🇲🇾 Malaysia
East Asia & Pacific · Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Money5.7 / 10
Safety5.0 / 10
Health6.1 / 10
Quality of life5.6 / 10
Passport8.3 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money5.7 / 10
Purchasing power76.845 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$41,49864 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$12,38086 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth5.2 %46 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation1.4 %46 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment3.8 %64 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)40.7117 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2021
Central government debt64.6 % GDP42 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Reserves$126B26 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power76.355 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety5.0 / 10
Safety (survey)52.067 of 89Numbeo
Crime48.088 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k0.7328 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health6.1 / 10
Health care (survey)70.729 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted12830 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy76.8 yr86 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10007.061 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$450100 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending4.0 % GDP156 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10002.380 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2023
Hospital beds per 10002.091 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life5.6 / 10
Quality of life13452 of 89Numbeo
Pollution60.658 of 115Numbeo
Purity10359 of 115Numbeo
Climate58.480 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time37.156 of 89Numbeo
Internet users98.0 %13 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending3.5 % GDP123 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population77.4 %68 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio8.427 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income4.353 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$335B29 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$309B29 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP136 %31 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$16B28 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2024
Inbound tourism4.3M ppl40 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population36.0M45 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.2 %91 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.5144 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10014043 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity100 %80 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita8.3 t178 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy7.5 %159 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending0.99 % GDP42 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport8.3 / 10
No visa needed in advance159 of 19832 of 199
Visa free117 of 198
Visa on arrival34 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)8 of 198
E-visa21 of 198
Visa required18 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not
How to get the passport
Years of residence10 years10 лет прожить, последний год без выезда.
- 10 лет прожить, последний год без выезда.
- Отказ от старого гражданства требуется.
Sources
источник жив · text from the old site, February 2023