Poverty & Inequality in Malaysia 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Malaysia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 down 60.0% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 65.3% 115th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 74.5% 128th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.55 live births per woman 2023 down 25.1% 158th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,524 kg per hectare 2023 down 9.1% 83rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 26.5% 146th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year 2023 down 170.9% 123rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.57 2023 down 16.7% 139th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.6% 2023 down 16.7% 139th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 32.7% 162nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 8.03 % change on previous year 2023 up 514.1% 41st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -33.33 % change on previous year 2025 down 233.3% 130th Gender Inequality Index 0.172 2023 down 30.1% 123rd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.5% 2023 down 20.9% 155th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1011 2023 down 0.4% 123rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1011 2023 down 0.4% 123rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1209 2023 down 1.9% 125th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 113th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2021 down 94.7% 113th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.9% 2021 down 80.3% 92nd Prosperity gap 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 40.0% 95th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2476 2023 down 11.2% 88th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 112th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 19.9% 2021 down 16.0% 66th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2021 down 87.2% 104th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.707 2023 up 7.4% 61st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.707 2023 up 7.4% 61st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.707 2023 up 7.4% 61st Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 122nd Three metrics of inequality 48.07 2022 down 11.9% 87th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4807 2022 down 11.9% 87th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 167.05 2023 up 30.0% 81st Income share held by second 20% 10.2% 2021 up 8.5% 101st Income share held by third 20% 15.0% 2021 up 5.6% 95th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.1% 2021 up 0.9% 66th Income share held by highest 20% 46.9% 2021 down 4.7% 26th Income share held by highest 10% 30.9% 2021 down 5.8% 28th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.3% 2021 up 15.0% 84th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.9% 2021 up 13.5% 92nd Gini index 40.7 2021 down 6.7% 24th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.5% 2021 down 10.8% 26th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 275,677 international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 down 98.5% 111th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2021 down 98.7% 115th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0009 2024 up 130.8% 150th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4525 2022 down 9.6% 76th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4525 2022 down 9.6% 76th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 — 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 24,041 2017 up 53.6% 45th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 36.5% 2022 down 13.9% 81st Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 13.0% 2022 down 21.0% 69th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4067 2021 down 6.6% 23rd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 4,510 people 2021 down 95.8% 107th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 32.53 million people 2021 up 41.8% 22nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th Page 1 of 2 Next →