Economy > Poverty and inequality Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Thailand

Billionaires: Number of billionaires.
Billionaires per million people: Number of billionaires. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Poorest 20%'s share in national income or consumption: Percentage of country's total income or consumption that belongs to the poorest 20% of its citizens.
Poorest's share in national income or consumption: Percentage of country's total income or consumption that belongs to the poorest 5% of its citizens.
Population below $1 (PPP) per day: Percentage of population that lives on less than the equivalent of 1 USD per day.
Population below national poverty line > Rural: Percentage of country's population that lives in rural poverty. The poverty line is determined by each country separately.
Population below national poverty line > Total: Percentage of country's population that falls below its poverty line.
Population below national poverty line > Urban: Percentage of country's population that lives in urban poverty. The poverty line is determined by each country separately.
Richest 10% to poorest 10% ratio: The ratio of average income of the richest 10% of the population to the average income of the poorest 10% of the population.
Richest quintile to poorest quintile ratio: The ratio of average income of the richest 20% of the population to the average income of the poorest 20% of the population.

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STAT	Malaysia	Thailand
Billionaires	10 Ranked 4th. The same as Thailand	10 Ranked 5th.
Billionaires per million people	0.338 Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Thailand	0.148 Ranked 4th.
Poorest 20%'s share in national income or consumption	4.54% Ranked 24th.	6.76% Ranked 17th. 49% more than Malaysia
Poorest's share in national income or consumption	4.54% Ranked 24th.	6.76% Ranked 17th. 49% more than Malaysia
Population below $1 (PPP) per day	0.0 Ranked 38th.	$0.38% Ranked 28th.
Population below national poverty line > Rural	8.4% Ranked 27th.	16.67% Ranked 15th. 98% more than Malaysia
Population below national poverty line > Total	3.8% Ranked 37th.	13.15% Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Malaysia
Population below national poverty line > Urban	1.7% Ranked 28th.	8.95% Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Richest 10% to poorest 10% ratio	22.1 Ranked 7th. 75% more than Thailand	12.6 Ranked 7th.
Richest quintile to poorest quintile ratio	12.4 Ranked 9th. 61% more than Thailand	7.7 Ranked 7th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of South East Asian people by net worth (Number of Billionaires by Country); Wikipedia: List of South East Asian people by net worth (Number of Billionaires by Country). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/14/hdr2013_en_complete.pdf, United Nations Development Programme, 2013. Table 3, p. 152 ff.

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