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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Values: median monthly household income · RMIN BRIEF
HOUSEHOLDS · MALAYSIA
Where are household incomes highest?
Watch median gross monthly household income move across Malaysian states from 1976 to the latest 2024 Household Income and Expenditure Survey.
SHOW ME THE DATA1976 → 2024 · median monthly household income · RM
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE1976 — 2024
SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
HOUSEHOLDS · MALAYSIA
Where are household incomes highest?
1976
median monthly household income · RM
1W.P. Kuala Lumpur645
2Selangor441
3Johor370
4Pulau Pinang363
5Melaka350
6Negeri Sembilan348
7Pahang324
8Sabah309
9Perak286
10Sarawak260
11Terengganu199
12Perlis196
13Kedah193
14Kelantan163
16W.P. Putrajaya0
15W.P. Labuan0
197619762024
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Values: median monthly household income · RMSourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗31 Dec 2025 · data through 2024HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Median household income is usually a better picture of the typical household than the mean, but long-run nominal values should not be read as changes in purchasing power.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSSurvey years, nominal ringgit, median household income.
PulseKita uses DOSM's published median gross monthly household income by state for each HIES survey year. We start at 1976 because this was the first survey year covering Sabah and Sarawak as well as Peninsular Malaysia.
- These are nominal ringgit values and are not adjusted for inflation.
- HIES is survey-based and is not conducted every calendar year, so the animation moves between published survey years.
- From 1989 onward, the official household-income statistics are based on Malaysian citizen households.
- Federal Territory boundaries and state coverage change over the long historical series.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceHousehold Income by State
- 2TransformationPulseKita uses DOSM's published median gross monthly household income by state for each HIES survey year. We start at 1976 because this was the first survey year covering Sabah and Sarawak as well as Peninsular Malaysia.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE1976 → 2024
UNITmedian monthly household income · RM
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED31 Dec 2025 · data through 2024