Data for 2017

Working Poverty Rate, 2017

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2017
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2017, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2017 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.213; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 7.200. Against 2016, 99 values changed (34 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2017

HighestMadagascar

86.213

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2017the 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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.213	87.068	85.404	89.552	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	81.029	81.564	80.811	83.036	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	79.428	80.304	78.598	80.494	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.052	78.598	71.156	75.711	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	73.063	74.643	71.373	75.022	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.782	69.539	68.127	71.268	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.750	72.285	65.507	68.218	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	64.311	66.163	62.790	67.644	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	58.157	58.343	58.026	63.221	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.960	58.448	55.636	56.176	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.921	59.931	54.022	58.157	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.682	44.625	53.248	39.171	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	50.388	41.876	58.812	58.515	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	50.289	54.376	46.557	53.761	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.888	52.011	47.881	54.811	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.345	47.507	39.309	53.103	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42.969	46.508	39.677	52.151	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	42.350	44.078	40.857	46.916	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41.277	38.947	43.173	42.706	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.502	43.908	38.125	47.399	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.301	40.966	39.688	42.042	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	40.060	41.513	38.589	46.385	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.941	37.701	38.160	30.870	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	37.691	37.686	37.696	47.844	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.997	41.096	34.085	44.472	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.931	39.736	34.462	44.387	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.728	37.126	32.677	28.872	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.475	34.424	32.604	38.265	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.916	34.525	31.465	41.449	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.084	34.422	29.934	34.427	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.951	33.429	30.785	37.857	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	31.790	33.084	30.525	41.331	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.894	29.327	32.114	39.474	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.745	32.082	28.047	35.778	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.090	27.391	30.594	37.440	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	28.845	33.136	26.093	40.786	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.729	29.241	23.433	35.972	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.712	27.216	20.788	26.098	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16.531	17.592	15.676	24.557	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.416	16.573	16.275	21.620	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.090	24.757	13.752	17.483	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.846	18.683	13.708	24.736	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.757	19.308	12.596	30.282	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.131	9.377	18.174	16.500	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.023	15.876	14.474	15.970	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	14.397	6.549	18.678	8.611	Imputation
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.161	14.892	13.569	16.097	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.986	14.752	13.632	16.183	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.928	13.482	14.212	13.169	Imputation
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	12.014	12.868	11.217	18.497	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	11.278	12.598	10.850	15.170	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10.453	10.675	10.355	12.710	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.335	2.217	10.593	3.267	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.289	5.527	11.664	18.682	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.038	8.433	9.500	16.022	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	8.592	8.780	8.435	10.303	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.467	9.035	6.694	11.420	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.239	7.030	7.368	8.708	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.200	6.855	7.533	7.689	Real value
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.112	4.304	7.915	4.528	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.059	6.289	5.886	8.431	Real value
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.617	7.060	4.941	10.138	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5.239	4.763	5.536	5.712	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	4.823	5.125	4.625	6.216	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.541	4.629	4.480	8.278	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.357	4.059	4.528	4.622	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.276	2.579	5.347	6.647	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	4.275	3.768	4.625	3.470	Real value
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.588	5.230	3.064	1.860	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.226	3.129	3.296	3.518	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.152	2.696	3.388	4.133	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.071	4.204	2.333	8.754	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.052	3.313	2.894	3.087	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.014	4.828	1.792	1.231	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.806	2.958	2.660	4.339	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.712	1.768	3.379	4.757	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.291	3.704	1.147	1.117	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2.037	3.532	0.658	1.973	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.967	1.232	2.443	3.017	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.956	2.090	1.846	4.336	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.934	2.908	1.399	2.636	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.836	1.575	1.986	2.138	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.834	0.602	2.450	2.358	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.696	1.794	1.669	2.227	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.557	1.732	1.389	0.632	Real value
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.128	0.224	1.321	0.399	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.755	0.578	0.867	0.753	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.736	0.574	0.872	1.146	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.460	0.541	0.396	0.069	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.435	0.484	0.386	0.426	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.309	0.309	0.308	0.261	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.291	0.233	0.326	0.251	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.144	0.152	0.142	0.194	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.102	0.078	0.121	0.063	Imputation
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.055	0.108	0.058	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.100	0.105	0.096	0.101	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.122	0.078	0.056	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.120	0.079	0.142	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.100	0.099	0.090	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.004	0.112	0.027	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.069	0.130	0.161	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.032	0.127	0.066	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.057	0.125	0.113	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.119	0.089	0.166	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.023	0.114	0.057	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.100	0.096	0.103	0.118	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.106	0.096	0.101	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.103	0.098	0.112	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.032	0.124	0.023	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.116	0.093	0.184	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.152	0.050	0.069	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.104	0.097	0.110	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.072	0.093	0.047	0.041	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.070	0.064	0.074	0.142	Real value
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.044	0.044	0.044	0.017	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.043	0.051	0.040	0.045	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.003	Adjusted

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.213
Somalia81.029
DR Congo79.428
Mozambique75.052
Burundi73.063

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.200. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.068
LowestIraq0.004
Middle country: 6.289
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar85.404
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 7.368
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.552
LowestRussia0.003
Middle country: 8.611

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 117 in both
34 · 65rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Yemen48.976 → 52.682+3.706
Venezuela10.444 → 13.928+3.484
Timor-Leste38.051 → 41.277+3.226
Angola28.921 → 31.790+2.869
Republic of the Congo40.632 → 42.969+2.337

Fell most

Benin59.172 → 50.388−8.784
Syria17.823 → 9.335−8.488
Côte d’Ivoire37.563 → 29.745−7.818
Senegal35.972 → 28.845−7.127
Mali44.057 → 36.997−7.060

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) (2017). Working Poverty Rate, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2017

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