Data for 2021

Working Poverty Rate, 2021

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2021
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Figures for 2021, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2021 covers 117 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 87.112; Jordan is lowest, at 0.002. The middle country reads 6.476. Against 2020, 98 values changed (30 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2021

HighestMadagascar

87.112

LowestJordan

0.002

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

117countries
4measures per country
2021the year it describes
97distinct 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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	87.112	87.959	86.307	90.257	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.053	83.820	82.321	84.155	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.647	83.571	77.495	81.211	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	78.148	78.864	77.854	80.365	Imputation
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.723	75.043	68.633	71.111	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.432	72.991	69.758	73.359	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.910	69.552	68.338	71.156	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.317	68.917	65.978	70.252	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60.603	57.316	60.828	50.402	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.270	59.274	59.266	63.877	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.834	59.704	54.207	58.163	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.640	52.490	49.046	50.086	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.863	52.327	45.621	56.339	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.429	50.512	46.447	53.590	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.563	47.424	43.708	51.398	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.672	44.591	42.818	44.537	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	41.181	45.322	37.595	45.608	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41.090	45.008	37.316	50.815	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.730	39.621	41.753	28.127	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.758	43.142	37.404	46.578	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.023	40.467	37.577	47.442	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.628	41.904	35.832	38.856	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.508	41.380	36.028	32.860	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.773	37.865	35.762	41.191	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.289	38.811	33.999	42.711	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.147	38.752	34.266	41.915	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.717	40.675	32.525	43.862	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.679	36.705	34.748	41.251	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.813	33.314	35.951	42.948	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.776	33.301	36.010	37.013	Imputation
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	29.612	31.042	28.327	38.315	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.319	27.796	30.638	37.176	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.526	30.154	24.191	26.473	Imputation
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.153	28.798	24.207	36.807	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.280	17.770	32.655	36.460	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.737	24.155	25.277	36.350	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.818	26.709	19.770	25.484	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.871	23.765	20.474	29.399	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.219	24.578	19.303	32.264	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.523	17.648	17.406	23.003	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.180	22.616	13.081	16.731	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.807	15.674	14.114	22.497	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	14.454	10.972	16.645	16.322	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.436	15.130	13.894	15.665	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.342	16.601	12.342	28.949	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	13.897	14.671	13.133	20.896	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.342	8.821	14.445	22.745	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.272	8.516	13.152	9.779	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.003	4.409	13.387	4.240	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11.900	14.366	10.173	19.651	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.879	11.196	9.004	10.629	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.829	8.992	10.483	16.881	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	8.217	8.908	7.976	11.783	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.922	9.750	7.074	12.184	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.921	7.437	8.188	7.420	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	7.154	6.577	7.523	7.677	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.087	8.795	6.364	9.710	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.847	6.339	7.324	9.383	Real value
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.476	8.349	5.504	11.743	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	6.096	6.537	5.729	7.428	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.838	2.395	7.572	7.787	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5.649	6.158	5.319	5.322	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.440	5.651	5.296	10.353	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.072	3.599	5.974	8.056	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.457	2.826	5.491	7.050	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	3.685	3.643	3.715	4.091	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.454	4.744	3.082	1.474	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.107	2.001	3.875	5.755	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.977	1.092	3.979	1.635	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.780	2.560	2.904	2.939	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.735	2.634	2.782	3.814	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.563	3.790	1.887	3.360	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.483	2.696	2.305	4.228	Real value
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.299	0.755	2.856	1.796	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	2.241	2.525	2.061	2.365	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	2.025	2.367	1.790	2.423	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.932	0.328	2.204	0.387	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.905	2.065	1.753	2.092	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.327	2.078	0.790	0.474	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.313	1.363	1.265	0.107	Real value
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.148	0.789	1.378	1.778	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.081	1.352	0.880	4.002	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.959	1.741	0.234	0.920	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.834	0.840	0.830	0.707	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.674	0.593	0.690	0.938	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.556	0.484	0.603	0.391	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.537	0.418	0.613	0.539	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.293	0.328	0.270	0.293	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.279	0.327	0.232	0.301	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.271	0.496	0.081	0.132	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.193	0.208	0.176	0.064	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.119	0.126	0.114	0.113	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.117	0.086	0.017	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.067	0.106	0.067	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.134	0.066	0.059	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.110	0.090	0.073	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.100	0.094	0.103	0.134	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.108	0.094	0.084	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.110	0.092	0.194	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.010	0.112	0.023	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.073	0.125	0.169	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.063	0.121	0.151	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.100	0.111	0.097	0.108	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.114	0.091	0.168	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.081	0.115	0.175	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.029	0.114	0.051	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.100	0.099	0.101	0.116	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.069	0.126	0.289	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.110	0.092	0.107	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.063	0.114	0.027	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.145	0.080	0.180	Adjusted
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.147	0.058	0.049	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.108	0.093	0.100	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.096	0.088	0.101	0.053	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.076	0.047	0.100	0.056	Imputation
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.002	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.002	0.003	0.002	0.002	Adjusted

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar87.112
DR Congo83.053
Mozambique80.647
Somalia78.148
Malawi71.723

Lowest

Jordan0.002
Russia0.010
Serbia0.076
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.096
Uruguayshared0.100

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 6.476. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.959
LowestJordan0.003
Middle country: 6.339
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar86.307
LowestJordan0.002
Middle country: 6.364
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar90.257
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 7.787

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
98values changed, of 117 in both
30 · 68rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar10.128 → 12.342+2.214
Lebanon0.100 → 2.299+2.199
Kenya36.567 → 38.628+2.061
Niger57.415 → 59.270+1.855
Yemen58.950 → 60.603+1.653

Fell most

Peru12.108 → 6.096−6.012
Rwanda54.464 → 50.640−3.824
Kyrgyzstan8.870 → 5.072−3.798
Benin28.703 → 25.280−3.423
Burkina Faso44.239 → 41.181−3.058

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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How values are stored

97 distinct values among 117
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 21 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021). Working Poverty Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2021

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