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Malaysia · data for latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
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Malaysia

East Asia & Pacific Capital Kuala Lumpur Upper middle income Nation age 63 years (since 1963) i MYS · MY
NationsTree Index 2025 i69.738th of 196 Tree height 2025 i25 msee ranking Military strength i59percentile
Population i36.0 m45th of 217 Area i330,534 km²68th of 216 GDP i$472.19 bn34th of 210 GDP (PPP) i$1.49 trn intl.29th of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$41,498 intl.64th of 199 Life expectancy i76.8 years86th of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i61
Strength · trunk i80
Quality of life · crown i73
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i72
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i59
CSV

In short

Malaysia is 38th of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 69.7 out of 100; its tree is 25 m tall.

It has 36.0 million people and an economy of $1.49 trn at purchasing power parity, 29th of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Extreme poverty (1st of 108), Access to electricity (1st of 215) and High-tech exports (6th of 168).

Its weakest positions: CO₂ emissions per person (178th of 203), Income inequality (Gini) (89th of 108) and Renewable energy (159th of 212).

Over five years it climbed from 47th to 38th in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

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Surface area ikm² 330,534 68th/216
Land area ikm² 328,550 66th/216
Population ipeople 36.0 m 45th/217
Population growth i% 1.17% 91st/217
Population density ipeople/km² 108.2 98th/216
Urban population i% 77.4% 68th/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 21.3% 111th/217
Population aged 65+ i% 8.0% 118th/217

Economy

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GDP iUSD $472.19 bn 34th/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $1.49 trn 29th/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $1.28 trn 29th/199
GDP per person iUSD $13,125 94th/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $41,498 64th/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $12,380 86th/201
GDP growth i% 5.2% 46th/210
Inflation i% 1.4% 44th/180
Unemployment i% 3.8% 64th/187
Central government debt i% of GDP 64.6% 35th/55
General government gross debt i% of GDP 70.5% 136th/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP -3.5% 119th/192

Main industries

69
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 8.2% 82nd/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 35.7% 28th/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 22.1% 14th/192
Services i% of GDP 54.8% 122nd/200

Trade

75
Exports of goods & services iUSD $335.11 bn 29th/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $308.95 bn 29th/182
Exports i% of GDP 71.0% 28th/183
Imports i% of GDP 65.4% 46th/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 136.4% 30th/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 11.2% 45th/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 72.8% 36th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 10.4% 115th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 3.8% 74th/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 58.6% 6th/168
Current account balance i% of GDP 1.6% 61st/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 4.6% 44th/196

Natural resources

70
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 6.9% 60th/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 1.85% 39th/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 3.35% 19th/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.03% 42nd/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 0.00% 91st/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 1.70% 40th/209
Arable land i% of land area 2.6% 163rd/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 16,717 36th/183

Tourism

59
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 4.3 m 40th/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $3.39 bn 38th/175
Tourism receipts i% of exports 1.6% 138th/168
Outbound trips idepartures 30.8 m2004

Society & health

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Life expectancy iyears 76.8 86th/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 8.3 60th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 2.34 76th/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 2.0 87th/145
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 93% 81st/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 80.6% 71st/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 80.3% 127th/173
Social protection coverage (incl. pensions) i% of population 76.7%2016
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 11.4% 120th/217
Health spending i% of GDP 4.0% 156th/193
Adult literacy i% 95.8% 34th/98
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 38.5% 95th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.819 67th/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 40.7 89th/108
Extreme poverty i% of population 0.0% 1st/108

Infrastructure & digital

73
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed drinking water i% of population 94.7% 53rd/150
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 85.8% 42nd/144
Internet users i% of population 98.0% 12th/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 140 43rd/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 13.5 104th/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 3.60 29th/164
Rail lines iroute-km 1,655 57th/82
Air passengers carried ipassengers 46.7 m 24th/161

Environment & energy

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CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 8.32 178th/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 7.5% 159th/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 15.9 91st/200
Forest area i% of land area 57.7% 37th/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 3,176 32nd/149

Institutions & safety

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Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 71.9 41st/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 59.4 63rd/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 65.4 78th/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 71.6 88th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 67.3 44th/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 55.8 108th/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 0.7 27th/145

Military

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Military expenditure iUSD $4.93 bn 51st/156
Military expenditure i% of GDP 1.0% 114th/156
Military expenditure i% of government spending 4.4% 94th/154
Armed forces personnel ipeople 136,000 45th/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 0.81% 87th/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 7.0 m 117th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 20.0 m 43rd/65

Science & innovation

76
R&D spending i% of GDP 1.01% 42nd/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 841 35th/137
Scientific articles iarticles 23,691 21st/197

Compare Malaysia with

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Wikidata P571 (inception) (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Malaysia — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/malaysia. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Malaysia — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/malaysia. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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