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IndicatorMYSMalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #72
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile57.9rank #63
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.36rank #73
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.38rank #71
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.59rank #92
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile69.1rank #41
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #72
Military spending% GDP0.99%rank #108
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.3rank #80
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile72.5rank #81
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile65.6rank #47
Rule of Law0-100 percentile62.9rank #79
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.7rank #60
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.5rank #73
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.36rank #82
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile54.6rank #110
Women in parliament% seats13.5%rank #142
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.77rank #70
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment9.2%rank #110
Agriculture value added% GDP8.2%rank #69
Annual working hours per workerhours2,307.5rank #18
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker216,905rank #65
Current account balance% GDP1.7%rank #56
Employment-to-population ratio%63.6%rank #43
FDI net inflows% GDP3.7%rank #68
GDPcurrent US$472.19Brank #33
GDP growth%5.2%rank #42
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$13,124.6rank #73
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $35,461.4rank #55
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $32,553.1rank #54
Government expenditure% GDP17%rank #74
Gross capital formation% GDP20.5%rank #87
Gross savings% GDP23.4%rank #65
High-technology exports% manuf. exports58.6%rank #6
Human capital indexindex3.1rank #52
Industry value added% GDP35.7%rank #24
Inflation%1.4%rank #41
Labour force participation rate%66.1%rank #51
Personal remittances received% GDP0.38%rank #126
R&D expenditure% GDP1%rank #37
Researchers in R&Dper million1,218.3rank #47
Tax revenue% GDP12.4%rank #71
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.6rank #71
Trade openness% GDP136.4%rank #24
Unemployment% labor force3.8%rank #63
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.8%rank #63
Vulnerable employment% employment21.9%rank #71
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2412%rank #89
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2412%rank #91
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop97.9%rank #65
Basic sanitation access% pop96%rank #74
Child mortalityper 1000.83rank #38
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,926.5rank #95
DTP3 immunization coverage%93%rank #7
Health spending% GDP4%rank #155
Infant mortalityper 1k births7rank #33
Life expectancyyears76.8rank #86
Maternal mortalityper 100k26rank #22
Measles immunization% children96%rank #4
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%96%rank #4
Physiciansper 1k2.3rank #25
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m315.9rank #91
Road traffic deathsper 100k22.5rank #93
Smoking prevalence% adults16.9%rank #54
Suicide mortality rateper 100k5.7rank #69
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k96rank #91
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births8.3rank #61
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%95.8%rank #15
Education spending% GDP3.5%rank #65
Expected years of schoolingyears12.7rank #125
Mean years of schoolingyears11.1rank #67
Primary completion rate% relevant age87.7%rank #82
Primary enrollment% gross90.4%rank #115
Secondary enrollment% gross80.3%rank #85
Tertiary enrollment% gross38.5%rank #58
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00012.4rank #114
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.5rank #142
Median age of populationyears30.1rank #111
Net migration rateper 1,0005.2rank #37
Populationpeople35.98Mrank #45
Population growth%1.2%rank #91
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years81.1rank #89
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands44,289.8rank #49
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age42.3rank #193
Urban population%77.4%rank #57
Climate
CO₂ emissionst290.22Mrank #20
CO₂ per capitat8.2rank #32
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation44.6%rank #49
Electricity from hydro% generation17.5%rank #36
Electricity from solar% generation2.2%rank #69
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #80
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita5,083.7rank #42
Forest area% land57.7%rank #31
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita11.5rank #166
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh603.2rank #78
Renewable electricity%20.7%rank #64
Renewable energy share%7.5%rank #138
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e402.6rank #169
Society
Asylum seekerspeople5,511rank #102
Extreme poverty% pop0%rank #1
Female labor participation%51.6%rank #104
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10013.5rank #87
Gender Development Indexratio0.97rank #48
Gender Inequality Index0-10.17rank #42
Gini indexindex40.7rank #54
Homicide rateper 100k0.73rank #17
Human Development Index0-10.82rank #53
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.71rank #50
Internet users% pop98%rank #10
Life satisfaction0-106rank #68
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.68rank #62
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #3
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #27
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people150,164rank #40
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people2,477rank #89
Youth NEET rate%10.4%rank #36
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year1rank #2
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103.5rank #30
Human hazard & exposure0-102.1rank #21
INFORM risk score0-103.6rank #25
Lack of coping capacity0-103.8rank #30
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102.2rank #19
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.1rank #30
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.6rank #33
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #2
Socio-economic vulnerability0-101.6rank #17
Vulnerability0-103.4rank #23
Vulnerable groups0-104.9rank #44
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