Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age (%) by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
33.1%
Melanesia
Lowest
0.0%
Russian Federation
Median
0.6%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
1,662
What the numbers show
Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age (%) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 33.1% in Melanesia; the lowest is 0.0% in Russian Federation.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 2.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,315.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Caribbean (up 18.4%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 99.5%).
Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanesia | 33.1% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 2 | Honduras | 12.9% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 12.1% | 2015 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Caribbean | 10.8% | 2025 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.2% | 2006 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 7.0% | 2022 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 7 | Peru | 6.9% | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 6.4% | 2024 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Ecuador | 4.8% | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Colombia | 4.3% | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.2% | 2022 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Georgia | 3.6% | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 13 | El Salvador | 2.8% | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.8% | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 2.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Philippines | 2.4% | 2023 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 1.9% | 2022 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1.9% | 2022 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Mexico | 1.7% | 2022 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 1.7% | 2019 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Panama | 1.6% | 2023 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Armenia | 1.1% | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.8% | 2023 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2022 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Montenegro | 0.3% | 2021 | down 84.4% | falling |
| 27 | Chile | 0.1% | 2022 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 27 | China | 0.1% | 2021 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Albania | 0.1% | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | State of Palestine | 0.1% | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Türkiye | 0.1% | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Turkey | 0.1% | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2023 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2022 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2022 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2022 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Russia | 0.0% | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 0.0% | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 57.7%
- Eastern Africa 47.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.1%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 38.0%
- Africa 35.6%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 31.4%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 31.2%
- Western Africa 28.2%
- Southern Africa 15.3%
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 13.7%
- Developing regions 9.6%
- World 7.9%
- Oceania 7.1%
- Southern Asia 5.3%
- Western Asia 5.2%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 5.2%
- Central and Southern Asia 5.2%
- Northern Africa 5.1%
- South-eastern Asia 3.6%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3.4%
- Asia 3.1%
- South America 3.1%
- Central America 2.6%
- Americas 2.1%
- Central Asia 1.8%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 1.5%
- Eastern Asia 0.7%
- Eastern Europe 0.0%
- Europe 0.0%
- Europe and Northern America 0.0%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 0.0%
- Southern Europe 0.0%