Urban Poverty Statistics In Malaysia

The incidence of poverty in malaysia decreased substantially from 3 8 in 2009 to 1 7 in 2012.

Urban poverty statistics in malaysia. While the goal of faster development manifest through commercialization modernization and urbanization contributed to urban biased development strategy the lack of. The un special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said malaysia uses an unduly low poverty line that does. The number of poor households has reduced by 52 7 from 228 400 to 108 000 during the same period. In fact the former is caused by the latter.

The pull and the push factors can significantly explain the prevailing dismal conditions associated with urban poverty. From official poverty statistics. In 2014 urban poverty rate for malaysia was 0 3. Trend lines were also fitted to assess the movement in rural and urban household income as well as urbanization in the country during the last three decades.

Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line. What being an urban poor looks like. While there is currently no official definition for urban poverty jayasooria estimates that of the 75 of malaysians living in urban areas some 30 are. Reports that urban poverty in malaysia is not considered a serious phenomenon.

Incidence of poverty in all states have declined with the most significant improvement was sabah from 4 0 per cent in 2014 to 2 9 per cent in 2016. Reviews past and present trends of urbanization and urban poverty especially in the metropolitan city. Trend analysis was conducted to investigate the trends of poverty incidence at rural urban and national level in malaysia between 1970 and 2012. Urban poverty rate of malaysia fell gradually from 2 5 in 2004 to 0 3 in 2014.

Urban poverty is inextricably linked to rural poverty. Similarly poverty incidence in the urban and rural areas depicted the same trend whereby it decreased to 0 2 per cent and 1 0 per cent respectively. Reduction in the incidence of poverty has reduced in both urban and rural areas.