Poverty Line Income In Malaysia 2018



Thus when malaysia s department of statistics announced on jul 10 it had revised the country s poverty line income pli from rm980 to rm2 280 people like mr lazim said the news was welcome.

Poverty line income in malaysia 2018. Based on the new poverty line income dosm said malaysia s poverty levels have fallen in 2019 when compared to the last available figures in 2016. A higher poverty line would better measure poverty rates in a high income nation says deputy minister of international trade and investment dr ong kian ming. Malaysia s poverty line income pli has been revised from a monthly household income of rm980 to rm2 208 thus pushing up the country s poverty rate from 0 4 in 2016 to 5 6 last.

Personal interviewing approach was used for a period of twelve months starting from may 2016 until april 2017. Incidence of poverty by ethnic and strata. Throughout 2009 2012 the high increase in average household monthly income along with low inflation rate has given a significant effect to the decrease in poverty incidence.