Data for 2018

Working Poverty Rate, 2018

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2018
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Working Poverty Rate, 2018 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.083; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 5.772. Against 2017, 100 values changed (36 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2018

HighestMadagascar

86.083

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2018the 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.083	86.952	85.262	89.448	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	80.470	81.317	79.665	81.583	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	79.358	79.964	79.109	81.455	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	76.522	79.914	72.815	77.133	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	72.349	73.933	70.657	74.320	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	69.994	73.440	66.813	69.408	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.314	69.070	67.658	70.807	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	64.586	66.434	63.052	67.850	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	56.671	56.912	56.502	61.942	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.443	59.458	53.578	57.833	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.827	56.438	53.414	54.173	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.700	44.835	54.316	40.554	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.952	52.084	47.938	54.922	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.799	50.876	43.079	50.804	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.704	48.233	41.419	53.425	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.734	40.529	44.536	45.099	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.182	46.230	38.335	51.744	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.578	41.225	39.980	42.300	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	40.402	41.846	38.931	46.827	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.141	43.604	37.746	47.077	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.074	38.570	39.536	30.764	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.443	29.925	46.886	49.157	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.475	39.044	36.114	42.463	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.915	39.646	34.488	44.111	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.806	37.282	32.680	28.998	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.773	36.224	33.346	43.835	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.792	34.742	32.920	38.591	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.141	37.456	30.213	41.405	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.660	35.228	30.350	34.680	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.571	34.301	31.229	38.572	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.826	33.380	30.424	40.535	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	31.738	30.208	32.916	40.308	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.057	28.669	29.419	40.761	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.540	26.813	30.073	36.727	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.865	27.953	24.351	32.048	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.538	28.764	23.350	35.920	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	24.094	27.852	21.797	35.776	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.153	26.722	20.222	25.649	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.739	17.809	17.695	17.065	Imputation
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.461	16.555	16.374	21.763	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.943	24.688	13.669	17.416	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.650	10.232	18.827	17.688	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.647	16.597	14.875	23.514	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.929	18.007	12.199	29.017	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.338	17.105	12.319	22.949	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.023	14.708	13.469	15.987	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.137	14.044	12.546	14.062	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	12.950	13.679	12.228	20.117	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.572	11.944	11.392	13.072	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.509	4.232	13.893	6.152	Imputation
India`IND`Southern Asia	9.715	10.851	9.345	13.384	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.313	10.169	8.944	11.693	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.362	5.252	9.221	5.563	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.144	7.461	8.674	14.143	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.918	4.802	9.930	15.114	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	7.136	7.262	7.031	8.614	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.019	8.574	6.274	10.850	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.438	6.137	6.720	6.740	Real value
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.772	7.496	4.955	10.292	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.113	4.571	5.451	6.955	Real value
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.886	5.039	4.780	8.884	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4.782	0.954	5.472	1.487	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	4.711	5.062	4.477	6.066	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.496	2.788	5.571	7.059	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.276	4.473	4.120	5.627	Real value
Colombia`COL`South America	4.067	3.600	4.385	3.564	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.739	3.526	3.873	3.855	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.473	4.779	3.066	1.664	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.212	3.121	3.279	3.535	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.178	2.891	3.345	3.351	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.872	3.126	2.716	2.905	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.635	2.778	2.500	4.055	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.527	2.297	2.639	3.440	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.276	1.493	2.827	3.983	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.084	3.137	1.509	2.841	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.041	0.679	2.725	2.618	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.920	3.071	1.125	0.740	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.835	3.212	0.564	1.773	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.805	1.742	1.819	2.384	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.743	2.715	0.957	0.941	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.684	1.032	2.119	2.785	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.597	1.536	1.653	0.105	Real value
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.340	0.270	1.571	0.452	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.934	1.005	0.876	2.126	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.815	0.652	0.918	0.705	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.787	0.523	0.996	1.574	Real value
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.739	1.053	0.534	2.445	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.495	0.428	0.535	0.547	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.452	0.504	0.402	0.477	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.445	0.330	0.517	0.443	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.211	0.224	0.202	0.213	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.172	0.202	0.148	0.029	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.055	0.108	0.059	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.123	0.076	0.067	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.111	0.089	0.101	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.053	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.101	0.099	0.089	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.005	0.112	0.025	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.068	0.130	0.160	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.032	0.128	0.065	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.058	0.125	0.119	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.119	0.089	0.162	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.031	0.114	0.067	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.071	0.124	0.056	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.106	0.096	0.100	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.075	0.121	0.269	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.103	0.097	0.112	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.031	0.124	0.027	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.116	0.093	0.200	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.148	0.055	0.072	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.105	0.096	0.108	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.068	0.066	0.069	0.078	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.056	0.062	0.054	0.052	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.031	0.031	0.031	0.025	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.026	0.030	0.025	0.028	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.021	0.029	0.013	0.008	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.003	Adjusted

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.083
DR Congo80.470
Somalia79.358
Mozambique76.522
Burundi72.349

Lowest

Russia0.010
Moldova0.021
Maldives0.026
Jamaica0.031
Jordan0.056

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.772. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar86.952
LowestIraq0.005
Middle country: 5.039
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar85.262
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 5.571
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.448
LowestRussia0.003
Middle country: 6.955

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 117 in both
36 · 64rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela13.928 → 17.739+3.811
Angola31.790 → 34.773+2.983
Republic of the Congo42.969 → 44.704+1.735
Mozambique75.052 → 76.522+1.470
Timor-Leste41.277 → 42.734+1.457

Fell most

Benin50.388 → 38.443−11.945
Togo37.691 → 29.057−8.634
Guinea-Bissau42.350 → 37.475−4.875
Senegal28.845 → 24.094−4.751
Syria9.335 → 4.782−4.553

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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99 distinct values among 117
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2018). Working Poverty Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2018

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