Employed men and women ages 15–24 compared by working-poverty rate; percent and pp gaps, 2023.
15 nations are compared by the largest absolute sex gap in youth working-poverty rates in 2023. Each entry preserves the men’s rate, the women’s rate and the signed percentage-point difference. Benin has the widest gap at 14.69 percentage points, with men at 39% and women at 24.4%. Nigeria ranks second at 11.02 percentage points, with men at 41.7% and women at 30.7%.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 14.69 pp | 2023 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 11.02 pp | 2023 |
| 3 | Honduras | 10.73 pp | 2023 |
| 4 | Togo | 10.55 pp | 2023 |
| 5 | Myanmar | 8.8 pp | 2023 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 8.3 pp | 2023 |
| 7 | Lesotho | 8.21 pp | 2023 |
| 8 | Mozambique | 7.32 pp | 2023 |
| 9 | Yemen | 7.01 pp | 2023 |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 6.85 pp | 2023 |
| 11 | Senegal | 6.33 pp | 2023 |
| 12 | Cameroon | 6.11 pp | 2023 |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 4.9 pp | 2023 |
| 14 | Niger | 4.85 pp | 2023 |
| 15 | Namibia | 4.59 pp | 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 both component rates and the resulting percentage-point gaps for the 15 final nations.
Each component rate is the share of employed people ages 15–24 of the stated sex living below US$3 PPP per day. The signed gap is men minus women. ILOSTAT classifies the observations as estimates.
The comparison joins the paired component observations for the same sovereign nations in 2023, computes the signed difference and ranks the 15 largest absolute gaps. Aggregate reporting groups and incomplete pairs are excluded.
Every row uses the same ILO source family, 2023 period, age classification and percentage basis for both component rates.
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