Poverty rate Malaysia 2020, by state
In 2020, the East Malaysian state of Sabah had the highest rate of poverty in Malaysia, with 25.3 percent of the population living below the poverty line. In 2019, Malaysia revised its national poverty line income, increasing it from 980 Malaysian ringgit to 2,208 Malaysian ringgit. Sabah is one of Malaysia's most rural and least developed states.
