Data for 2020

Working Poverty Rate, 2020

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Working Poverty Rate, 2020 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 87.638; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 7.816. Against 2019, 98 values changed (74 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2020

HighestMadagascar

87.638

LowestRussia

0.010

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

117countries
4measures per country
2020the 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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	87.638	88.445	86.874	90.652	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.652	84.383	82.954	84.740	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.657	83.566	77.505	81.132	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	78.109	78.815	77.818	80.306	Imputation
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	72.376	75.459	69.561	72.076	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.746	73.206	70.233	73.965	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.296	68.994	67.679	70.645	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.638	69.213	66.338	70.532	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	58.950	54.318	59.269	46.601	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.415	57.559	57.309	62.368	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	57.151	60.085	54.426	58.459	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.464	55.996	53.120	53.965	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.922	51.005	46.948	54.151	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.396	51.887	45.144	56.010	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	47.520	49.285	45.738	53.006	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.239	48.362	40.581	48.380	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.807	44.611	43.065	44.756	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.794	46.818	38.924	52.202	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.176	39.359	40.925	29.080	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.066	43.401	37.746	46.873	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.389	39.945	36.841	46.770	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37.788	38.895	36.760	42.011	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.677	40.599	35.178	31.819	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.740	39.362	34.385	43.392	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.567	39.615	33.931	37.322	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.794	36.819	34.878	40.393	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.682	34.006	37.068	37.430	Imputation
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.194	33.689	36.336	43.521	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.841	37.151	33.136	40.708	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.553	39.951	31.232	43.670	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.703	32.213	29.347	39.389	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.946	28.334	31.358	37.803	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	28.703	20.798	36.477	39.983	Adjusted
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.105	28.934	24.075	36.649	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.660	25.109	26.171	37.286	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.038	28.601	22.758	24.690	Imputation
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.224	27.056	20.182	25.773	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.189	25.148	21.758	30.047	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.695	26.221	20.664	33.942	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.646	18.831	18.474	24.288	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	17.069	13.500	19.271	18.827	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.680	25.029	14.327	18.313	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.551	17.600	15.519	24.215	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.980	15.768	14.332	22.653	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.957	15.677	14.382	16.373	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.497	16.987	12.296	28.743	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.444	14.971	10.660	20.378	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	12.108	13.208	11.245	14.099	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.628	4.400	12.939	3.780	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.996	12.062	10.293	12.216	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.984	7.484	11.849	8.194	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.907	10.049	11.575	18.478	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.128	5.417	12.940	14.977	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	9.469	10.750	9.046	13.336	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.307	9.246	9.339	9.515	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	8.971	8.522	9.257	8.885	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.870	8.407	9.164	14.826	Real value
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.905	9.986	7.021	10.587	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.816	8.763	7.184	13.819	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.603	6.965	8.203	7.599	Real value
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.514	9.253	6.710	11.630	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.763	9.254	5.539	11.772	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.338	7.056	5.872	6.135	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.118	3.288	6.268	8.097	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.036	1.901	6.681	2.911	Imputation
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.920	2.023	6.375	6.453	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.003	6.265	3.333	1.827	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.738	4.337	3.266	6.340	Real value
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.597	3.651	3.560	3.818	Imputation
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.170	2.985	3.274	3.420	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.073	2.099	3.750	5.486	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.042	2.927	3.096	4.167	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.041	3.583	2.698	3.051	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	2.691	3.171	2.363	3.147	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.515	0.482	2.881	0.602	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.186	3.244	1.609	2.860	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.752	2.778	1.014	0.793	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.530	1.587	1.478	2.435	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.460	1.304	1.558	1.075	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.360	1.755	1.073	4.929	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.092	1.975	0.277	0.999	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.951	0.836	1.064	1.333	Real value
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.817	0.744	0.831	1.155	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.650	0.454	0.780	1.053	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.597	0.612	0.585	0.504	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.552	0.625	0.500	0.504	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.469	0.373	0.529	0.426	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.327	0.382	0.272	0.343	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.274	0.309	0.251	0.268	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.262	0.292	0.241	0.221	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.211	0.151	0.260	0.477	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.196	0.236	0.149	0.073	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.196	0.350	0.070	0.095	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.143	0.143	0.143	0.207	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.118	0.085	0.017	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.068	0.106	0.066	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.123	0.077	0.074	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.109	0.091	0.084	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.111	0.091	0.202	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.008	0.112	0.023	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.070	0.128	0.159	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.100	0.029	0.127	0.071	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.060	0.123	0.119	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.100	0.114	0.096	0.111	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.114	0.091	0.165	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.043	0.111	0.053	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.100	0.099	0.101	0.112	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.067	0.127	0.295	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.107	0.094	0.104	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.058	0.115	0.030	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.170	0.069	0.150	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.147	0.057	0.052	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.110	0.091	0.097	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.090	0.062	0.113	0.045	Imputation
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.086	0.085	0.088	0.048	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.072	0.074	0.072	0.044	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.011	0.009	0.003	Adjusted

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar87.638
DR Congo83.652
Mozambique80.657
Somalia78.109
Malawi72.376

Lowest

Russia0.010
Jordan0.072
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.086
Serbia0.090
Uruguayshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 7.816. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar88.445
LowestIraq0.008
Middle country: 7.484
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar86.874
LowestRussia0.009
Middle country: 7.184
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar90.652
LowestRussia0.003
Middle country: 8.885

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 117 in both
74 · 24rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Syria3.336 → 11.628+8.292
Peru6.366 → 12.108+5.742
Yemen54.035 → 58.950+4.915
Kyrgyzstan4.060 → 8.870+4.810
Mali30.470 → 34.553+4.083

Fell most

Timor-Leste38.842 → 35.682−3.160
Uzbekistan7.314 → 5.036−2.278
Benin30.538 → 28.703−1.835
Guyana4.086 → 2.691−1.395
Bangladesh10.235 → 9.307−0.928

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
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) (2020). Working Poverty Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2020

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