Data for 2019

Working Poverty Rate, 2019

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2019, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2019 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 85.614; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 5.527. Against 2018, 100 values changed (39 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2019

HighestMadagascar

85.614

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2019the 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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.614	86.510	84.766	89.077	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.703	82.505	80.943	82.848	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.256	81.454	74.779	78.817	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	77.553	78.249	77.267	79.762	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.831	73.414	70.140	73.799	Adjusted
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.039	74.412	67.903	70.399	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	67.279	68.060	66.595	69.817	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	65.617	67.341	64.222	68.727	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.648	59.639	53.822	58.109	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	56.048	56.358	55.834	61.362	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	54.035	44.772	54.670	41.076	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	52.070	53.815	50.580	51.566	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.408	50.496	46.432	53.560	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.042	48.557	41.761	53.691	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.740	48.784	41.070	49.064	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.462	46.026	42.856	50.457	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	40.931	41.575	40.338	42.616	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.694	44.611	36.937	50.564	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.184	42.645	36.788	46.305	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.842	36.867	40.468	39.840	Imputation
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.305	37.551	38.995	28.706	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.231	38.820	34.015	30.584	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.198	38.798	33.860	43.246	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.067	37.551	34.595	44.810	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.745	36.818	34.757	40.384	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	33.486	34.431	32.658	37.394	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	33.294	35.300	31.770	39.357	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.261	36.073	30.794	34.913	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.375	30.873	33.516	40.926	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30.538	22.532	38.488	42.037	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.470	35.084	27.501	39.269	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.180	31.634	28.868	39.065	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.729	25.948	29.315	35.688	Real value
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.650	28.638	23.555	36.189	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.800	24.229	25.331	36.588	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.735	26.381	19.790	25.344	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.386	24.212	21.062	28.521	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.174	25.653	20.141	33.557	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.893	23.019	21.173	21.581	Imputation
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.716	16.810	16.628	22.088	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.267	24.059	14.100	17.507	Real value
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.219	16.109	14.492	23.022	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	14.577	9.124	17.422	16.598	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.254	16.897	11.916	28.020	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.085	14.766	13.536	15.963	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	13.651	14.455	12.860	20.978	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13.116	15.829	11.201	21.442	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11.814	12.537	11.338	13.198	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.235	10.279	10.212	11.033	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.686	6.276	10.587	6.773	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	8.650	9.543	8.356	12.128	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.304	9.727	7.703	10.804	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.550	4.532	9.456	13.334	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7.325	6.619	7.873	13.355	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.314	2.643	9.810	4.149	Imputation
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.914	8.528	6.162	10.775	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	6.366	6.457	6.289	7.819	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.775	5.530	6.004	6.558	Real value
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.527	7.325	4.693	9.904	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	5.119	4.631	5.448	4.724	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.945	3.079	6.115	7.947	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.907	5.140	4.744	8.927	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	4.086	4.659	3.700	4.972	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.060	3.645	4.315	6.476	Real value
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.363	3.256	3.441	3.775	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.336	0.631	3.835	0.958	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.248	4.168	2.968	1.430	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.068	2.996	3.116	2.906	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.035	2.754	3.197	3.206	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.874	3.167	2.688	2.974	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.606	2.710	2.522	3.537	Real value
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.581	2.321	2.710	3.478	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.523	0.845	3.368	3.242	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.292	0.423	2.685	0.662	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.147	3.227	1.556	2.926	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.853	1.945	1.767	3.367	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.688	2.545	1.088	0.815	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.599	2.826	0.466	1.541	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.460	1.885	1.158	4.734	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.451	0.915	1.828	2.668	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.318	1.286	1.346	0.103	Real value
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.191	1.060	1.216	1.569	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.092	0.686	1.370	1.752	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.596	0.927	0.325	0.474	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.438	0.501	0.373	0.469	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.371	0.304	0.416	0.267	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.347	0.261	0.404	0.342	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.295	0.315	0.281	0.289	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.283	0.279	0.286	0.239	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.277	0.194	0.346	0.645	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.146	0.125	0.159	0.176	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.136	0.119	0.148	0.074	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.116	0.086	0.017	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.056	0.108	0.059	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.126	0.074	0.068	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.111	0.088	0.092	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.109	0.093	0.224	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.007	0.112	0.023	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.067	0.130	0.157	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.032	0.129	0.062	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.058	0.124	0.132	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.101	Real value
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.117	0.089	0.164	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.026	0.115	0.061	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.100	0.098	0.102	0.116	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.068	0.126	0.054	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.100	0.107	0.095	0.102	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.104	0.096	0.112	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.031	0.124	0.029	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.141	0.081	0.183	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.140	0.064	0.079	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.106	0.095	0.106	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.099	0.084	0.101	0.076	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.098	0.099	0.097	0.084	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.091	0.060	0.116	0.273	Real value
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.034	0.042	0.024	0.014	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.003	Adjusted

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar85.614
DR Congo81.703
Mozambique78.256
Somalia77.553
Burundi71.831

Lowest

Russia0.010
Moldova0.034
Thailand0.091
Chile0.098
Jordan0.099

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.527. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar86.510
LowestIraq0.007
Middle country: 4.659
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar84.766
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 6.004
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.077
LowestRussia0.003
Middle country: 6.773

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 117 in both
39 · 61rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela17.739 → 21.893+4.154
Zimbabwe40.402 → 44.462+4.060
Liberia33.792 → 35.745+1.953
Mozambique76.522 → 78.256+1.734
Haiti34.806 → 36.231+1.425

Fell most

Benin38.443 → 30.538−7.905
Togo29.057 → 24.800−4.257
Guinea-Bissau37.475 → 33.486−3.989
Timor-Leste42.734 → 38.842−3.892
Côte d’Ivoire25.865 → 22.386−3.479

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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98 distinct values among 117
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2019). Working Poverty Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2019

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