Malaysia Poverty Rate 1984-2021
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 2015 was 2.90%, a 1.1% decline from 2013.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2013 was 4.00%, a 4.6% decline from 2011.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2011 was 8.60%, a 8.1% decline from 2008.
- Malaysia poverty rate for 2008 was 16.70%, a 0.2% increase from 2006.
| Malaysia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2015 |
2.90% |
-1.10% |
| 2013 |
4.00% |
-4.60% |
| 2011 |
8.60% |
-8.10% |
| 2008 |
16.70% |
0.20% |
| 2006 |
16.50% |
-5.30% |
| 2003 |
21.80% |
-0.10% |
| 1997 |
21.90% |
-7.50% |
| 1995 |
29.40% |
-0.90% |
| 1992 |
30.30% |
-2.20% |
| 1989 |
32.50% |
-0.40% |
| 1987 |
32.90% |
0.60% |
| 1984 |
32.30% |
0.60% |
