Country
Malaysia
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- ISO code
- MY · MYS
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 36M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 35,461 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 76.8 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 8.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 36M 2025 45th of 214
- Population density 108 people/km² 2024 95th of 212
- Population growth 1.17 % per year 2025 90th of 214
- Natural increase 7.3 per 1,000 people 2023 120th of 228
- Net migration 4.6 per 1,000 people 2025 25th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.54 births per woman 2024 142nd of 214
- Urban population 77.4 % 2025 67th of 214
- Median age 30.1 years 2023 123rd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 8.0 % 2025 116th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 11.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 117th of 214
- Children under 15 21.3 % 2025 110th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 76.8 years 2024 84th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 79.5 years 2024 90th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 74.4 years 2024 81st of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.1 years 2024 96th of 214
- Infant mortality 7.0 per 1,000 births 2024 135th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 8.3 per 1,000 births 2024 135th of 195
- Maternal mortality 26 per 100,000 births 2023 117th of 193
- Health spending per person 450 USD 2023 98th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,441 $ (PPP) 2023 79th of 191
- Physicians 2.34 per 1,000 people 2023 77th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.0 per 1,000 people 2023 88th of 150
- Measles immunization 96 % 2024 45th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 16.9 % 2024 94th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,926 kcal per day 2023 94th of 175
- Meat supply 69.1 kg per person per year 2023 65th of 175
Economy
- GDP 472B USD 2025 33rd of 185
- GDP per capita 13,125 USD 2025 73rd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 35,461 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 55th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 26,629 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 48th of 165
- GDP growth 5.2 % 2025 42nd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.9 % 2025 46th of 185
- Inflation 1.4 % 2025 128th of 169
- Unemployment 3.8 % 2025 118th of 181
- Youth unemployment 12.0 % 2025 93rd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 10.2 % 2022 118th of 150
- Trade 137 % of GDP 2024 28th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 40.7 2021 33rd of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.0 % 2021 138th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 8.1 % of GDP 2024 79th of 187
- Women in the labour force 51.6 % 2025 104th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.819 2023 67th of 192
- Literacy rate 95.8 % 2022 45th of 122
- Education spending 3.5 % of GDP 2022 104th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 79 % 2023 111th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 37 % 2023 85th of 127
- Primary completion rate 92 % 2023 89th of 135
- Women in parliament 13.5 % 2025 152nd of 183
- Homicide rate 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020 104th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 98 % 2024 12th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 143 per 100 people 2023 31st of 172
- Fixed broadband 13.0 per 100 people 2023 91st of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 95 % 2024 52nd of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 86 % 2024 42nd of 140
- Research and development 1.01 % of GDP 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 296.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 19th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 8.3 t CO₂ 2024 25th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 8.16 t CO₂ 2024 34th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 7.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 33rd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 9.3 t CO₂e 2024 34th of 201
- Forest area 57.7 % of land 2024 37th of 208
- Water stress 3 % 2022 136th of 176
- Arable land 2.6 % of land 2024 162nd of 205
- Renewable energy 7.5 % of final energy 2021 158th of 210
- Renewable electricity 19.8 % of electricity 2024 122nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 42.4 % of electricity 2024 18th of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 3.0 % of electricity 2024 100th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 604 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 50th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 5,939 kWh 2024 40th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 15.9 µg/m³ 2023 110th of 199
Malaysia on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldMalay · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldMalaysian ringgit (MYR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+8Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType G · 240 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world10 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Castles map5 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- VPN provider mapServers of 30 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)