°Poverty
	Working poor rate in Switzerland
	Development 2000–2006, in %					By nationality 2005, in %
	Poverty rate*	Working poor rate**				Working poor rate**
2000	9.1	5.0			EU: Northern and Western	1.9
2001	7.7	4.2			Switzerland	2.9
2002	7.2	3.9			EU: Southern	6.5
2003	8.3	4.2			Others	15.0
2004	8.8	4.5
2005	8.5	4.2
2006	9.0	4.5
Poverty rate*: total of 20–59 year-olds under poverty line
Working poor rate**: total of workers of 20-59 years-old under poverty line
	Working poor rate in Switzerland
	By type of household 2005, in %					By various "risk" situations 2005, in %
Single	1.5				Occupational interruption	7.5
Couple without children	1.8				Limited contract	8.4
Couple with 1 child	5.4				Hotel and restaurant trade	10.5
Couple with 2 children	6.4				No post-compulsory education	11.4
Single parent	10.3				Self-employed without employees	12.8
Couple with 3+ children	16.5				Employed in a private household	14.9
	Poverty rate* of 18–64 year-olds by country 2000, in %
	*Portion of people with income under the poverty line (50% of median disposal equivalent income)
US	13.7
DE*	9.2
UK	8.7
FR	6.0
CH*	5.8
SE	5.1
IT	15.3
AT*	9.2
CH/DE*: 2001
AT*: 1999