Data for 2023

Working Poverty Rate, 2023

Name: Working Poverty Rate, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

Figures for 2023, as ILO published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Working Poverty Rate, 2023 covers 114 countries on 4 measures. Madagascar is highest, at 86.545; Bhutan is lowest, at 0.007. The middle country reads 5.168. Against 2022, 94 values changed (24 up, 70 down), 2 left.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Working Poverty Rate · Data for 2023

HighestMadagascar

86.545

LowestBhutan

0.007

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

114countries
4measures per country
2023the year it describes
96distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Working Poverty Rate, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 114 countries · select a heading to sort

Working Poverty Rate, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).

Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.545	87.400	85.739	89.832	Adjusted
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	80.962	81.847	80.107	82.189	Adjusted
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.927	82.927	76.740	80.507	Adjusted
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	78.176	78.834	77.912	80.374	Imputation
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	72.416	75.667	69.416	71.739	Adjusted
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.866	73.378	70.252	73.737	Adjusted
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.607	69.200	68.052	70.840	Adjusted
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66.710	68.385	65.273	69.529	Adjusted
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	63.132	58.629	63.423	54.572	Adjusted
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	55.604	58.511	52.935	57.120	Adjusted
Niger`NER`Western Africa	55.483	55.464	55.499	60.293	Adjusted
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.329	52.783	46.165	56.880	Adjusted
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.019	49.064	45.076	52.405	Adjusted
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.240	48.065	44.657	46.581	Adjusted
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.612	42.924	46.020	47.251	Imputation
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.522	44.128	42.962	43.752	Adjusted
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	43.253	45.129	41.399	49.970	Adjusted
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.453	44.778	36.786	45.197	Adjusted
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.436	43.106	38.240	34.989	Adjusted
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.713	41.269	38.204	47.817	Adjusted
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.489	37.858	40.980	25.991	Adjusted
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.165	41.746	35.735	45.460	Adjusted
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.079	41.775	34.499	48.435	Adjusted
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.471	38.029	33.229	42.022	Adjusted
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.381	38.353	32.793	36.635	Adjusted
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.362	40.342	32.163	43.752	Adjusted
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.694	35.699	33.772	39.558	Adjusted
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	34.612	35.566	33.730	41.394	Adjusted
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.196	32.812	35.230	42.703	Adjusted
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.985	34.409	30.211	38.160	Adjusted
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.640	26.667	30.456	36.359	Adjusted
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.620	30.017	27.368	37.387	Adjusted
Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.317	30.047	27.350	27.280	Imputation
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.860	28.549	23.902	36.653	Adjusted
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.296	21.558	22.990	33.858	Adjusted
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.198	26.062	19.192	25.003	Adjusted
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.365	14.500	28.062	31.706	Adjusted
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.268	23.510	18.441	31.165	Adjusted
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	19.672	21.213	18.508	27.597	Adjusted
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.834	15.894	15.778	21.089	Adjusted
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.702	23.111	13.580	17.180	Adjusted
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.390	14.990	13.906	15.744	Adjusted
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.989	14.749	13.380	21.762	Adjusted
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.983	4.248	15.718	4.387	Adjusted
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.226	14.893	11.763	27.146	Adjusted
Honduras`HND`Central America	12.861	8.822	14.927	14.773	Adjusted
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	12.102	12.830	11.407	18.852	Adjusted
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	11.161	7.720	13.222	21.592	Adjusted
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.681	12.847	9.137	18.010	Adjusted
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7.889	8.246	7.655	8.414	Adjusted
Peru`PER`South America	6.905	7.267	6.611	8.037	Adjusted
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.835	6.160	7.358	12.576	Adjusted
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.504	8.027	5.798	10.194	Adjusted
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.151	5.542	6.488	5.374	Adjusted
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.072	8.256	5.027	10.968	Adjusted
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.811	6.922	5.327	7.676	Adjusted
India`IND`Southern Asia	5.548	5.522	5.557	8.323	Adjusted
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.788	5.092	4.578	8.958	Adjusted
Colombia`COL`South America	4.260	3.679	4.656	3.727	Real value
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.144	2.618	5.143	6.804	Adjusted
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.635	3.586	3.681	2.921	Real value
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.533	3.634	3.486	4.787	Adjusted
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.471	2.953	3.803	3.690	Adjusted
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.114	4.357	2.769	1.606	Adjusted
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.020	1.080	3.693	2.345	Adjusted
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.898	4.335	2.108	3.926	Adjusted
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.813	1.830	3.531	5.052	Adjusted
Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.779	2.997	2.592	4.716	Adjusted
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.767	0.861	3.795	1.592	Adjusted
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.461	0.841	3.278	3.134	Adjusted
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.358	2.605	2.184	1.766	Adjusted
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.340	2.082	2.487	2.432	Adjusted
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1.720	1.852	1.592	1.443	Adjusted
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.598	1.053	1.959	2.443	Adjusted
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.592	1.773	1.472	1.684	Adjusted
Guyana`GUY`South America	1.150	1.320	1.018	1.470	Adjusted
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.084	1.236	0.950	0.102	Real value
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.929	1.485	0.508	0.330	Adjusted
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.919	0.148	1.060	0.202	Adjusted
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.761	0.746	0.774	0.679	Adjusted
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.757	0.726	0.781	0.915	Adjusted
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.695	1.266	0.166	0.677	Adjusted
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.573	0.443	0.660	0.593	Adjusted
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.459	0.645	0.301	0.554	Adjusted
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.434	0.387	0.445	0.554	Adjusted
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.417	0.465	0.370	0.492	Adjusted
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.350	0.390	0.321	0.354	Adjusted
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.173	0.157	0.176	0.102	Adjusted
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.102	0.082	0.116	0.044	Adjusted
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.100	0.116	0.086	0.017	Adjusted
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.100	0.057	0.108	0.061	Adjusted
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100	0.132	0.068	0.069	Adjusted
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.100	0.106	0.094	0.051	Adjusted
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.100	0.094	0.103	0.153	Adjusted
Chile`CHL`South America	0.100	0.107	0.094	0.085	Adjusted
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.113	0.089	0.200	Adjusted
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.100	0.006	0.111	0.024	Adjusted
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100	0.066	0.131	0.157	Adjusted
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.058	0.124	0.133	Adjusted
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.100	0.101	0.099	0.102	Adjusted
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.100	0.112	0.092	0.160	Adjusted
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.093	0.106	0.121	Adjusted
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.115	Adjusted
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.100	0.069	0.126	0.297	Adjusted
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.100	0.107	0.095	0.111	Adjusted
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.100	0.050	0.119	0.016	Adjusted
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.100	0.119	0.091	0.258	Adjusted
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.100	0.105	0.096	0.106	Adjusted
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.057	0.033	0.079	0.026	Imputation
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.046	0.057	0.034	0.012	Adjusted
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.042	0.043	0.041	0.041	Adjusted
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.015	0.013	0.016	0.011	Adjusted
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.010	0.009	0.011	0.002	Adjusted
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.007	0.009	0.005	0.021	Adjusted

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Madagascar86.545
DR Congo80.962
Mozambique79.927
Somalia78.176
Malawi72.416

Lowest

Bhutan0.007
Russia0.010
Costa Rica0.015
Argentina0.042
Moldova0.046

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.168. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (%)
HighestMadagascar87.400
LowestIraq0.006
Middle country: 4.725
Men (%)
HighestMadagascar85.739
LowestBhutan0.005
Middle country: 5.085
Aged 15-24 (%)
HighestMadagascar89.832
LowestRussia0.002
Middle country: 6.089

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
94values changed, of 114 in both
24 · 70rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste42.162 → 44.612+2.450
Syria11.935 → 13.983+2.048
Yemen61.230 → 63.132+1.902
Peru5.686 → 6.905+1.219
Haiti39.544 → 40.436+0.892

Fell most

Ethiopia34.681 → 31.985−2.696
Rwanda48.590 → 46.240−2.350
Kenya37.140 → 35.381−1.759
Sierra Leone39.771 → 38.079−1.692
Philippines4.003 → 2.358−1.645

− Palestine

− Sudan

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

96 distinct values among 114
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 19 countries share 0.100. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 114 countries has every column.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Adjusted, Imputation, Real value.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
114 rows · 6.6 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download working-poverty-2023-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
ILO’s own file, on its own site.
https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator/?id=SDG_0111_SEX_AGE_RT&format=.csv&channel=ilostat

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Working Poverty Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/working-poverty/2023

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Working Poverty Rate, 2022
116 countries
The year after ›
Working Poverty Rate, 2024
113 countries
All of them
Working Poverty Rate: every year
26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions