Malaysia vs United States: Palma ratio

Malaysia
1.93
in 2021
United States
2.03
in 2024
Malaysia rank
23rd
United States rank
21st

Palma ratio over time

  • Malaysia
  • United States
0123196319932024

How they compare

United States currently reports 2.03 against 1.93 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.1075.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 23rd and United States ranks 21st of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Palma ratio
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed

The Palma ratio is a measure of inequality that divides the share received by the richest 10% by the share of the poorest 40%. Higher values indicate higher inequality.