Poverty & Inequality in Malaysia 18 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Malaysia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.9% 2021 down 80.3% 90th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2021 down 94.7% 111th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 111th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 101st Prosperity gap 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2021 down 40.0% 93rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2021 down 87.2% 102nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 19.9% 2021 down 16.0% 64th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 110th Income share held by second 20% 10.2% 2021 up 8.5% 99th Gini index 40.7 2021 down 6.7% 24th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.9% 2021 up 13.5% 92nd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.3% 2021 up 15.0% 84th Income share held by highest 10% 30.9% 2021 down 5.8% 28th Income share held by highest 20% 46.9% 2021 down 4.7% 26th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.1% 2021 up 0.9% 64th Income share held by third 20% 15.0% 2021 up 5.6% 93rd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.5% 2021 down 10.8% 24th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% 114th