Data for 2015

Working Poverty Rate, 2015

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Working Poverty Rate, 2015 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.74; Russia is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 8.01. Against 2014, 98 values changed (34 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2015

HighestMadagascar

86.74

LowestRussia

0.01

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

117countries
4measures per country
2015the year it describes
98distinct 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.74	87.548	85.975	89.977	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	82.79	83.287	82.586	84.738	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	76.39	77.367	75.475	77.478	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	73.91	75.506	72.181	75.790	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	72.26	76.067	68.039	73.036	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	70.00	70.755	69.350	72.490	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.45	71.043	64.126	66.999	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.37	65.288	61.809	66.849	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.56	52.915	68.104	66.119	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	58.44	59.903	57.175	61.882	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	58.22	58.453	58.046	63.179	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.07	58.532	55.783	56.351	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	56.45	60.289	52.930	58.952	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	55.01	57.897	52.162	56.606	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.89	57.437	51.212	59.321	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	50.76	51.001	50.542	57.246	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.98	52.073	47.980	54.764	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	48.14	52.565	43.676	57.414	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.06	48.748	44.050	50.151	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.41	30.728	43.278	28.088	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.87	41.530	40.257	42.472	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.80	45.974	37.652	51.381	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.60	42.662	36.951	46.875	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.49	39.711	39.290	35.076	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.81	37.926	39.559	41.155	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.65	40.929	34.578	48.078	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.12	37.444	34.785	42.743	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	35.52	38.893	33.132	43.246	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.48	37.144	33.972	43.517	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.38	37.611	33.482	29.476	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.77	32.165	35.049	42.126	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	32.52	34.706	30.520	36.827	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.68	32.727	30.828	37.201	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.63	32.629	28.762	33.528	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.95	27.263	30.443	37.576	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.61	30.743	24.092	36.761	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.51	26.450	24.600	35.508	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.71	28.066	21.824	26.881	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24.53	13.091	30.750	17.203	Imputation
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.26	24.462	18.697	30.714	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.89	21.183	20.715	20.279	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	18.27	27.615	15.640	19.631	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.35	19.298	16.526	18.519	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.25	20.840	14.095	33.231	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.20	17.278	15.335	24.040	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.18	11.199	19.458	36.420	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	16.05	17.935	15.444	20.426	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.56	9.994	18.586	17.224	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.55	15.766	15.367	20.512	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.24	15.058	13.592	16.282	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	13.18	14.336	12.129	20.208	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.08	11.714	12.247	13.981	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.90	3.451	13.347	4.584	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.36	9.733	10.844	17.680	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.86	10.751	9.248	12.651	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	9.35	9.531	9.198	11.131	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.59	8.499	8.654	9.736	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.03	9.803	7.171	12.133	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	8.01	7.676	8.229	7.763	Imputation
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.60	7.344	7.732	8.010	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.99	7.492	6.492	6.350	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.83	3.939	7.706	3.962	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	5.55	5.740	5.429	7.118	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.06	5.256	4.918	6.336	Real value
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.78	6.062	4.183	8.561	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.67	2.802	5.809	7.117	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	4.65	4.312	4.882	4.335	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.64	4.687	4.602	8.121	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.16	4.535	3.932	4.182	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.15	6.953	2.212	1.895	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.04	3.566	4.281	5.163	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.93	5.146	3.516	2.084	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.59	4.806	2.798	8.893	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.50	3.674	3.358	7.590	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.35	3.480	3.218	5.648	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.30	2.184	4.097	5.602	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.61	4.438	0.931	2.538	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	2.33	1.429	2.912	3.736	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.12	1.626	2.418	2.132	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.10	3.132	1.524	2.852	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	1.96	1.801	2.070	2.296	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.74	1.490	1.878	2.066	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.57	1.457	1.682	1.455	Real value
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.37	2.351	0.521	0.581	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.36	0.230	1.564	0.408	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.26	0.442	1.689	1.442	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.95	0.758	1.076	0.792	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.93	0.920	0.933	1.060	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.85	0.848	0.846	0.659	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.64	0.819	0.577	0.727	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.51	0.517	0.509	0.669	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.49	0.379	0.583	0.644	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.30	0.341	0.257	0.296	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.16	0.201	0.136	0.026	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.11	0.088	0.111	0.198	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.10	0.055	0.109	0.058	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.10	0.102	0.098	0.101	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.10	0.126	0.073	0.037	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.10	0.122	0.077	0.128	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.10	0.116	0.090	0.029	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.10	0.099	0.100	0.094	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.10	0.006	0.116	0.046	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.10	0.068	0.130	0.156	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.10	0.030	0.126	0.066	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.10	0.054	0.126	0.109	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.10	0.118	0.089	0.165	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.10	0.023	0.116	0.060	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.10	0.089	0.108	0.052	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10	0.105	0.097	0.114	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.10	0.090	0.108	0.210	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.10	0.097	0.101	0.121	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.10	0.028	0.125	0.018	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.10	0.115	0.094	0.190	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.10	0.150	0.052	0.056	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.10	0.102	0.098	0.117	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.06	0.081	0.046	0.057	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.01	0.010	0.010	0.004	Adjusted

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.74
Somalia82.79
DR Congo76.39
Burundi73.91
Mozambique72.26

Lowest

Russia0.01
Moldova0.06
Uruguayshared0.10
Ukraineshared0.10
Türkiyeshared0.10

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.01. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.548
LowestIraq0.006
Middle country: 7.492
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar85.975
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 7.732
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.977
LowestRussia0.004
Middle country: 8.561

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 117 in both
34 · 64rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Yemen26.84 → 42.41+15.57
Sierra Leone36.37 → 48.14+11.77
Mali49.68 → 53.89+4.21
Guinea-Bissau55.75 → 58.44+2.69
Kyrgyzstan7.50 → 9.86+2.35

Fell most

Senegal47.51 → 40.80−6.71
Uzbekistan31.02 → 24.53−6.48
Gambia19.66 → 15.55−4.11
Namibia17.00 → 13.18−3.82
Indonesia24.62 → 20.89−3.72

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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98 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 20 countries share 0.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2015). Working Poverty Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2015

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