Poverty Headcount / Malaysia
Malaysia Poverty Headcount
Malaysia poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 5.10%.
COUNTRY: Malaysia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-10 08:45:17
GM ECONOMY RATING
Malaysia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
70 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
20.0 / 20
External stability
6.0 / 15
Financial robustness
14.0 / 15
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Malaysia · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
5.10%
Previous
6.20%
Range avg.
6.57%
Rank
87
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CountryMalaysia
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
5.10%2023 · Rank 87
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Malaysia recorded 5.10% for Poverty Headcount in 2023, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2021, the indicator decreased by 1.10 percentage points, from 6.20% to 5.10%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 3 available observations (6.57%).
Within the last 3 available observations, the low was 5.10% in 2023 and the high was 8.40% in 2019.
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