Poverty rates in Malaysia geographically visualised

Poverty can be found in every state in Malaysia. So, at times, it can be difficult to imagine how much more impoverished some areas can be based on statistical numbers alone.

For example, it was widely reported that Sabah is the poorest state in Malaysia, with a poverty rate of 19.5 percent in 2019, compared to 0.2 percent in Kuala Lumpur...