Malaysia - Poverty headcount ratio at $5.5 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

2.9 (%) in 2015

In 2015, poverty ratio at $5.5 a day for Malaysia was 2.9 %. Poverty ratio at $5.5 a day of Malaysia fell gradually from 32.5 % in 1989 to 2.9 % in 2015.

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What is poverty ratio at $5.5 a day?

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.

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