SDG indicator 1.1.1: Working poverty rate (15+) by country
The series is part of the ILO modelled estimates and is harmonized to account for differences in national data and scope of coverage, collection and tabulation methodologies as well as for other country-specific factors. The working poverty rate conveys the percentage of employed persons living in poverty in spite...
Countries reporting
117
Highest
86.02
Madagascar
Lowest
0.007
Bhutan
Median
4.03
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,006
What the numbers show
SDG indicator 1.1.1: Working poverty rate (15+) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 86.02 in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.007 in Bhutan.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.03, and the mean is 16.63.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,288.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 2,920.0%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 99.8%).
SDG indicator 1.1.1: Working poverty rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 86.02 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 2 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 80.25 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 79.61 | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 78.2 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 5 | Malawi | 73.06 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 6 | Burundi | 71.78 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 69.68 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 8 | Yemen | 66.53 | 2025 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Zambia | 66.03 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 53.09 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 11 | Niger | 49.83 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 12 | Congo | 49.23 | 2025 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 13 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 44.72 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 14 | Solomon Islands | 43.33 | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 15 | Haiti | 43.09 | 2025 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 42.93 | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 17 | Rwanda | 42.3 | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 41.94 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 40.1 | 2025 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 38.54 | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 21 | Chad | 38.04 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 37.18 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 35.47 | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 24 | Mali | 34.35 | 2025 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 25 | Lesotho | 33.63 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 33.06 | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 27 | Eswatini | 32.94 | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 28 | Liberia | 32.68 | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.08 | 2025 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 30 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 29.5 | 2025 | up 268.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 28.23 | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 32 | Nigeria | 27.91 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 33 | Ghana | 27.72 | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 24.95 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 21.66 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 36 | Togo | 20.28 | 2025 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 37 | Benin | 18.28 | 2025 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.9 | 2025 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.67 | 2025 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 17.22 | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 41 | Pakistan | 15.1 | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 14.47 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 43 | Botswana | 14.28 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 44 | Gambia | 14.2 | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Sudan | 13.46 | 2022 | up 70.6% | falling |
| 46 | Honduras | 12.42 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 47 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 12.13 | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 48 | Namibia | 11.86 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 49 | Myanmar | 11.3 | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Guinea | 9.26 | 2025 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Peru | 6.29 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Mauritania | 5.96 | 2025 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Indonesia | 5.64 | 2025 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 5.63 | 2025 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Guatemala | 5.62 | 2025 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 5.14 | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 4.9 | 2025 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 58 | Ecuador | 4.88 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Colombia | 4.03 | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 3.84 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 61 | India | 3.56 | 2025 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Lebanon | 3.02 | 2023 | up 2,920.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 2.92 | 2025 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | 2.86 | 2025 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 65 | Morocco | 2.8 | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.75 | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 67 | El Salvador | 2.5 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 2.44 | 2025 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.43 | 2025 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Fiji | 1.92 | 2025 | up 52.3% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 1.88 | 2025 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Mexico | 1.61 | 2025 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Panama | 1.49 | 2025 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Georgia | 1.41 | 2025 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Viet Nam | 1.38 | 2025 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Guyana | 0.813 | 2025 | down 85.3% | falling |
| 77 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.78 | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Jamaica | 0.77 | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 0.725 | 2025 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 0.558 | 2025 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Philippines | 0.468 | 2025 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 0.435 | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 0.386 | 2025 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Egypt | 0.35 | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Suriname | 0.329 | 2025 | up 229.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Barbados | 0.301 | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 87 | Montenegro | 0.291 | 2025 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Jordan | 0.169 | 2025 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Albania | 0.1 | 2025 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 0.1 | 2025 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Chile | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | China | 0.1 | 2025 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 0.1 | 2025 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Algeria | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Iraq | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Maldives | 0.1 | 2025 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Mongolia | 0.1 | 2025 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Mauritius | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Malaysia | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Paraguay | 0.1 | 2025 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Palestine, State of | 0.1 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Thailand | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Tunisia | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Türkiye | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Ukraine | 0.1 | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Uruguay | 0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.088 | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Armenia | 0.047 | 2025 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Republic of Moldova | 0.047 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 0.044 | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Argentina | 0.029 | 2025 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Russian Federation | 0.01 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 117 | Bhutan | 0.007 | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Africa 57.71
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 52.86
- Africa: Low income 51.97
- World: Low income 50.52
- Eastern Africa 47.52
- Arab States: Low income 43.95
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income 40.3
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.07
- Africa 35.62
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 31.1
- Western Africa 28.16
- Africa: Lower-middle income 26.27
- CARICOM 24.56
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 15.9
- Southern Africa 15.28
- Americas: Lower-middle income 14.84
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 14.84
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Upper-middle income 13.34
- World excluding BRICS 13.05
- World excluding India and China 11.57
- Caribbean 10.81
- World: Lower-middle income 10.09
- Arab States 9.17
- Arab League 8.46
- G20 8.17
- Africa: Upper-middle income 8.05
- World 7.9
- Pacific Islands 7.07
- MENA 5.93
- Southern Asia 5.31
- Northern Africa 5.09
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 4.88
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 4.76
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 4.1
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 4.02
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 3.82
- South-Eastern Asia 3.62
- ASEAN 3.55
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.44
- South America 3.12
About this data
The series is part of the ILO modelled estimates and is harmonized to account for differences in national data and scope of coverage, collection and tabulation methodologies as well as for other country-specific factors. The working poverty rate conveys the percentage of employed persons living in poverty in spite of being employed. Poverty is defined using the international poverty line of US$3 per day in purchasing power parity (PPP). For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.