International Rankings of Malaysia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Malaysia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Malaysia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	108	9.04	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	46	2.965 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	53	81.2 %	2018
Internet users - total	31	25.829 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	22.7	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	23	7.446 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	135.98	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	35	44.601 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	55	60.630 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	52	51.250 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	29	68.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	10	81.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	76	83.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	32	88.5	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	38	364.631 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	25	71.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	103	12.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	128	55.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	141	64.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	44	25.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	85	8.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	35	37.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	124	53.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	36	34.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	33	1.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	41	5 %	2017
Labor force	36	15.139 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	90	11 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	8	36 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	99	53 %	2012
Population below poverty line	143	5.6	2018
Public debt	26	54.1 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	29	906.239 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	54	28364 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	138	16.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	32	226.800 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	25	326200	2015
Crude oil - imports	35	166000	2015
Crude oil - production	27	647000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	26	3.600 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	27	136.900 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	91	3.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	21	78	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	52	18	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	37	4	2017
Electricity - imports	108	33.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	32	33.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	29	148.300 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	32	30.440 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	10	38.230 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	45	2.803 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	14	69.490 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	23	1.183 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	29	704000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	32	208400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	25	304600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	33	528300 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	20	248.29 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	32	51.51 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	120	16.04 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	131	23.2	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	24	62	2018
Land use - other	141	14.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	12	19.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	153	0.9	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0.02 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	38	1.57 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	19	580.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	67	2.505 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	41	1.641 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	39	1.342 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	71	1.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	52	77.7	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	26	12.983 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	22	2.272 million tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	43	17.5 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	66	328657 sq km	0
Area - total	68	329847 sq km	0
Area - water	114	119068 sq km	0
Coastline	31	4675 km	2607
Elevation - highest point	31	4095 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	84	419 meters	0
Irrigated land	61	3800 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	68	2742 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	131	23.2	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2.9	2018
Land use - forest	24	62	2018
Land use - other	141	14.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	12	19.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	153	0.9	2018
Total renewable water resources	19	580.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	84	16.63 %	0186
Age structure - 25-54 years	91	40.86 %	4776
Age structure - 55-64 years	106	8.81 %	8280
Birth rate	112	14.72 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	70	52.2 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	72	3.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	151	5.66 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	83	10.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	71	9.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	134	44.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	102	33.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	61	11.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	77	3.3 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	37	4.2 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.4	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	31	2000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	36	92000	2020
Hospital bed density	50	1.9 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	151	6.3 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	158	7.08 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	155	6.7 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	104	77.62 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	78	74.24 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	95	75.87 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	92	29	2017
Median age - female	97	29.6 years	2020
Median age - male	87	28.9 years	0
Median age - total	91	29.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	52	1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	90	15.6 %	2016
Physicians density	91	1.54 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	42	33.519 million	2021
Population growth rate	80	1.06 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	114	1.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	19	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	107	1.76 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	95	12	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	94	9.6	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	96	10.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	71	1.87	2025
Urbanization - urban population	52	77.7	2021
Transportation
Airports	48	114	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	31	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	19	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	43	39	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	27	8	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	52	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	41	75	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	28	69	2013
Heliports	22	4	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	118	1.404 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	20	60.482 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	22	270	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	15	13	2020
Railways - total	76	1851 km	2014
Roadways - paved	24	116169 km	1821
Roadways - total	32	144403 km	0
Waterways	19	7200 km	2500

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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