List of Southeast Asian Countries with the Highest Number of People Living Below the Poverty Line

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) reports that the proportion of Indonesia's population living below the poverty line (based on 2011 purchasing power parity/PPP) of US$1.9 per day was 2.7% in 2019. This ranks fourth in Southeast Asia.

However, this proportion decreased significantly from a decade earlier. A decrease of 10.6 percentage points was recorded, down from 13.3% of the total population in 2010.

The highest proportion of the population living below the poverty line was in Timor-Leste. Based on the latest data from 2014, the percentage reached 22%. However, this proportion decreased by 15.4 percentage points from 37.4% in 2007.

Laos followed with 10% of its population based on the latest data in 2018, down 4.5 percentage points from 14.5% in 2012. Next was the Philippines, with a proportion of its population living below the poverty line of 4.7% in 2018, down 5.8 percentage points from 10.5% in 2009.

After Indonesia, Vietnam had 1.8% of its population living below the poverty line in 2018. This proportion decreased by 2.2 percentage points from 4% in 2010.

Then, Thailand remained stagnant from 2010 to 2019 with a proportion of 0.1% of its population. Malaysia had the lowest percentage of its population living below the poverty line in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia recorded a percentage close to 0% based on the latest available data in 2015. This decreased from 0.1% of the population in 2011.