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International Rankings of Malaysia - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 44 10 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 45 3.359 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 5 97 % 2021
Internet users - total 31 32.980 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 34 25 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 22 8.247 million 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 23 141 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 36 47.202 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 43 1.8 % of household expenditures 2018
Average household expenditures - on food 53 21.5 % of household expenditures 2018
Budget - expenditures 47 85.851 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 42 77.736 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 59 3 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 25 14.143 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 37 224.596 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 33 256.659 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 39 364.631 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 104 12.2 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 130 55.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 145 64.4 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 45 25.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 53 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 131 53.6 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 39 41.1 % 2015
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
Imports 31 230.188 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 76 5.65 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 119 2.48 % 2021
Labor force 41 16.740 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 90 11 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 9 36 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 103 53 % 2012
Population below poverty line 147 5.6 % 2018
Public debt 72 62.03 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 32 884.106 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 129 3.09 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 73 26300 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 26 116.916 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 174 10.89 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 151 4.61 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 89 17.8 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 94 14.2 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 88 15.6 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 18 81.726 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 28 78.104 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 27 94.934 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 20 35.268 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 53 17000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 8 37.295 million metric tons 2020
Coal - production 41 2.977 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 53 226.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 24 150.062 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 68 669.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 115 19.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 33 34.959 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 29 12.124 billion kWh 2019
Electricity access 1 100 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 48 1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 45 87.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 17 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 94 10.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 62 0.7 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 6 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 73 0 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 44 123.755 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 24 39.587 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 10 34.198 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - imports 41 4.008 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - production 12 74.985 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 24 1.189 trillion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 25 303600 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 33 182300 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 26 3.600 billion bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 27 718600 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 28 593800 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 33 208400 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 26 304600 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 34 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 123 16.04 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 135 23.2 2018
Land use - arable land 136 2.9 2018
Land use - forest 25 62 2018
Land use - other 144 14.8 2018
Land use - permanent crops 12 19.4 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 155 0.9 2018
Revenue from coal 31 0.02 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 40 1.57 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 21 580.000 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 66 2.510 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 40 1.640 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 42 1.340 billion cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 72 1.87 2025
Urbanization - urban population 49 78.7 2023
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 67 328657 sq km 0
Area - total 70 329847 sq km 0
Area - water 117 119068 sq km 0
Coastline 31 4675 km 2607
Elevation - highest point 39 4095 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 35 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 85 419 meters 0
Irrigated land 58 4420 sq km 2020
Land boundaries - total 71 2742 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 135 23.2 2018
Land use - arable land 136 2.9 2018
Land use - forest 25 62 2018
Land use - other 144 14.8 2018
Land use - permanent crops 12 19.4 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 155 0.9 2018
Military
Military expenditures 44 1 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 123 0.48 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 62 0.01 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 125 0.11 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 144 0.64 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 92 0.04 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 118 14.39 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 35 14.1 % 2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate 67 52.2 % 2014
Current health expenditure 75 4.1 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 65 59.3 % 2023
Death rate 149 5.72 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 103 10.4 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 72 9.6 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 154 43.3 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 110 32.9 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 7 99.4 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 68 9.3 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 80 2.5 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 58 0.6 % of population 0
Education expenditures 47 3.9 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 85 0.84 % 2023
Hospital bed density 52 1.9 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 155 6.08 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 163 6.87 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 160 6.49 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 108 78.12 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 84 74.77 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 93 76.38 years 0
Literacy - female 44 93.6 % 2019
Literacy - male 28 96.2 % 0
Literacy - total population 39 95 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 101 21 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 101 29.6 years 2020
Median age - male 92 28.9 years 0
Median age - total 95 29.2 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 86 N/A 2023
Net migration rate 57 1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 91 15.6 % 2016
Physicians density 91 1.54 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 43 34.220 million 2023
Population growth rate 78 1.01 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 10 99 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 120 N/A % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 122 N/A % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 93 0.1 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 9 14 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 8 13 years 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 9 13 years 0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 17 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 19 0.94 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 6 1.07 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 14 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 103 1.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 26 43.8 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 57 22.5 % 2020
Total fertility rate 108 1.74 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 72 1.87 2025
Urbanization - urban population 49 78.7 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 89 17.8 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 94 14.2 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 88 15.6 0
Transportation
Airports 48 114 2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports 18 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports 1 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports 14 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports 22 N/A 2023
Airports - with unpaved runways 43 751000 3280
Heliports 22 4 2021
Merchant marine - total 17 1790 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 24 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 33 N/A km 2023
Roadways - paved 24 116169 km 2010
Roadways - total 34 144403 km 2010
Waterways 22 7200 km 2011

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Malaysia on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malaysia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malaysia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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