Data for 2022

Working Poverty Rate, 2022

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

Figures for 2022, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2022 covers 116 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.865; Russia is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 5.442. Against 2021, 97 values changed (30 up, 67 down), 1 left.

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Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2022

HighestMadagascar

86.865

LowestRussia

0.010

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

116countries
4measures per country
2022the 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, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Working Poverty Rate, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.865	87.701	86.078	90.073	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.875	82.686	81.098	83.011	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.374	83.319	77.247	80.934	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	78.218	78.862	77.960	80.401	Imputation
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	72.214	75.480	69.194	71.545	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.821	73.348	70.190	73.705	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.461	69.079	67.895	70.715	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.349	69.004	65.942	70.116	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	61.230	55.544	61.602	51.495	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.165	59.056	53.520	57.620	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	55.116	55.089	55.138	59.954	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.206	52.688	46.014	56.800	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.590	50.455	46.961	48.371	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.869	49.943	45.902	53.131	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.157	46.133	42.213	50.555	Adjusted
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.681	44.272	43.137	43.939	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.162	40.830	43.285	44.236	Imputation
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.843	45.148	37.216	45.254	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.771	43.620	36.069	49.853	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.767	38.048	41.335	26.221	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.544	42.201	37.341	34.019	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.101	40.386	37.806	47.470	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	37.883	41.450	35.457	45.208	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.140	40.244	34.452	37.917	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.322	38.988	33.995	42.712	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.056	41.146	32.830	44.463	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.882	36.900	34.943	42.498	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.799	36.890	34.801	40.511	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.681	37.227	32.828	40.659	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.407	33.009	35.451	42.879	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.907	30.322	27.641	37.620	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.889	27.320	30.235	36.628	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	27.522	29.180	26.614	26.700	Imputation
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.115	28.843	24.131	36.919	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.632	22.966	24.253	35.257	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	22.771	15.641	29.704	33.338	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.368	26.261	19.342	25.155	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.962	24.325	19.071	31.966	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.959	22.676	19.672	29.056	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.524	16.616	16.437	21.874	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.943	22.125	12.895	16.451	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.685	15.294	14.184	22.165	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.326	14.925	13.848	15.493	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.006	15.703	12.520	28.450	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	13.582	9.631	15.746	16.095	Adjusted
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.458	9.249	14.401	11.445	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	12.618	13.399	11.874	19.522	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.935	3.259	13.495	3.690	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	11.632	8.066	13.765	22.302	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11.405	13.739	9.753	19.029	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.225	9.723	8.901	9.364	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7.518	6.825	8.049	13.687	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.229	8.939	6.443	11.242	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.996	6.233	7.433	6.093	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	6.887	7.113	6.804	10.081	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.381	7.590	5.859	8.378	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.147	8.397	5.004	10.859	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	5.686	5.852	5.551	6.915	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	5.198	4.785	5.473	5.600	Real value
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.752	4.793	4.713	4.981	Real value
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.740	5.006	4.552	9.057	Adjusted
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.311	2.714	5.345	7.041	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.182	3.208	4.801	5.863	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4.003	4.436	3.698	3.071	Adjusted
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.439	3.329	3.492	4.642	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.366	4.742	2.986	1.758	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.226	2.049	4.049	5.969	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.199	3.420	3.014	5.414	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.131	1.068	4.164	4.067	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.049	0.946	4.179	1.746	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.894	4.337	2.106	3.923	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.823	1.025	3.452	2.172	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.389	2.133	2.533	2.482	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.883	2.002	1.771	1.767	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.722	1.920	1.593	1.814	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	1.620	1.551	1.670	1.965	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.593	1.005	1.967	2.562	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	1.370	1.565	1.224	1.734	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.216	1.296	1.146	0.108	Real value
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.196	0.244	1.366	0.327	Adjusted
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.985	1.497	0.609	0.358	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.872	1.580	0.217	0.848	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.822	0.814	0.828	0.712	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.465	0.515	0.416	0.542	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.460	0.397	0.472	0.595	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.393	0.643	0.171	0.280	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.335	0.342	0.330	0.369	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.328	0.367	0.302	0.333	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.305	0.233	0.352	0.310	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.292	0.269	0.310	0.344	Real value
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.174	0.149	0.190	0.127	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.127	0.132	0.124	0.124	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.102	0.084	0.114	0.060	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.118	0.085	0.017	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.056	0.107	0.061	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.130	0.070	0.067	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.106	0.093	0.067	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.100	0.091	0.104	0.151	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.107	0.095	0.087	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.113	0.089	0.211	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.007	0.112	0.023	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.066	0.131	0.160	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.058	0.124	0.135	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.100	0.101	0.099	0.102	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.116	0.090	0.173	Adjusted
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.100	0.023	0.116	0.070	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.070	0.125	0.284	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.110	0.092	0.106	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.051	0.119	0.018	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.127	0.087	0.221	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.106	0.094	0.105	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.066	0.039	0.089	0.035	Imputation
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.054	0.054	0.054	0.032	Adjusted
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.046	0.052	0.039	0.011	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.016	0.024	0.011	0.056	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.010	0.010	0.002	Adjusted

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.865
DR Congo81.875
Mozambique80.374
Somalia78.218
Malawi72.214

Lowest

Russia0.010
Bhutan0.016
Moldova0.046
Jordan0.054
Serbia0.066

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.442. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.701
LowestIraq0.007
Middle country: 4.900
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar86.078
LowestRussia0.010
Middle country: 5.409
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar90.073
LowestRussia0.002
Middle country: 6.504

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
97values changed, of 116 in both
30 · 67rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste34.776 → 42.162+7.386
Sudan12.272 → 13.458+1.186
Haiti38.508 → 39.544+1.036
Venezuela26.526 → 27.522+0.996
Bolivia2.483 → 3.199+0.716

Fell most

Niger59.270 → 55.116−4.154
Fiji5.838 → 3.131−2.707
Benin25.280 → 22.771−2.509
Cabo Verde9.829 → 7.518−2.311
Georgia6.847 → 4.752−2.095

− Ukraine

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 116
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) (2022). Working Poverty Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2022

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