Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Malaysia Report Card

Population
2006 25.8 Million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2004)

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average 3 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
1996-2005 11 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989) Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2004 2.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
1.7 (latest available year) Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
38.4 (latest available year) Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

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