198. Against 2013, 99 values changed (22 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2014

HighestMadagascar

86.790

LowestMoldova

0.006

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

117countries
4measures per country
2014the year it describes
100distinct 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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.790	87.596	86.031	90.017	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	86.066	86.495	85.893	87.837	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	75.898	76.875	74.975	76.906	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	72.960	74.612	71.161	74.937	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	72.542	76.283	68.343	73.289	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	71.096	71.862	70.437	73.531	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.012	70.618	63.654	66.612	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.820	65.692	62.301	67.218	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.349	52.591	67.987	66.021	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.495	59.877	57.280	57.745	Real value
Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.410	57.702	57.201	62.414	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	56.998	60.725	53.579	59.307	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	55.745	57.383	54.342	59.631	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	54.127	56.931	51.333	55.894	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.835	52.102	51.588	58.063	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	50.076	52.170	48.082	54.812	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.682	53.489	46.894	56.085	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.506	52.347	44.613	57.222	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.744	49.320	44.765	50.576	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.529	41.002	40.093	37.663	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.167	40.852	39.534	41.862	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.811	42.900	37.148	47.042	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.978	37.878	39.898	41.177	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.137	40.400	34.076	47.740	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.371	40.197	32.452	48.694	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	36.292	39.634	33.900	43.944	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.938	34.342	37.222	44.060	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.687	37.301	34.240	43.783	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.370	37.532	33.545	29.408	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.013	35.247	32.781	40.767	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.471	33.340	31.750	37.654	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.311	33.309	29.436	34.225	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	31.017	19.158	37.456	23.197	Imputation
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.642	33.671	27.889	34.346	Real value
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.108	27.402	30.610	37.914	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.843	4.865	28.467	12.111	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.160	30.550	23.579	36.374	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.555	28.877	22.651	27.559	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.617	24.984	24.390	23.430	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.434	24.258	22.643	33.427	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.442	25.561	19.862	31.832	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.998	31.044	18.160	22.241	Real value
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	19.663	20.134	19.256	25.121	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	18.912	21.115	18.205	23.409	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18.353	13.065	21.831	40.262	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18.271	20.017	17.544	18.279	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.176	21.893	14.907	34.864	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.000	18.564	15.552	25.580	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	16.056	10.374	19.109	17.678	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.968	17.049	15.108	23.706	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.059	14.873	13.405	16.114	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.849	4.069	14.351	4.965	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.383	12.085	12.530	14.057	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.283	10.633	11.781	18.861	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.419	10.142	10.604	12.547	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	9.389	9.543	9.262	11.634	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.517	10.444	7.595	12.765	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.299	9.012	7.584	7.155	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.198	7.994	8.305	8.602	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.503	8.413	6.876	10.900	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.649	3.748	7.546	3.667	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.632	6.319	6.836	6.535	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.573	5.804	5.385	11.805	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	5.562	5.673	5.496	7.140	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	5.527	6.040	5.221	5.520	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	5.399	5.148	5.573	5.109	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.061	5.471	4.768	5.753	Real value
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.012	2.964	6.248	7.646	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.629	3.144	5.717	7.660	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.588	6.035	3.865	7.977	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.296	3.984	4.449	5.618	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.240	5.553	3.789	2.633	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.010	4.216	3.808	6.369	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.931	5.344	3.037	10.018	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.674	6.070	2.066	1.309	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	3.597	2.181	4.477	5.733	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.149	3.177	3.132	5.558	Real value
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.127	5.255	1.171	3.044	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.755	2.148	3.116	2.714	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.333	3.473	1.699	3.163	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.241	1.875	2.439	2.640	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.081	2.615	1.672	0.335	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.856	1.649	2.045	1.990	Real value
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.453	2.524	0.552	0.592	Imputation
Brazil`BRA`South America	1.435	1.290	1.537	1.746	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.206	0.190	1.371	0.395	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.047	0.397	1.398	1.056	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.031	1.046	1.019	0.815	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.951	0.915	0.974	1.152	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.945	0.741	1.080	0.828	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.780	0.750	0.788	1.086	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.709	0.930	0.626	0.818	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.397	0.314	0.468	0.436	Real value
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.272	0.312	0.233	0.284	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.103	0.093	0.111	0.044	Imputation
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.054	0.109	0.061	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.100	0.101	0.099	0.100	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.125	0.074	0.032	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.121	0.078	0.125	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.100	0.109	0.094	0.027	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.094	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.115	0.077	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.068	0.131	0.152	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.029	0.125	0.065	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.054	0.127	0.116	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.120	0.089	0.168	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.026	0.117	0.045	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.104	0.098	0.112	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.098	0.101	0.121	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.023	0.126	0.016	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.113	0.094	0.187	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.153	0.047	0.053	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.099	0.101	0.126	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.059	0.052	0.065	0.127	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.013	0.010	0.013	0.028	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.005	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.006	0.008	0.004	0.004	Adjusted

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.790
Somalia86.066
DR Congo75.898
Burundi72.960
Mozambique72.542

Lowest

Moldova0.006
Russia0.010
Jordan0.013
Thailand0.059
Uruguayshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.198. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.596
LowestIraq0.006
Middle country: 6.319
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar86.031
LowestMoldova0.004
Middle country: 7.584
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar90.017
LowestMoldova0.004
Middle country: 10.018

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 117 in both
22 · 77rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Syria8.699 → 12.849+4.150
Lesotho32.380 → 35.938+3.558
Yemen24.366 → 26.843+2.477
Zimbabwe31.599 → 34.013+2.414
Solomon Islands38.986 → 40.167+1.181

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau66.178 → 55.745−10.433
Uzbekistan38.018 → 31.017−7.001
Senegal54.013 → 47.506−6.507
Mali54.480 → 49.682−4.798
Kyrgyzstan12.026 → 7.503−4.523

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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100 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 18 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2014). Working Poverty Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2014

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