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DEFINITION:
Percentage of workers earning less than the equivalent of one USD per day.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 83.8% | 2007 | ||
| 2 | Burundi | 75.8% | 2006 | ||
| 3 | Rwanda | 72.8% | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Malawi | 70.7% | 2004 | ||
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 67.3% | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Madagascar | 64.1% | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Tanzania | 64% | 2007 | ||
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59.7% | 2006 | ||
| 9 | Zambia | 58.9% | 2004 | ||
| 10 | Chad | 58.7% | 2003 | ||
| 11 | Central African Republic | 58.6% | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Nigeria | 58.2% | 2004 | ||
| 13 | Mozambique | 58% | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 55.5% | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 54.1% | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Mali | 51.3% | 2006 | ||
| 17 | Swaziland | 50.6% | 2001 | ||
| 18 | Nepal | 50.4% | 2003 | ||
| =19 | Bangladesh | 50.1% | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Angola | 50.1% | 2000 | ||
| 21 | Haiti | 48.5% | 2001 | ||
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.2% | 2002 | ||
| 23 | Guinea | 44.4% | 2007 | ||
| 24 | Benin | 43.6% | 2003 | ||
| 25 | Comoros | 42% | 2004 | ||
| 26 | Niger | 40.3% | 2007 | ||
| 27 | India | 39.2% | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Afghanistan | 38% | 2005 | ||
| =29 | Somalia | 36.4% | 2005 | ||
| =29 | Namibia | 36.4% | 1993 | ||
| 31 | Togo | 35.8% | 2006 | ||
| =32 | Eritrea | 35.3% | 2005 | ||
| =32 | Uzbekistan | 35.3% | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Ethiopia | 34.9% | 2004 | ||
| 35 | Uganda | 34.5% | 2010 | ||
| 36 | Senegal | 34.4% | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 34% | 1996 | ||
| 38 | Lesotho | 33.5% | 2003 | ||
| 39 | Gambia | 32.4% | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Laos | 31.5% | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Burma | 31.1% | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Cameroon | 31% | 2001 | ||
| 43 | Bhutan | 26.9% | 2003 | ||
| 44 | Ghana | 25.8% | 2006 | ||
| 45 | Cambodia | 25.1% | 2007 | ||
| 46 | Botswana | 24% | 1994 | ||
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.8% | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Solomon Islands | 21.5% | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Indonesia | 19.8% | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Tajikistan | 19.5% | 2004 | ||
| 51 | Pakistan | 19.2% | 2006 | ||
| =52 | Philippines | 19% | 2006 | ||
| =52 | Turkmenistan | 19% | 1998 | ||
| 54 | Honduras | 18.6% | 2007 | ||
| 55 | Fiji | 18.5% | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Mauritania | 17.4% | 2000 | ||
| 57 | Cape Verde | 16% | 2001 | ||
| 58 | Kenya | 15.4% | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Bolivia | 12.9% | 2007 | ||
| 60 | Nicaragua | 12.8% | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Colombia | 12.6% | 2006 | ||
| 62 | Guatemala | 12.3% | 2002 | ||
| 63 | Vietnam | 12% | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Mongolia | 11.3% | 2002 | ||
| =65 | Yemen | 11.2% | 2005 | ||
| =65 | Suriname | 11.2% | 1999 | ||
| 67 | Georgia | 10.7% | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Belize | 9.4% | 1999 | ||
| 69 | South Africa | 8.3% | 2006 | ||
| 70 | Guyana | 7% | 1998 | ||
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 5.8% | 2007 | ||
| 72 | Peru | 5.1% | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Paraguay | 4% | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Algeria | 3.9% | 1995 | ||
| =75 | Ecuador | 3.8% | 2009 | ||
| =75 | El Salvador | 3.8% | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Gabon | 3.6% | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.4% | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 2007 | ||
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.8% | 1992 | ||
| 81 | Djibouti | 2.6% | 1996 | ||
| 82 | Iraq | 2.2% | 2007 | ||
| 83 | Venezuela | 2.1% | 2006 | ||
| =84 | Brazil | 2% | 2009 | ||
| =84 | Morocco | 2% | 2007 | ||
| 86 | Tunisia | 1.6% | 2000 | ||
| =87 | Panama | 1.5% | 2009 | ||
| =87 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.5% | 2007 | ||
| 89 | Turkey | 1.4% | 2005 | ||
| =90 | Mexico | 1.3% | 2008 | ||
| =90 | Moldova | 1.3% | 2008 | ||
| =90 | Egypt | 1.3% | 2005 | ||
| =90 | Maldives | 1.3% | 2004 | ||
| 94 | Syria | 1.1% | 2004 | ||
| 95 | Iran | 0.9% | 2005 | ||
| =96 | Azerbaijan | 0.7% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Armenia | 0.7% | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2009 | ||
| =99 | Malaysia | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =99 | Chile | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =99 | Costa Rica | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =99 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| =99 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =99 | Belarus | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =99 | Albania | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =99 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =99 | Russia | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =99 | Croatia | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =99 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 2007 | ||
| =99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 2007 | ||
| =99 | Jordan | 0.0 | 2006 | ||
| =99 | Thailand | 0.0 | 2004 | ||
| =99 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 2004 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Labor > Salaries and benefits > Workers earning less than $1 per day
- Mozambique has ranked in the top 2 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1997.
- Tanzania has ranked in the top 2 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 2000.
- Malawi has ranked in the top 2 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1998.
- Rwanda has ranked in the top 2 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 2000.
- Madagascar has ranked in the top 3 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1993.
- Guinea has ranked in the top 3 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1991.
- Mali has ranked in the top 3 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1994.
- Laos has ranked in the top 3 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1997.
- Nigeria has ranked in the top 3 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1996.
- Niger has ranked in the top 4 for salaries and benefits > workers earning less than $1 per day since 1993.