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.
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.
