World Bank poverty and inequality measures for Malaysia, generated from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the Bank's Development Research Group. The data includes internationally comparable estimates and lines produced since 1990. It is provided by the World Bank Group and was last updated on the HDX platform in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Assess the extent and causes of poverty in Malaysia based on the described poverty measures.
- Examine the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality using the described analytical reports.
- Review household survey data and measurement methods for poverty monitoring as mentioned in the description.
- Compare poverty estimates over time using the internationally comparable data produced since 1990.
Strengths
- Data originates from the World Bank Group, a major international institution.
- Includes internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions, development agencies, and civil society, using household survey data.
- Time Range
- Data production referenced since 1990; specific temporal coverage of the file is unknown.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 09:55:41.437044; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Malaysia