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Table 1

Working poverty rates (percentages) in developing and emerging countries

	Extreme working poverty (<$1.90PPP)				Extreme and moderate working poverty (<$3.10 PPP)
	1991	2005	2012	2015	1991	2005	2012	2015
Major Country Grouping
Total emerging and developing country	48.6	22.2	13.7	12	67.3	44.7	31.2	27.9
Middle-income countries	51.1	20.6	11.8	9.9	71.3	44.3	28.8	25.0
Low-income countries	67.2	55.1	41.5	37.5	83.6	81.7	73.2	69.8
ILO Regions (excluding Developed Countries)
Africa	48.8	40.0	32.8	29.8	69.0	65.6	59.8	57.8
Arab States	7.8	5.0	4.1	4.6	31.1	22.2	19.4	22.0
Asia and the Pacific	59.4	23.2	12.7	10.4	80.1	48.8	31.2	26.4
Europe and Central Asia	2.8	3.6	1.9	1.5	8.8	9.0	5.5	4.7
Latin America and the Caribbean	9.1	6.6	3.7	3.5	20.5	14.6	8.6	8.2

	Extreme working poverty (<$1.90PPP)				Extreme and moderate working poverty (<$3.10 PPP)
	1991	2005	2012	2015	1991	2005	2012	2015
Major Country Grouping
Total emerging and developing country	48.6	22.2	13.7	12	67.3	44.7	31.2	27.9
Middle-income countries	51.1	20.6	11.8	9.9	71.3	44.3	28.8	25.0
Low-income countries	67.2	55.1	41.5	37.5	83.6	81.7	73.2	69.8
ILO Regions (excluding Developed Countries)
Africa	48.8	40.0	32.8	29.8	69.0	65.6	59.8	57.8
Arab States	7.8	5.0	4.1	4.6	31.1	22.2	19.4	22.0
Asia and the Pacific	59.4	23.2	12.7	10.4	80.1	48.8	31.2	26.4
Europe and Central Asia	2.8	3.6	1.9	1.5	8.8	9.0	5.5	4.7
Latin America and the Caribbean	9.1	6.6	3.7	3.5	20.5	14.6	8.6	8.2

Source(s): World Employment and Social Outlook 2016, ILO. (October 2015 update of the model in Kapsos and Bourmpoula (2013)