Malaysia

Metrics

1. population
   34M
   44 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $400B
   38 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $11,386
   65 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $4B
   50 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   1.0%
   114 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   331K km²
   69 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   103 /km²
   50 of 144
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   76.7 yr
   64 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   98%
   11 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    8.3 t
    16 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    77%
    39 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.5
    102 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    11%
    38 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    0.4%
    105 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    1.0%
    33 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    1,218
    44 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    27K
    17 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    59%
    2 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    40.7
    22 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    12%
    79 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
21. adult literacy
    96%
    28 of 86
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.35
    68 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
23. cpi (clean gov)
    50
    40 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
24. press freedom
    39.5
    51 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
25. human development
    0.819
    50 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
26. refugees hosted
    138K
    39 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
27. refugees produced
    1.2K
    86 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data