Malaysia Poverty Rate 1984-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2021 was 2.30%, a 1.1% decline from 2018.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2018 was 3.40%, a 1.4% decline from 2015.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2015 was 4.80%, a 1.8% decline from 2013.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2013 was 6.60%, a 6.3% decline from 2011.
| Malaysia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
2.30% |
-1.10% |
| 2018 |
3.40% |
-1.40% |
| 2015 |
4.80% |
-1.80% |
| 2013 |
6.60% |
-6.30% |
| 2011 |
12.90% |
-9.20% |
| 2008 |
22.10% |
-0.30% |
| 2006 |
22.40% |
-5.40% |
| 2003 |
27.80% |
0.20% |
| 1997 |
27.60% |
-8.40% |
| 1995 |
36.00% |
-1.10% |
| 1992 |
37.10% |
-2.80% |
| 1989 |
39.90% |
-0.20% |
| 1987 |
40.10% |
0.60% |
| 1984 |
39.50% |
0.60% |
