Nations ranked by working-poverty rate among employed men ages 25 and older; percent, 2023.
15 nations are ranked from highest to lowest by working poverty rate in 2023. The rate is the share of employed men ages 25 and older living below US$3 PPP per day. Madagascar ranks first at 84.2%, 4.548 percentage points above Democratic Republic of the Congo at 79.6%. Papua New Guinea ranks 15th at 43.4%, leaving a top-to-bottom spread of 40.759 percentage points.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 84.2% | 2023 |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 79.6% | 2023 |
| 3 | Somalia | 77.5% | 2023 |
| 4 | Mozambique | 76.7% | 2023 |
| 5 | Malawi | 68.8% | 2023 |
| 6 | Burundi | 68.7% | 2023 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 66.2% | 2023 |
| 8 | Yemen | 65.3% | 2023 |
| 9 | Zambia | 64.1% | 2023 |
| 10 | Niger | 51.8% | 2023 |
| 11 | Uganda | 51.1% | 2023 |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 45% | 2023 |
| 13 | Republic of the Congo | 44.4% | 2023 |
| 14 | Rwanda | 43.9% | 2023 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 43.4% | 2023 |
Source 1: Working poverty rate by sex and age
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Dataset/table: Working poverty rate by sex and age
Units: percent of employed people
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Supports the 2023 source observations for the 15 final ranked nations.
The rate is the share of employed men ages 25 and older living below US$3 PPP per day. ILOSTAT classifies the values as estimates; observation-status flags remain attached to the source rows.
The ranking filters official ILOSTAT observations to comparable sovereign nations in 2023, orders the rates from highest to lowest and retains 15 rows from the complete eligible universe. Aggregate reporting groups are excluded.
All rows use the same ILOSTAT indicator, demographic classification, 2023 period and percentage unit.
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