IndicatorMYSMalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.74rank #72Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)59.4rank #58Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.36rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.38rank #71Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.59rank #92Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)71.9rank #41Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.74rank #72Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1%rank #109Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.3rank #80Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)71.6rank #87Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)67.3rank #43Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)65.4rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.7rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.5rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.36rank #82Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)55.8rank #105Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)13.5%rank #142Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.77rank #70Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)9.2%rank #110Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)8.2%rank #69Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Annual working hours per workerhoursOur World in Data2,307.5rank #18Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table216,905rank #65Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.6%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT63.6%rank #44Data 2026 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4.6%rank #40Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)472.19Brank #33Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)5.2%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)13,124.6rank #73Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)35,461.4rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)32,553.1rank #54Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)17%rank #74Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)20.5%rank #87Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)22%rank #60Data 2025 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)58.6%rank #6Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table3.1rank #52Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)35.7%rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)1.4%rank #42Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT66.1%rank #52Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.9%rank #72Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1%rank #37Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)1,218.3rank #47Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)12.4%rank #74Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.6rank #71Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)136.4%rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)3.8%rank #63Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT3.8%rank #63Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)21.9%rank #71Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)12%rank #89Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT11.9%rank #89Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)71%rank #22Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)65.4%rank #32Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)376.04Brank #22Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)340.44Brank #23Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)97.9%rank #65Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)96%rank #74Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data0.83rank #38Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data2,926.5rank #95Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF93%rank #7Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)4%rank #155Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)7rank #33Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)76.8rank #86Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)26rank #22Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)96%rank #4Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF96%rank #4Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF5.6%rank #20Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)2.3rank #25Data 2023 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)15.9rank #91Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)22.5rank #93Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)16.9%rank #54Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF21.2%rank #17Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)5.7rank #69Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)96rank #91Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF8.3rank #61Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)2.5%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF11%rank #28Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)95.8%rank #15Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)3.5%rank #65Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)12.7rank #125Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)11.1rank #67Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)87.7%rank #82Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)90.4%rank #115Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)80.3%rank #85Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)38.5%rank #58Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)12.4rank #114Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)1.5rank #142Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP30.1rank #111Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP5.2rank #37Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)35.98Mrank #45Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)1.2%rank #91Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP81.1rank #89Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP44,289.8rank #49Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP42.3rank #193Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)77.4%rank #57Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data290.22Mrank #20Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data8.2rank #32Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber44.6%rank #49Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber17.5%rank #36Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber2.2%rank #69Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #80Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)5,417.6rank #39Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)57.7%rank #37Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch11.5rank #166Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber603.2rank #78Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data20.7%rank #64Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)7.5%rank #138Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch402.6rank #169Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)43.1%rank #67Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)3,176.4rank #32Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)1.41Mrank #17Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)1.2%rank #29Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)13.3%rank #106Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)24.8%rank #133Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)512,360.3rank #19Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)3,543.6rank #82Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)105.2rank #110Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)23.1rank #35Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)139.7rank #36Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)7,475.5rank #63Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR5,511rank #102Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)0%rank #1Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)51.6%rank #104Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)13.5rank #87Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.97rank #48Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.17rank #42Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)40.7rank #55Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Homicide rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)0.73rank #17Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.82rank #53Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.71rank #50Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)98%rank #10Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data6rank #68Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.68rank #62Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #1Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #1Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #3Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.01rank #27Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)peopleUNHCR150,164rank #40Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR2,477rank #89Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT10.3%rank #36Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP1rank #2Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3rank #24Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)0.9rank #10Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.2rank #22Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.3rank #23Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.2rank #19Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.2rank #25Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.6rank #33Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP1rank #2Data 2017 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.6rank #17Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.4rank #24Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.9rank #41Data 2026 · Status unspecified