Malang — Useful ratios
Prices put in perspective: what a meal, a room or a commute in Malang costs in work time and wage share.
In work time
Nasi rawon at a local depot costs about 111 minutes of minimum-wage work.
One hour at minimum wage buys about 2.2 litres of Pertalite.
A specialty-café latte costs about 1.9 times a cup of local kopi susu.
As a share of the minimum wage
A simple boarding room (kos) takes about 17% of the monthly minimum wage.
Three warung meals a day for a month take about 66% of the minimum wage.
A daily return trip by city bus costs about 5.9% of the minimum wage.
Living simply costs about 94% of the minimum wage, leaving 6% for everything else.
The official poverty line per person is about 20% of the minimum wage.
The city in numbers
Malang produces about 2.7 times a year of minimum wage per resident.
About 8,000 people share every square kilometre.
There are about 98.8 men for every 100 women.
Every 100 working-age residents support about 42 children and seniors.
Work time uses the official rule of 173 working hours per month (hourly wage = monthly wage ÷ 173). Prices use the middle of each range on the economics page, except bus fares, which use the standard adult fare.economics page