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Household income and poverty statistics are used for policy formulation and development planning particularly for the poverty eradication programmes and strategies for distribution of income. Household expenditure statistics are obtained from Household Expenditure Survey (HES) carried out by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Mar 22, 2022 · Malaysia has made great progress in eliminating extreme poverty and lowering absolute poverty before COVID-19. Yet, despite the great progress Malaysia has made in certain SDG indicators, as at Goal Level, various Malaysian states have different challenges levels to attain the SDGs.
Poverty in Malaysia is a controversial economic issue. The definition of poverty and the poverty line for Malaysians has been disputed, and government policies to address poverty such as the Malaysian New Economic Policy have been met with political protest.
May 10, 2021 · As part of a special report for the State of the World's Children 2019, UNICEF visited a low cost flat in Kuala Lumpur to highlight the daily struggle faced by families to put nutritious food on the table when their incomes fall below Malaysia's poverty line.
The overall incidence of poverty in 1970 was 49.3 per cent. The incidence of poverty in rural areas was higher at 58.7 per cent as compared to urban areas at 21.3 per cent. The incidence of poverty among the Bumiputera (Malays and other indigenous groups) was higher at 64.8 per cent, while for the Chinese was 26 per cent and Indian 39.2 per cent.
Moreover, Malaysia has achieved notable success in poverty reduction, with less than 1% of its population living below the international extreme poverty line of US$1.90 a day and only 2.7% below the average poverty line among its upper-middle-income peers at US$5.50.
Learn more about poverty, shared prosperity and inequality trends in Malaysia using the Poverty and Equity Brief. Poverty and Equity Briefs are two-page country summaries that provide an overview of recent developments in poverty reduction, along with the latest data of key development indicators.
