Data for 2016

Working Poverty Rate, 2016

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2016, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2016 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.453; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 6.912. Against 2015, 97 values changed (34 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2016

HighestMadagascar

86.453

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2016the year it describes
99distinct 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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.453	87.286	85.667	89.746	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	80.949	81.494	80.727	82.980	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	78.005	78.924	77.136	79.069	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	73.580	75.160	71.883	75.498	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.410	77.114	69.320	74.136	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.329	70.086	68.677	71.814	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.127	71.678	64.854	67.620	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.816	65.703	62.273	67.227	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.172	51.331	66.920	65.078	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	58.144	58.341	58.005	63.180	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.771	58.252	55.459	56.030	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.409	59.366	53.522	57.783	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	53.245	57.245	49.586	56.228	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.930	52.040	47.932	54.792	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	49.400	51.136	47.907	53.394	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.976	39.469	49.659	34.859	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44.402	48.662	40.188	54.273	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	44.057	48.113	41.082	50.833	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.714	43.863	43.575	52.325	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.632	44.048	37.452	50.377	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.174	40.848	39.551	41.907	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.769	40.194	37.334	45.199	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.522	38.489	38.553	32.681	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.489	41.909	36.082	45.748	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.051	35.560	40.071	38.263	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37.563	40.247	35.607	42.889	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.470	40.382	34.927	45.114	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.972	40.684	32.959	46.948	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.181	37.500	33.209	29.312	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.867	36.539	33.357	42.996	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.883	34.875	32.973	38.602	Real value
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	31.551	29.931	32.828	40.085	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.321	32.549	30.334	37.080	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.374	32.416	28.459	33.189	Real value
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.550	27.882	31.021	37.984	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.921	30.059	27.815	38.773	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.285	30.125	23.864	36.451	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.117	27.530	21.219	26.405	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	19.010	9.027	24.437	12.630	Imputation
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.472	21.515	16.107	27.747	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.823	5.943	19.888	7.208	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.818	18.596	17.327	18.475	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.530	17.616	15.658	24.503	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16.490	20.054	13.338	31.726	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.479	18.451	15.639	18.618	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.200	24.663	13.833	17.432	Real value
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.543	15.716	15.389	20.529	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.335	10.091	18.201	16.643	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.297	15.111	13.652	16.287	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	13.340	14.904	12.835	17.479	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.715	8.149	15.656	27.485	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11.283	10.846	11.480	13.351	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.444	10.080	10.684	9.954	Imputation
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.161	11.009	9.413	15.654	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.721	9.102	10.195	16.904	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	8.774	9.067	8.532	10.467	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.206	9.972	7.344	12.419	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.255	7.355	7.190	9.175	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.912	6.486	7.189	7.738	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.833	7.842	5.797	6.331	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.787	3.993	7.611	4.136	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.101	5.826	6.254	6.485	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.086	6.828	5.551	8.044	Real value
Guyana`GUY`South America	5.119	5.368	4.960	6.585	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.107	6.688	4.333	8.995	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.025	5.149	4.940	8.948	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	4.555	4.135	4.846	3.901	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.429	2.665	5.529	6.825	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.985	5.210	3.587	1.823	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.700	2.478	4.582	6.268	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.527	3.077	3.752	4.672	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.281	3.582	3.098	3.320	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.049	4.141	2.341	8.158	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.043	4.876	1.810	1.106	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.945	3.113	2.783	4.563	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	2.837	2.697	2.937	3.093	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.582	2.731	2.460	5.669	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	2.435	1.495	3.041	3.857	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.287	3.926	0.778	2.219	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.978	2.963	1.434	2.694	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.848	1.414	2.115	1.903	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.634	0.526	2.185	2.112	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.610	1.740	1.487	0.110	Real value
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.286	0.260	1.491	0.411	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.229	1.046	1.334	1.426	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.158	1.974	0.466	0.590	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.146	1.173	1.139	1.501	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.965	0.923	0.993	1.151	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.937	0.770	1.080	1.352	Real value
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.799	0.649	0.893	0.691	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.553	0.556	0.550	0.460	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.392	0.437	0.348	0.400	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.289	0.351	0.238	0.044	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.194	0.242	0.137	0.122	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.139	0.130	0.140	0.190	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.101	0.082	0.117	0.063	Imputation
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.054	0.108	0.059	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.100	0.104	0.097	0.101	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.123	0.076	0.046	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.122	0.077	0.130	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.100	0.103	0.098	0.035	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.092	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.005	0.117	0.026	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.070	0.129	0.161	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.032	0.126	0.067	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.056	0.126	0.113	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.119	0.089	0.163	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.022	0.115	0.060	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.106	0.096	0.103	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.091	0.107	0.210	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.102	0.098	0.114	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.030	0.124	0.022	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.117	0.092	0.183	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.151	0.050	0.056	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.103	0.097	0.114	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.092	0.115	0.084	0.103	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.004	Adjusted

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.453
Somalia80.949
DR Congo78.005
Burundi73.580
Mozambique73.410

Lowest

Russia0.010
Maldives0.092
Uruguayshared0.100
Ukraineshared0.100
Türkiyeshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.912. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.286
LowestIraq0.005
Middle country: 6.828
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar85.667
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 7.190
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.746
LowestRussia0.004
Middle country: 8.948

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 117 in both
34 · 63rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

Yemen42.414 → 48.976+6.562
Syria11.900 → 17.823+5.923
Angola25.509 → 28.921+3.412
Republic of the Congo37.645 → 40.632+2.987
Chad35.524 → 38.489+2.965

Fell most

Mali53.893 → 44.057−9.836
Guinea-Bissau58.435 → 49.400−9.035
Côte d’Ivoire46.062 → 37.563−8.499
Togo50.763 → 43.714−7.049
Uzbekistan24.533 → 19.010−5.523

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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99 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 19 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Working Poverty Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2016

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